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 academic societies such as the John XXIII Foundation for Religious Sciences and the Bologna School. Historians such as Giuseppe Alberigo, John W. O'Malley, Christoph Theobald, and Gilles Routhier have often examined perceived or actual ruptures with pre-conciliar Catholicism from a progressive perspective, while others like Romano Amerio and Roberto de Mattei do so from a traditionalist viewpoint. Meanwhile, Benedict XVI has emphasized the continuity of the Council with pre-conciliar Catholicism and advocated a "hermeneutic of reform."

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