Fiftieth Anniversary (1959-jan-25) John XXIII announces intention to call council

eft94530

Here we are at the Fiftieth Anniversary of the event that started the ball rolling.
It was Sunday, January 25, 1959,
and Pope John XXIII was at St Paul Outside The Walls
for a Mass which concluded the Week For Christian Unity;
his Mass homily said nothing about calling a council ...
Italian:
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_xxiii/homilies/1959/documents/hf_j-xxiii_hom_19590125_it.html
English (via Google):
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_xxiii/homilies/1959/documents/hf_j-xxiii_hom_19590125_it.html&sl=it&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

The announcement of his intention came afterwards:
http://www.vatican.va/jubilee_2000/magazine/documents/ju_mag_01051997_p-45_en.html
http://www.vatican.va/jubilee_2000/magazine/documents/ju_mag_01071997_p-43_en.html

I have not found any Vatican website archived official document (e.g., Speeches).

I am just now beginning to browse online newspaper archives to see how the rolling started.
Gotta get a handle on it before the Council-start anniversary excitement begins.

It is interesting to read the various sources as they appear,
and look through the news of the day to see the reporting.

francis

There is excellent documentation in a book called Iota Unum. I posted some of it on this forum somewhere. Let me see if I can dig it out.

francis

Here is some of it:

http://musicasacra.com/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=375

The grand outline for the Council was introduced in a document entitled Veterum Sapientia. It seems it came out Jan 25, 1960. However that is a year later than what you have put forward. I will have to go back and read about this in the book. Online content seems to mention this as a document to confirm Latin as primary, so I am a bit perplexed.

eft94530

1961-dec-25 Humanae Salutis (apostolic constitution)

John XXIII calling the SS Ecumenical Council Vatican II

Italian:
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_xxiii/apost_constitutions/1961/documents/hf_j-xxiii_apc_19611225_humanae-salutis_it.html
English (via Google):
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_xxiii/apost_constitutions/1961/documents/hf_j-xxiii_apc_19611225_humanae-salutis_it.html&sl=it&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

francis

You really need to get the book and read it.

http://www.ad2000.com.au/articles/1996/sep1996p14_878.html

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