RT Article T1 Vatican II and the history of Vatican II JF Pacifica VO 26 IS 2 SP 134 OP 154 A1 Melloni, Alberto LA English PB Sage Publ. YR 2013 UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1775196291 AB This article provides a critical account of the historical reception of Vatican II, identifying key questions that relate to the question of the history of the Council and its ongoing meaning and significance. A description of the five-volume History of Vatican II is followed by consideration of the critical responses to that work and subsequent phases of Vatican II historical scholarship. The article argues that this ongoing historical work is an essential dimension of the wider task of discerning the Council’s meaning and significance today. K1 Vatican II K1 Reception History K1 History K1 Hermeneutics K1 Giuseppe Alberigo DO 10.1177/1030570X13489647