Gaudium et spes: the church in the world

• Autores: Robert Schreiter
• Localización: New theology review: an American catholic journal for Ministry, ISSN 0896-4297, Vol. 25, Nº. 2, 2013, págs. 39-44
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World Gaudium et spes represented a new genre in conciliar documents. In so doing, it framed what it would mean to be a pastoral council (rather than a dogmatic one), and also laid the groundwork for envisioning a world Church. This article presents the background for the document and traces its development, noting the impact it has had for doing theology, and why it has become a kind of shibboleth in contemporary debates about the Council and future directions of the Church.