Gaudium Et Spes - Contents

Contents

The numbers given correspond to section numbers within the text.

1. Preface (1-3)
2. Introduction: The Situation of Men in the Modern World (4-10)
3. Part 1: The Church and Man's Calling (11-45)
   1. The Dignity of the Human Person (12-22)
   2. The Community of Mankind (23-32)
   3. Man's Activity Throughout the World (33-39)
   4. The Role of the Church in the Modern World (40-45)
4. Part 2: Some Problems of Special Urgency (46-93)
   1. Fostering the Nobility of Marriage and the Family (47-52)
   2. The Proper Development of Culture (53-62)
      1. The Circumstances of Culture in the World Today (54-56)
      2. Some Principles for the Proper Development of Culture (57-59)
         1. Definition of Culture. Culture in its general sense indicates everything whereby man develops and perfects his many bodily and spiritual qualities; he strives by his knowledge and his labor, to bring the world itself under his control. He renders social life more human both in the family and the civic community, through improvement of customs and institutions. Throughout the course of time he expresses, communicates and converses in his works, great spiritual experiences and desires that they might be of advantage to the progress of many, even the whole family (Guadium Et Spes Part II, Chapter II, Paragraph II).
      3. Some More Urgent Duties of Christians in Regard to Culture (60-62)
   3. Economic and Social Life (63-72)
      1. Economic Development (64 - 66)
      2. Certain Principles Governing Socio-Economic Life as a Whole (67-72)
   4. The Life of the Political Community (73-76)
   5. The Fostering of Peace and the Promotion of a Community of Nations (77-93)
      1. The Avoidance of War (79-82)
      2. Setting Up an International Community (83-93)