Editing Gaudium et spes (section)

== Reception ==

=== Immediately following Vatican II ===
Initial opposition came in the form of debate over the theological basis of Vatican II and {{Lang|la|Gaudium et spes}}. According to [[Henri de Lubac]], the theological balance of nature and grace pre-Vatican II was overturned in favor of nature and the world which goes against the importance placed upon transcendence.<ref name=":62">{{Cite book|title=Project MUSE - The Church in the Modern World|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/book/46645|access-date=2020-12-14 |isbn=9780814682951 |language=en |last1=Lawler |first1=Michael G. |last2=Salzman |first2=Todd A. |last3=Burke-Sullivan |first3=Eileen |date=25 September 2014 |publisher=Liturgical Press }}</ref>

=== Reception today ===
{{Lang|la|Gaudium et spes}} has been evaluated as the shift of the church to its new globalized view of the world.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Faggioli |first=Massimo |date=December 2016 |title=Reading the Signs of the Times through a Hermeneutics of Recognition: Gaudium et Spes and Its Meaning for a Learning Church |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/horizons/article/reading-the-signs-of-the-times-through-a-hermeneutics-of-recognition-gaudium-et-spes-and-its-meaning-for-a-learning-church/9C0CF42CA3598AA04F0A6A4CBC96F87B |journal=Horizons |language=en |volume=43 |issue=2 |pages=332–350 |doi=10.1017/hor.2016.109 |issn=0360-9669}}</ref> It serves as the basis for multiculturalism in the modern church and has become the basis of the church's message to the world today.<ref name=":62" /> The document's frequent references to "the human heart" and "the heart of man" are reflected in several quotations adopted by [[Pope Francis]] in his encyclical letter, ''[[Dilexit nos]]''.<ref>Pope Francis, [https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/20241024-enciclica-dilexit-nos.pdf Dilexit nos], paragraph 29, published on 24 October 2024, accessed on 29 November 2024</ref><ref>Declue, R, [https://www.wordonfire.org/articles/dilexit-nos-an-encyclical-of-the-heart/ 'Dilexit Nos': an Encyclical of the Heart], ''Word on Fire'', accessed on 29 November 2024</ref>