Intercontinental Commentary to the documents of the Second Vatican Council

作为“梵蒂冈二世--遗产和任务”研究项目的一部分，科学网络正在编写关于梵蒂冈第二届理事会文本的洲际评注，将以英文和德语出版五卷本。理事会文件的评注是该项目的核心，将出版十二卷。除了关于理事会解释学的介绍性卷和关于总体问题的结束语卷外，五个大陆小组正在研究理事会在非洲、亚洲、欧洲、拉丁美洲和加勒比以及北美洲和太平洋区域的接待情况。天主教神学尚未采用评论理事会案文的工作方法。它以安理会的工作方法为导向。来自各大洲的科学家所属的一个工作组对每一份文件进行评论。这些文本是共同开发和负责的。为了实现真正的洲际评论，每份文件都由来自非洲、亚洲、欧洲、拉丁美洲、北美/太平洋的一名人员与协调评论员密切合作进行编辑。将邀请协调讲解员和五个大陆小组中每个小组的一名人员。他们讨论现有的草案，并用他们引入的模式对其进行补充或更正。即使电子交流可以做很多前期和后续工作，但个人接触仍然是不可或缺的。只有这样，才能达到对神学流派和文化差异的理解。一方面，网络成员代表整个项目的指导小组和大多数协调评论员。另一方面，大陆研究小组至少由一人代表，以保证项目的洲际性，指导小组和科学网络确保整个项目和个别步骤的质量保证。该项目的附加值在于各大洲之间的合作，以及由此产生的对同一事件和同一文件的相互丰富的解释。教皇方济各的任期要求从以欧洲和北大西洋为中心的观点转变为对安理会及其接受的跨国和全球反思。因此，通过理事会的洲际评注，对天主教会的体制形式进行了新的思考，天主教会正变得越来越成为一个世界性的教会。

As part of the research project "Vatican II - Legacy and Mandates", the Scientific Network is preparing an intercontinental commentary on the texts of the Second Vatican Council, which will be published in five volumes in English and German.The commentary of the Council documents is the core of the project, which will be published in twelve volumes. In addition to an introductory volume on the hermeneutics of the Council and a concluding volume on overarching issues, five continental groups are working on the respective receptions of the Council in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean as well as North America and the Pacific region.The working method of commenting on the Council texts has not yet been practised in Catholic theology. It is oriented to the working method of the Council. Each document is commented on by a working group to which scientists from all continents belong. The texts are jointly developed and answered for. In order to achieve a truly intercontinental commentary, each document is edited by one person from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America/Pacific in close cooperation with the coordinating commentators.The Scientific Network to be applied for organises and accompanies three workshops for this purpose. The coordinating commentators and one person from each of the five continental groups will be invited. They discuss the existing drafts and supplement or correct them with the modes they introduce. Even though a lot of preliminary and follow-up work can be done in electronic exchange, personal contact remains indispensable. Only in this way can an understanding of the theological schools and cultural differences be achieved. On the one hand, the members of the network represent the steering group of the overall project and the majority of the coordinating commentators. On the other hand, the continental study groups are represented by at least one person in order to guarantee the intercontinentality of the project that is to be observed throughout.The Steering Group and the Scientific Network ensure the quality assurance of the overall project and the individual steps. The added value of the project lies in the cooperation across the continents and the resulting and mutually enriching interpretations of the same event and the same documents. The pontificate of Pope Francis calls for a change of perspective from a Eurocentric and North Atlantic perspective to a transnational and global reflection of the Council and its reception. Through the intercontinental commentary of the Council texts thus a new reflection takes place on the institutional form of the Catholic Church, which is becoming more and more a world church.