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Research into the Second Vatican Council in the Low Countries. A survey MA THIJS LAMBERIGTS I LEUVEN Introduction Contemporary research tends to be in broad agreement concerning the important role played by the Belgian and Dutch bishops during the Sec ond Vatican Council. Indeed, from the second session onwards, the Italian press even went as far as to describe Belgian co-operation in tenns more appropriate to the football field: the squadra belga • Ideological devel opment of whatever brand, however, needs to recognise the fact that, up of the indi to the present, little historical-critical research into the role vidual Belgian bishops has been carried out. Instructive general surveys stemming from Belgium and the Netherlands repeatedly recommend cau tion2, precisely because historical-critical studies of the individual partici- During the preparatory period as well as during the council itself, consultations took place in both Belgium and the Netherlands. From the available documentation, it appears that those involved in them focused their attention on the 'general inter ests' ofthe Church. Concern for the Church, however, did not include the esta blishment of a well-planned and elaborate strategy for 'manipulating' the council. Moreover, it would be wrong to insist that there were
Annuarium Historiae Conciliorum – Brill
Published: Jun 20, 2000
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