Part I: The Church and Man’s Calling

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Part I: The Church and Man’s Calling is the opening section of the Second Vatican Council’s pastoral constitution Gaudium et Spes, which reflects on the dignity of the human person and the Church’s mission in the modern world.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf section of a conciliar document
theological text
aim to address questions raised by modern culture
to explain the Church’s understanding of the human person
to relate the Church’s mission to the vocation of man
authorityLevel universal ordinary magisterium
containedIn Acta Apostolicae Sedis
council Second Vatican Council
ecclesialStatus magisterial teaching
emphasizes dialogue between Church and world
human rights and responsibilities
solidarity of the human family
universal call to holiness
focusesOn human freedom in light of divine law
relationship between nature and grace in man
role of the Church in illuminating human vocation
genre pastoral constitution
surface form: pastoral constitution section
hasAuthor Second Vatican Council
hasContext 20th‑century social and cultural change
post‑war world
intendedAudience Catholics worldwide
all people of good will
language Latin
originalTitle Pars I: Ecclesia et vocatio hominis
partOf Gaudium et Spes
Gaudium et Spes
surface form: Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World

documents of the Second Vatican Council
promulgatedBy Pope Paul VI
promulgationDate 7 December 1965
relatedDocument Apostolicam Actuositatem
Dignitatis Humanae
Lumen Gentium
subject Christ as the new Adam
Christian anthropology
Church and the modern world
dignity of the human person
eschatological vocation of humanity
freedom and conscience
human community and social life
human vocation
image of God in man
mystery of the Church
sin and redemption
theologicalTradition Catholic Church worldwide
surface form: Catholic Church

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Gaudium et Spes hasPart Part I: The Church and Man’s Calling