Vatican II: Reference

Edited by Charles Dollen.
Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 1969.
A listing of books and journal articles published during and immediately after the Council. No annotations.

Edited by Pierre Lafontaine.
Outremont, QC: Editions des Partenaires, 1995.
Cardinal Léger, Archbishop of Montréal during the Council, was also a member of the Central Commission for the Council. This work is an inventory of the publications he collected which are now available in the library of the Grand Séminaire de Montréal. The work is particularly useful for determining the textual history of each of the sixteen documents promulgated by the Council.

Louvain-la Neuve: Publications de la Faculté de théologie, 1989-1993. 4 volumes.

Edited by Jean Robin.
Paris: Institut catholique de Paris, 1998.

Edited by Roger Desreumaux.
Paris: Institut catholique de Paris, 1998.

v. 53 (1997): 435-454
v. 55 (1999): 115-149
v. 56 (2000): 543-583
v. 58 (2002): 177-203
v. 59 (2003): 583-606
v. 60 (2004): 561-577
v. 61 (2005): 613-653
v. 64 (2008): 783-824
v. 67 (2011): 321-373

Every few years since 1997 the journal Laval théologique et philosophique has published a review article listing major recent publications about the Council with extensive annotations. Some articles also include a very brief list of dissertations and important journal articles.

Edited by Philippe Delhaye, Michel Gueret, and Paul Tombeur.
Louvain: CETEDOC, 1974.
A concordance citing the use of each Latin word in context from all the Council documents. Because this work was created by a computer, forms of the same word (e.g. libertas, libertate, libertatem) are listed separately.

Bologna: Isitituo per le Scienze religiose di Bologna, 1978.
Each volume of this set cites the use of each Latin word in context from one single Council document (e.g. from Dei verbum). Forms of the same word are listed together under the dictionary form (e.g. capite and capitibus are listed under “caput”).

Edited by H. Tardif and G. Pelloquin.
Collection “Concile et Masses”. Paris: Les Editions Ouvrieres, 1969.
A French-language word-index which cites paragraph numbers.

A search engine which uses the English-language translation edited by Walter M. Abbott.

Edited by J. Deretz and A. Nocent.
London: Geoffrey Chapman, 1968.
Paragraph-length excerpts arranged by subject heading. The English edition is a slightly abridged version of the French original (Synopse des Textes Conciliaires, St. Michael’s Reference – BX 830 1962 .A48 D4 1966). There is also a German translation (Konkordanz der Konzils Texte, St. Michael’s 1st Floor Reference Area – BX 830 1962 .A48 K615 1968)

2nd edition by Miguel Angel Molina Martinez.
Madrid: Biblioteca de Autores Cristianos, 1969.
Paragraph-length excerpts in Italian arranged by subject heading.

Vatican City: Typis Polyglottis Vaticanis, 1960-present. 26 volumes.
The records of the commissions which prepared draft documents for the Council. Includes the full-text of submissions from bishops around the world.

Edited by Giuseppe Alberigo.
Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1995-2004. 5 volumes.
The definitive history of the Council. Particularly useful for explanations of the organizational structure.