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An Introduction to Gaudium et Spes
The next document of Vatican II is perhaps my favorite. While Lumen Gentium is a document about the Church itself, Gaudium et Spes is the document about the place of the Church within Humanity. When...
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Gaudium et Spes and the Human Person
The first part of Gaudium et Spes sets out to speak about the human person and the role the human person plays in the world. The beginning of part one states that the Spirit of the Lord “fills the...
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Gaudium et Spes and Sin
Sin isn’t something we like to think about these days… not really. Many of us are all too eager to think about how other members of the Church have sinned or fallen short of what we believe the...
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Gaudium et Spes and Nature
After being away for too long, and without a good reason for it, I return to you with apologies for not taking the time to write. I return to Gaudium et Spes with the topic of Humanity’s Essential...
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Gaudium et Spes, the Intellect, the Truth, and Wisdom.
The next section of Gaudium et Spes is about the dignity of Intellect, of Truth, and of Wisdom. Christianity has always been in the world with Greek Philosophy. Even the Galilee where Jesus was born...
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Gaudium et Spes and the Conscience
The next part of Gaudium et Spes is probably one of the more influential teachings of the whole document and has had much speculation and teaching attached to it. It has caused problems but has also...
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Gaudium et Spes and Freedom
After far too long away, finishing up my semester, I return with the next part of Gaudium et Spes in which the council fathers address Freedom. Freedom has become kind of a buzzword, especially in the...
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Gaudium et Spes and Death
The next section of Gaudium et Spes briefly addresses Death. Or maybe more appropriately our rejection of and salvation from death and the human belief in the afterlife. Most of us don’t care to think...
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Gaudium et Spes and Walking the Walk
The next section of Gaudium et Spes is about the dangers of atheism. This was really a serious concern of the council fathers and they devote a good amount of space to topic under several headings. To...
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