Hermeneutics of the Second Vatican Council

The Hermeneutics of the Second Vatican Council, or the Hermeneutics of Vatican II, refers to the different interpretations of the Second Vatican Council given by theologians and historians in relation to the Roman Catholic Church in the period following the Council. The two leading interpretations are the "hermeneutic of continuity" (or "hermeneutic of the reform") and the contrasting "hermeneutic of rupture" (or "hermeneutic of discontinuity"), with some proposing a "third hermeneutic" along the lines of John W. O'Malley.

This field of research is taught in some universities and explored by learned societies such as the School of Bologna and the John XXIII Foundation for Religious Sciences. Historians such as Giuseppe Alberigo, John W. O'Malley, Christoph Theobald, Gilles Routhier, Romano Amerio and Roberto de Mattei research perceived or actual ruptures with preconciliar Catholicism from both progressive and traditionalist perspectives. Meanwhile, Benedict XVI has emphasized the continuity of council with preconciliar Catholicism and endorsed a "hermeneutic of reform."

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