Gustavo Gutiérrez - History Quotes

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The liberation of our continent means more than overcoming economic, social, and political dependence. It means, in a deeper sense, to see the becoming of mankind as a process of the emancipation of man in history. It is to see man in search of a qualitatively different society in which he will be free from all servitude, in which he will be the artisan of his own destiny.

Gustavo Gutiérrez

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

Gustavo Gutiérrez

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

Gustavo Gutiérrez

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.

Gustavo Gutiérrez

The future of history belongs to the poor and exploited.

Gustavo Gutiérrez

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

Gustavo Gutiérrez