Abstract
Abstract Although the Second Vatican Council was mainly concerned with ecclesiology, one cannot find in the documents a single internally coherent fundamental theology of the Church. This is not surprising, given the challenges the council faced in its efforts to integrate the many ecclesiological developments that occurred in the first half of the twentieth century. However, a careful study of the documents, read in the light of the last six decades of the council’s reception, allows us to identify significant conciliar contributions to ecclesiology that coalesce around five themes: (1) the liturgico-sacramental foundation of the Church, (2) the Church’s Trinitarian origins and eschatological destiny, (3) the Church’s missionary nature, (4) the Church’s ecumenical commitment, and (5) the Church’s collegial exercise of authority.
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