Intercontinental Commentary to the documents of the Second Vatican Council

作为“梵蒂冈第二次会议——遗产和使命”研究项目的一部分，科学网络正在准备一份关于梵蒂冈第二次大公会议文本的洲际评论，将以英语和德语分五卷出版。对安理会文件的评论是该项目的核心，将分12卷出版。除了一本关于经社理事会解释学的导论卷和一本关于总体问题的总结卷之外，五个大陆集团正在分别在非洲、亚洲、欧洲、拉丁美洲和加勒比以及北美和太平洋区域接待经社理事会。评论安理会案文的工作方法尚未在天主教神学中实行。它以安理会的工作方法为导向。每一份文件都由来自各大洲的科学家所属的工作组进行评论。文本是共同开发和回答。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/太平洋地区的一名人员与协调评论员密切合作编辑。将被申请的科学网络为此目的组织并陪同了三个讲习班。将邀请协调评论员和五大洲小组各一名成员。他们讨论现有的草案，并以他们引入的模式对其进行补充或修正。虽然很多前期和后续工作可以通过电子交流完成，但个人接触仍然是必不可少的。只有这样，才能理解神学院和文化差异。一方面，网络成员代表了整个项目的指导小组和大多数协调评论员。另一方面，各大洲研究小组至少有一人代表，以保证贯穿始终的项目的洲际性。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。该项目的附加价值在于跨大洲的合作，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。教宗方济各的任期要求改变观点，从以欧洲为中心和北大西洋的观点转变为对安理会及其接待的跨国和全球反映。因此，通过对大公会议案文的洲际评论，对天主教会的体制形式进行了新的反思，它正日益成为一个世界教会。

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.