Gaudium et Spes

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Catholic magisterial document conciliar document document of the Second Vatican Council pastoral constitution

Gaudium et Spes is a major pastoral constitution of the Catholic Church that articulates the Second Vatican Council’s vision of the Church’s role and mission in the modern world.

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Gaudium et spes 2
Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et Spes 1
Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic magisterial document ⓘ
conciliar document ⓘ
document of the Second Vatican Council ⓘ
pastoral constitution ⓘ
addresses atheism ⓘ
economic development ⓘ
nuclear weapons ⓘ
secularization ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
War and Peace ⓘ
surface form: war and peace
approvedByCouncil Second Vatican Council ⓘ
belongsToCouncil Second Vatican Council ⓘ
citedBy Pope Benedict XVI ⓘ
Pope Francis ⓘ
Pope John Paul II ⓘ
citedIn Catechism of the Catholic Church ⓘ
documentType constitution ⓘ
emphasizes human dignity grounded in the image of God ⓘ
the Church’s solidarity with all humanity ⓘ
the universal call to holiness ⓘ
focusesOn dialogue between the Church and the modern world ⓘ
hasEnglishTitle Gaudium et Spes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World
hasLatinTitle Constitutio pastoralis de Ecclesia in mundo huius temporis ⓘ
hasPart Part I: The Church and Man’s Calling ⓘ
Part II: Some Problems of Special Urgency ⓘ
hasShortLatinTitle Gaudium et Spes self-link ⓘ
influenced Catholic social teaching after Vatican II ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
numberOfChapters 93 ⓘ
numberOfParts 2 ⓘ
openingWords Gaudium et spes, luctus et angor hominum huius temporis ⓘ
placeOfPromulgation St. Peter's Basilica ⓘ
surface form: St. Peter’s Basilica
promulgatedBy Pope Paul VI ⓘ
promulgationDate 1965-12-07 ⓘ
rankWithinCouncilDocuments pastoral constitution ⓘ
relatedDocument Apostolicam Actuositatem ⓘ
Dignitatis Humanae ⓘ
Lumen Gentium ⓘ
subject culture ⓘ
economic and social life ⓘ
human dignity ⓘ
marriage and family ⓘ
peace and the community of nations ⓘ
political community ⓘ
role of the Church in the modern world ⓘ
teaches Christ reveals man to himself ⓘ
the Church must read the signs of the times ⓘ
theologicalOrientation pastoral ⓘ
translatedOpeningWords The joys and the hopes, the griefs and the anxieties of the men of this age ⓘ

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Amoris laetitia → cites → Gaudium et Spes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gaudium et spes
subject surface form: Redemptor Hominis
Gaudium et Spes → hasEnglishTitle → Gaudium et Spes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World
Gaudium et Spes → hasShortLatinTitle → Gaudium et Spes self-link ⓘ
theology of the body → influencedBy → Gaudium et Spes ⓘ
subject surface form: Theology of the Body
Second Vatican Council → producedDocument → Gaudium et Spes ⓘ
Dignitatis Humanae → relatedDocument → Gaudium et Spes ⓘ
Sacrosanctum Concilium → relatedDocument → Gaudium et Spes ⓘ
Unitatis Redintegratio → relatedDocument → Gaudium et Spes ⓘ
Ad Gentes → relatedTo → Gaudium et Spes ⓘ
Apostolicam Actuositatem → relatedTo → Gaudium et Spes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et Spes
Gravissimum Educationis → relatedTo → Gaudium et Spes ⓘ
Pacem in terris → relatedTo → Gaudium et Spes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gaudium et spes
Perfectae Caritatis → relatedTo → Gaudium et Spes ⓘ
Lumen Gentium → relatedToDocument → Gaudium et Spes ⓘ