Pastoral constitution on the church in the modern world. Only in freedom can people direct themselves toward goodness. Gaudium et spes offers a rich anthropology, insights into every human being, based on man as created in the image of god, wounded by sin, in need of redemption, but also with intrinsic dignity, a dignity that is never lost, and moreover with a desire for the truth. Le gioie e le speranze, le tristezze e le angosce degli uomini doggi, dei poveri soprattutto e di tutti coloro che.
Pastoral constitution on the church in the modern world gaudium et spes promulgated by pope paul vi. Summary of gaudium et spes on shaun mcafee the following is a summary of dei verbum, of the second vatican council. It retains the original chapter and numbering according to the actual ordered sections of the document. Preface addressed to all people expressing the churchs desire to dialogue with the whole human family by using the common language of personhood. The positive direction that was intended for the doctrine of gaudium et spes is appropriately captured in the opening prologue statements, which identify the church with the joys and sorrows mcbrien, 2008, p. Part 2 takes up several more urgent problems in the modern world that call for a response by the church. Chapter 1 is on the family, chapter 2 is on culture, chapter 3 is on economics, and chapter 4 is on political structures. Unless mentioned otherwise, all english translations used in the paper will be taken from vatican ii. The second vatican council called for moral theology to be renewed by a more vivid contact with the mystery of christ optatum totius, n. Gaudium et spes the pastoral constitution on the church in the modern world, was one of the four constitutions resulting from the second vatican council. Gaudium et spes leva a marca do conclio vaticano ii.
Gaudium et spes had a great impact on catholic social teaching, and it is indeed telling that pope john paul ii has cited sections 22 and 24 of gaudium et spes more often than he has cited any other vatican ii document. Descargar libro pdf gaudium et spes concilio vaticano ii. Part 1 lays out the theology of the churchs relationship with the world we live in. Gaudium et spes 24 reminds us of the primacy of gods universal fatherhood. Summary of gaudium et spes the numbers given correspond to section numbers within the text. He has used this document as a key element in many of his own encyclicals including fides et ratio faith and reason. The essential contribution of gaudium et spes to the. Le gioie e le speranze, le tristezze e le angosce degli uomini doggi, dei poveri soprattutto e di tutti coloro che soffrono, sono pure le gioie e le speranze, le tristezze e le angosce dei discepoli di cristo, e nulla vi e di genuinamente umano che non trovi. After the introduction, gaudium et spes is split into two parts. In describing the relationship of the church, the people of. Intima unione della chiesa con lintera famiglia umana.
Mla no longer requires the use of urls in mla citations. Gaudium et spes or the pastoral constitution on the church in the modern world, was the second vatican councils response to the horrors the world had witnessed up to the early 1960s when it was published. God, who has fatherly concern for everyone, has willed that all people should constitute one family and treat one another in a spirit of family. Gaudium is the longest of the four constitutions produced by this council and one of if not the longest document overall. The joys and the hopes, the griefs and the anxieties of the men of this age, especially those who are poor or in any way afflicted, these are the joys and hopes, the griefs and anxieties of the followers of christ. The pastoral constitution in the modern world, pope paul vi asks a fundamental question. As paul vi notes, it is the confusion surrounding mans identity which leads to an existential anxiety where the most fundamental aspect of man, his identity, is in question. The church and mans calling and some problems of special urgency. Gaudium et spes pastoral constitution on the church in the modern world promulgated by his holiness, pope paul vi on december 7, 1965 the following is excerpted from the complete document of gaudium et spes. Michael paul gallagher sj reflects on one of the most important documents of recent church history, gaudium et spes, an expression of the changed climate in the church during the years of vatican ii. In the church and mans calling, the authors examine the.