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Gustavo Gutiérrez

Gustavo Gutiérrez Merino OP (born 8 June 1928) is a Peruvian philosopher, theologian, and Dominican priest regarded as one of the founders of liberation theology. He currently holds the John Cardinal O'Hara Professorship of Theology at the University of Notre Dame, and has previously been a professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and a visiting professor at many major universities in North America and Europe.

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Human history is in truth nothing but the history of the slow, uncertain, and surprising fulfillment of the Promise.

Fulfillment, Nothing, Promise, Slow, Uncertain

Reason has, especially today, many other manifestations than philosophical ones.

Philosophical, Reason, Today

If I define my neighbor as the one I must go out to look for, on the highways and byways, in the factories and slums, on the farms and in the mines, then my world changes.

Community, Factories, Look, Looks, World

Liberation from every form of exploitation, the possibility of a more human and dignified life, the creation of a new humankind - all pass through this struggle.

Creation, Humankind, Liberation, Possibility, Struggle

We take it for granted that Jesus was not interested in political life: his mission was purely religious. Indeed we have witnessed. . . the 'iconization' of the life of Jesus: 'This is a Jesus of hieratic, stereotyped gestures, all representing theological themes. In this way, the life of Jesus is no longer a human life, submerged in history, but a theological life -- an icon.

Gestures, Icons, Jesus, Life, Religious, Themes

So you say you love the poor? Name them.

Love, Name, Names, Poor, Say

In the Bible poverty is a scandalous condition inimical to human dignity and therefore contrary to the will of God.

Bible, Dignity, God, Gods Will, Human, Poverty

The God of Exodus is the God of history and of political liberation more than he is the God of nature.

Exodus, God, History, Liberation, Political

The poverty of the poor is not a call to generous relief action, but a demand that we go and build a different social order.

Call, Change, Inspirational, Order, Poor, Poverty

The future of history belongs to the poor and exploited.

Belongs, Exploited, Future, History, Poor

Theology is reflection, a critical attitude. The commitment of love, of service, comes first. Theology follows; it is the second step.

Attitude, Commitment, Critical, Love, Reflection, Theology

Through the persons who explicitly accept his Word, the Lord reveals the world to itself.

Accepting, Lord, Persons, Reveals, Word, World

Christendom is not primarily a mental construct. It is above all a fact, indeed the longest historical experience the Church has had. Hence the deep impact it has made on its life and thought.

Church, Construct, Deep, Fact, Historical, Impact

There are not two histories, one profane and one sacred, 'juxtaposed' or 'closely linked. ' Rather there is only one human destiny.

Destiny, Juxtaposed, Linked, Sacred, Two

The complete encounter with the Lord will mark an end to history, but it will take place in history.

Complete, Encounters, Ends, Lord, Mark, Place

Is the Church fulfilling a purely religious role when by its silence or friendly relationships it lends legitimacy to dictatorial and oppressive government?

Church, Government, Oppressive, Religious, Silence

But the poor person does not exist as an inescapable fact of destiny. His or her existence is not politically neutral, and it is not ethically innocent. The poor are a by-product of the system in which we live and for which we are responsible. They are marginalized by our social and cultural world. They are the oppressed, exploited proletariat, robbed of the fruit of their labor and despoiled of their humanity. Hence the poverty of the poor is not a call to generous relief action, but a demand that we go and build a different social order.

Demand, Destiny, Existence, Order, Responsibility, Responsible

As we progress, various shades of meaning and deeper levels of understanding will complement this initial effort.

Complement, Effort, Levels, Progress, Shades, Understanding

The denunciation of injustice implies the rejection of the use of Christianity to legitimize the established order.

Christianity, Injustice, Order, Rejection, Use

Although until recently the Church was closely linked to the established order, it is beginning to take a different attitude regarding the exploitation, oppression, and alienation which prevails in Latin America. This has caused concern among the beneficiaries and defenders of capitalist society, who no longer can depend on what used to be - whether consciously or unconsciously - one of their mainstays.

America, Attitude, Beneficiaries, Latin

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