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The future of history belongs to the poor and exploited.

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

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The Church cannot be a prophet in our day if she herself is not turned to Christ.

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

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The building of a just society means overcoming every obstacle to the creation of authentic peace.

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

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

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Once causes are determined, then there is talk of "social injustice" and the privileged begin to resist.

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

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

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

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

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To hope does not mean to know the future, but rather to be open, in an attitude of spiritual childhood, to accepting it as a gift.

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

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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.

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The theologian... will be engaged where nations, social classes, people struggle to free themselves from domination and oppression by other nations, classes, and people.

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The imbalance between developed and underdeveloped countries - caused by the relationships of dependence - becomes more acute if the cultural point of view is taken into consideration.

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The Christian community... is faced ever more clearly with the dilemma now confronting the whole continent: to be for or against the system, or more subtly, to be for reform or revolution.

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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.

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A theology which has as its points of reference only "truths" which have been established once and for all—and not the Truth which is also the Way—can only be static and, in the long run, sterile.

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