Gaudium et Spes is a pastoral constitution issued by Pope Paul VI in 1965 that addresses the Catholic Church's relationship with the modern world. It discusses topics like poverty, social justice, science, technology, and ecumenism. The document was approved by over 90% of bishops at the Second Vatican Council and has significantly influenced Christian social teachings. It establishes that the joys, hopes, griefs and anguish of all people, especially the poor and afflicted, belong to followers of Christ.

1. Gaudium
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2. Gaudium et Spes
 Comes from the latin word which means Joy and Hope.
 The Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, was one
of the four Apostolic Constitutions resulting from the Second Vatican
Council.
 Approved by a vote of 2,307 to 75 of the bishops assembled at the
council.
 It was promulgated by Pope Paul VI on December 7, 1965.
Vatican II initiated a new way of thingking in the church produsing
sixteen documents, including Gaudium et Spes, which is considered to
have the most authority in the Churchs social teaching documents.
Apostolic Constitution is the highest level of decree
issued by the Pope.

3.  As is customary with Catholic documents, the title is taken from its
incipit in Latin.
 The document is an overview of the Catholic Church's teachings
about humanity's relationship to society, especially in reference to
economics, poverty, social justice, culture, science, technology and
ecumenism.
 The document has had a huge influence on the social teachings of
the wider Christian churches and communities, especially the
churches that belong to the World Council of Churches.
“The joys and hopes, the grief and anguish of the people of our
time, especially of those who are poor or afflicted, are the joys and
hopes, the grief and anguish of the followers of Christ as well.”
“Gaudium et spes, luctus et angor hominum huius temporis, pauperum praesertim et quorumvis
afflictorum, gaudium sunt et spes, luctus et angor etiam Christi discipulorum.”

4. Background of Gaudium et Spes
 The document was not drafted before the council met, but arose
from the floor of the council and was one of the last to be
promulgated.
 Pope John XXIII, being deathly ill at the time, was forced to
watch the proceedings on closed circuit television. He was too
sick to attend, and died within months.
 The previous Vatican Council in 1869-1870 had tried to
defend the role of the church in an increasingly secular world.
 Those who interpret the purpose of the Second Council as one
of embracing this world use Gaudium et spes as the primary
hermeneutic for all its documents.

5.  Human beings are the “source, the center and the
purpose of all economic and social life” (Gaudium et
Spes 63)
 Peace is not just the absence of war but justice
throughout society.

6.  One of the cardinals, Leo Joseph Suenens of
Belgium, urged the council to take on social
responsibility for Third World suffering, International
peace and war, and the poor.
 Marie-Dominque Chenu famed professor of the
Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas
Angelicum was influential in the composition of
Gaudium et spes.
Influence of Gaudium et Spes

7.  The purpose of the Gaudium et Spes is for the council to
expresses a desire to engage in conversation with the
entire human family so that the church can help shed
light on the human mystery and cooperate in solving
contemporary problems.
Purpose of Writing

8. Pope Paul VI
 Birth Name Giovanni Battista Enrico
Antonio Maria Montini
 Born September 26, 1897
Concesio Brescia, Italy
 Died August 6, 1978 (aged 80)
Castel Gandolfo, Italy
 Papacy began June 21, 1963
 Papacy ended August 6, 1978
 Predecessor John XXIII
 Successor John Paul I