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The Birth of a Constitution

Summary/Abstract: The Second Vatican Council, that considered itself as a Pastoral Council, remains as a persistent challenge for God’s church in its message. By the Council, the church has become more accessible for the world and entered into a dialogue with it. Therefore, she has wended her way to renewal by two fundamental approaches. By the Dogmatic Constitution of the Church Lumen Gentium she turned ad intra to her origins and roots, whereas by the Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et Spes the church pointed out her position ad extra to the contemporary world, to which she as well offered her help (GS 42). She is continuously committed to scrutinise the signs of the times and to interpret them in the light of the Gospel, in order to fulfil her mission. (GS 4). By a short insight of the textual history of the Pastoral Constitution not only its difficult development is intended to be underlined, but also the great reversal of the church towards the world which may be summarized as “gentle revolution” and “revolutionary gentleness”.

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