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Section sizes

Section size for Second Vatican Council (84 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	4,453	4,453
Background	18	4,598
Biblical movement	1,334	1,334
Ressourcement and Nouvelle théologie markup removed; cannot link (help)	3,246	3,246
Beginnings	222	25,574
Announcement and expectations	6,659	6,659
Preparation	3,647	3,647
Organization	11,314	11,314
Main caucuses	3,732	3,732
Chronology of the council	77	80,332
First period: 11 October – 8 December 1962	53	11,535
Opening day	1,978	1,978
Commissions	2,767	2,767
Liturgy schema	1,228	1,228
Schema on revelation	1,858	1,858
Schema on the modern means of communication	625	625
Schema on Unity with the Eastern Orthodox	596	596
Schema on the Church	1,384	1,384
End of the First Period	1,046	1,046
Interval between first and second periods	51	3,681
The Coordinating Commission and the Revision of the Schemas	1,454	1,454
The death of John XXIII and the election of Paul VI	888	888
Reorganization	1,288	1,288
Second period: 29 September – 4 December 1963	57	12,514
Opening	1,237	1,237
Schema on the Church	5,229	5,229
Schema on the Virgin Mary	759	759
Schema on Bishops and the Governance of Dioceses	1,963	1,963
Schemas on Liturgy and Modern Means of Communication	817	817
Schema on Ecumenism	1,425	1,425
The End of the Second Period	1,027	1,027
Interval between second and third periods	51	2,875
Pilgrimage to the Holy Land	468	468
Revision of the schemas	879	879
Encyclical on the Church	322	322
Women lay auditors	1,155	1,155
Third period: 14 September – 21 November 1964	57	24,467
Opening	1,081	1,081
Schema on the Church	1,614	1,614
Schema on Bishops	426	426
Schemas on religious freedom and non-Christian religions	4,651	4,651
Schema on Revelation	2,102	2,102
Seven New Schemas	5,265	5,265
Schema on the Church in the Modern World	4,289	4,289
"Black Week"	3,805	3,805
The End of the Third Session	1,177	1,177
Interval between third and fourth periods	185	1,838
Trip to India	400	400
First liturgical changes	579	579
Ongoing revision of the schemas	674	674
Fourth period: 14 September – 8 December 1965	300	23,345
Opening	1,640	1,640
Schemas: Religious Freedom, Revelation	2,184	2,184
Schema on the Church in the Modern World	4,333	4,333
Pope Paul at the United Nations	980	980
Schemas: Missions, Education, Non-Christian religions, Priests	4,812	4,812
A change of pace	1,565	1,565
Voting on the last schemas	2,596	2,596
Indulgences	1,389	1,389
The Council's Final Days	3,546	3,546
Documents of the council	6,192	39,663
Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy	6,057	6,057
Dogmatic Constitution on the Church	3,629	3,629
Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation	3,523	3,523
Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World	654	654
Decrees and declarations on the Church as People of God	8,789	8,789
Decrees and declarations on the Church in the world	10,819	10,819
Impact of Vatican II	84	11,507
Vatican II was a record-breaking event	1,931	1,931
Importance of Vatican II	1,884	1,884
Key Developments due to Vatican II	2,358	2,358
Some changes resulting from Vatican II	5,250	5,250
Controversies	130	9,598
Validity of the Council	2,837	2,837
Authority of the council's teaching	2,658	2,658
"The Spirit of Vatican II"	3,973	3,973
Legacy	14	1,634
Vatican II participants who later became pope	782	782
Saints of Vatican II	838	838
Notes	50	50
References	17	4,405
Citations	31	31
Sources	4,357	4,357
External links	1,129	1,129
Total	182,943	182,943

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