Mary & the Church at Vatican II: The Untold Story of Lumen Gentium VIII

This masterful work by Dr. Laurie Olsen uncovers the behind-the-scenes story of the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium VIII based on unpublished records from the Vatican Apostolic Archives, including internal memoranda, private notes, never-before-heard audio recordings of closed-door sessions, and more. This monumental achievement of archival research provides a window into what really happened at Vatican II—the council’s inner workings and maneuvers to steer Lumen Gentium VIII in a direction that would profoundly affect marian devotion and the study of mariology from that moment on.

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Dr. Laurie Olsen graduated from the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University, earned her doctorate in sacred theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome, and is a member of the Mariological Society of America.