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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Label	Occurrences
Gaudium et Spes canonical	25
Gaudium et spes	10
Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World	5
Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World Gaudium et Spes	4
Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et Spes	2
Second Vatican Council document Gaudium et Spes	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T229172 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Gaudium et Spes
Context triple: [Second Vatican Council, producedDocument, Gaudium et Spes]

A. Lumen Gentium
Lumen Gentium is a key dogmatic constitution of the Catholic Church that articulates its self-understanding, especially the nature and mission of the Church, as defined by the Second Vatican Council.
B. Sacrosanctum Concilium
Sacrosanctum Concilium is the Second Vatican Council’s Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, which initiated major reforms in Catholic worship, including greater use of vernacular languages and active participation by the laity.
C. Apostolic Constitution Humanae Salutis
Apostolic Constitution Humanae Salutis is the formal papal document issued by Pope John XXIII that officially convoked the Second Vatican Council and outlined its purposes.
D. Redemptoris Custos
Redemptoris Custos is an apostolic exhortation by Pope John Paul II that reflects on the life and mission of Saint Joseph as guardian of the Redeemer and model of Christian fatherhood.
E. Lumen fidei
Lumen fidei is an encyclical letter on the nature and role of Christian faith in contemporary life, issued at the beginning of Pope Francis’s pontificate and closely linked to the theological work of Pope Benedict XVI.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Gaudium et Spes
Target entity description: 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.

A. Lumen Gentium
Lumen Gentium is a key dogmatic constitution of the Catholic Church that articulates its self-understanding, especially the nature and mission of the Church, as defined by the Second Vatican Council.
B. Sacrosanctum Concilium
Sacrosanctum Concilium is the Second Vatican Council’s Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, which initiated major reforms in Catholic worship, including greater use of vernacular languages and active participation by the laity.
C. Apostolic Constitution Humanae Salutis
Apostolic Constitution Humanae Salutis is the formal papal document issued by Pope John XXIII that officially convoked the Second Vatican Council and outlined its purposes.
D. Redemptoris Custos
Redemptoris Custos is an apostolic exhortation by Pope John Paul II that reflects on the life and mission of Saint Joseph as guardian of the Redeemer and model of Christian fatherhood.
E. Lumen fidei
Lumen fidei is an encyclical letter on the nature and role of Christian faith in contemporary life, issued at the beginning of Pope Francis’s pontificate and closely linked to the theological work of Pope Benedict XVI.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

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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 ⓘ linked to: 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	Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World ⓘ linked to: Gaudium et Spes
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ linked to: 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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Referenced by (47)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Second Vatican Council → producedDocument → Gaudium et Spes ⓘ

Amoris laetitia → cites → Gaudium et spes ⓘ

linked to: Gaudium et Spes

Ad Gentes → relatedTo → Gaudium et Spes ⓘ

Lumen Gentium → relatedToDocument → Gaudium et Spes ⓘ

Perfectae Caritatis → relatedTo → Gaudium et Spes ⓘ

Gaudium et Spes → hasShortLatinTitle → Gaudium et Spes ⓘ

Gaudium et Spes → hasEnglishTitle → Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World ⓘ

linked to: Gaudium et Spes

Unitatis Redintegratio → relatedDocument → Gaudium et Spes ⓘ

Dignitatis Humanae → relatedDocument → Gaudium et Spes ⓘ

Gravissimum Educationis → relatedTo → Gaudium et Spes ⓘ

Decree on the Ministry and Life of Priests → relatedTo → Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et Spes ⓘ

linked to: Gaudium et Spes

Sacrosanctum Concilium → relatedDocument → Gaudium et Spes ⓘ

Apostolicam Actuositatem → relatedTo → Gaudium et Spes ⓘ

Pacem in terris → relatedTo → Gaudium et spes ⓘ

linked to: Gaudium et Spes

Redemptor Hominis → citesDocument → Gaudium et Spes ⓘ

subject linked to: encyclical Redemptor Hominis

Theology of the Body → influencedBy → Gaudium et Spes ⓘ

subject linked to: theology of the body

Dogmatic Constitution Dei Verbum → relatedDocument → Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et Spes ⓘ

linked to: Gaudium et Spes

Documents of the Second Vatican Council → hasPart → Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World ⓘ

linked to: Gaudium et Spes

Documents of the Second Vatican Council → hasPart → Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World Gaudium et Spes ⓘ

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Dei Verbum → relatedDocument → Gaudium et Spes ⓘ

subject linked to: DV

To the Nations → relatedTo → Gaudium et Spes ⓘ

Perfect Charity → relatedTo → Gaudium et Spes ⓘ

The Church as sacrament of salvation → articulatedIn → Gaudium et spes ⓘ

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Declaratio de Libertate Religiosa → relatedTo → Second Vatican Council document Gaudium et Spes ⓘ

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Optatam Totius → relatedTo → Gaudium et Spes ⓘ

Constitutio pastoralis de Ecclesia in mundo huius temporis → hasCommonTitle → Gaudium et Spes ⓘ

Constitutio pastoralis de Ecclesia in mundo huius temporis → hasEnglishTitle → Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World ⓘ

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Part I: The Church and Man’s Calling → partOf → Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World ⓘ

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Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity → relatedTo → Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World Gaudium et Spes ⓘ

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Of Human Life → followsDocument → Gaudium et spes ⓘ

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Casti connubii → relatedTo → Gaudium et spes ⓘ

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On Human Work → relatedToDocument → Gaudium et Spes ⓘ

Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church → cites → Gaudium et Spes ⓘ

Octogesima adveniens → relatedTo → Gaudium et spes ⓘ

linked to: Gaudium et Spes

Dogmatic Constitution on the Church → relatedToDocument → Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World Gaudium et Spes ⓘ

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Decree on the Church’s Missionary Activity → buildsOn → Gaudium et spes ⓘ

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Declaration on Christian Education → relatedToDocument → Gaudium et Spes ⓘ

Decree on the Appropriate Renewal of Religious Life → relatedTo → Gaudium et Spes ⓘ

Fourth session of the Second Vatican Council → approvedDocument → Gaudium et spes ⓘ

linked to: Gaudium et Spes

Fourth session of the Second Vatican Council → promulgatedDocument → Gaudium et spes ⓘ

linked to: Gaudium et Spes

Council Fathers of Vatican II → producedDocument → Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World Gaudium et Spes ⓘ

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Church and the modern world → hasKeyDocument → Gaudium et Spes ⓘ

Church and the modern world → centralText → Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World ⓘ

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Apostolicam Actuositatem → relatedTo → Gaudium et Spes ⓘ

subject linked to: AA

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