Abstrakt

Analysing the whole process of the development of the doctrine of redemption
in Gaudium et Spes, we can conclude that the Council responded to the
demands expressed before the beginning of the doctrine. It remained faithful
to the teachings of St omas Aquinas, while preserving the essential content
of his doctrine, although it expressed it in a new language. e Council was able
to positively explain the doctrine of the mystery of redemption, without arguing
with various contemporary theological tendencies. Redemption is shown as
the work of Jesus Christ through His salvific Incarnation and the redemptive
paschal mystery of death, resurrection, ascension and exile of the Holy Spirit.
Redemption freed man from the bondage of Satan and sin, became a new covenant
with the Father, reconciled delusions with God and with himself, merited
life and revealed the mystery of love. Redemption is a great event in the history
of salvation, which begins with the work of Creation. From the history of the
various editions of Gaudium et Spes, from the interventions of the Council Fathers
and from the solutions to the theological problems relating to the whole
reality of the modern world, we can conclude that the Pastoral Constitution
on the Church points to the relationship between creation and redemption,
speaking of creation in the perspective of redemption and defining redemption
as the renewal of creation in Christ.