V2, We Love You: Introduction
As I mentioned in a previous post, I’m planning on offering a series of blog entries about the “Ecumenical Council” commonly known as “The Second Vatican Council”, or simply “Vatican 2”.
Most Catholics will be able to tell you that Vatican 2 was important, but, in my experience, fairly few are actually able to articulate well why it was important. Many are not able to explain what exactly Vatican 2 was, what it actually taught and why it is important in the history of the Catholic Church. It is my hope that this blog will help shed a little light on these issues.
I think that it is best, before I get stuck into the meat of Vatican 2, that I attempt to give something of a general introduction to the concept of councils in general, and ecumenical councils in particular.