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Gustavo Gutiérrez Merino es un filósofo y teólogo peruano, ordenado sacerdote en 1959 y dominico desde 2001, uno de los principales representantes de la corriente teológica denominada teología latinoamericana de la liberación, una de las más influyentes del siglo XX. Es, asimismo, fundador del Instituto Bartolomé de las Casas, con sede en Lima y el Cuzco.

Sus propuestas teológicas se centran en la relación entre salvación, liberación y desarrollo; y en la opción preferencial por el pobre. En ese sentido, las dos preguntas fundamentales de su pensamiento son "¿existen dos órdenes paralelos --es decir, un fin autónomo y secular del ser humano, y una revelación sobrenatural--, de tal modo que el hombre se moverá en dos ámbitos del saber y de la vida completamente separados e independientes uno del otro? ¿O bien el ser humano, en su más profunda unidad como persona, es llamado por Dios a construir la vida individual y social relgiosa y éticamente?" ;[1]​ y "¿cómo decirle al pobre que Dios lo ama?" .[2]​ En ese marco, sus planteamientos siempre se han mantenido críticos contra las estructuras sociales injustas que perpetúan la pobreza en América Latina y a las posturas clericalistas al interior de la Iglesia.

Gutiérrez, por su parte, ha sido objeto de críticas de diversa índole, incluyendo acusaciones de marxismo y de alejamiento de la ortodoxia.[3]​[4]​ La Santa Sede, sin embargo, dio "por concluido el camino de clarificación de los puntos problemáticos contenidos en algunas obras del autor" en el año 2004.[5]​ Tanto el papa Benedicto XVI como el papa Francisco lo han recibido en Roma, y este último ha prologado el libro que co-publicó en 2015 con el cardenal Gerhard Ludwig Müller.

Sus libros han sido traducidos a distintos idiomas. Fue galardonado en 2003 con el Premio Príncipe de Asturias de Comunicación y Humanidades,[6]​ en palabras del jurado, "por su coincidente preocupación por los sectores más desfavorecidos y por su independencia frente a presiones de todo signo, que han tratado de tergiversar su mensaje". En 2012 recibió el Premio Nacional de Cultura concedido por el Ministerio de Cultura del Perú y Petroperú.[7]​

✵ 8. junio 1928
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Gustavo Gutiérrez Merino: Frases en inglés

“If there is no friendship with them [the poor] and no sharing of the life of the poor, then there is no authentic commitment to liberation, because love exists only among equals.”

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Fuente: A Theology of Liberation

“[Neighbor is] not he whom I find in my path, but rather he in whose path I place myself, he whom I approach and actively seek.”

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Fuente: A Theology of Liberation

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

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Fuente: A Theology of Liberation - 15th Anniversary Edition, Chapter Nine, Liberation And Salvation, p. 91-92

“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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Conclusion, p. 174
A Theology of Liberation - 15th Anniversary Edition

“About the twelfth century the possibility of sharing contemplation by means of preaching and other forms of apostolic activity began to be considered. This point of view was exemplified in the mixed life (contemplative and active) of the mendicant orders and was expressed in the formula: contemplata aliis tradere”

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"to transmit to others the fruits of contemplation"
Fuente: A Theology of Liberation (1971), p. 7

“Contemporary man has begun to lose his naiveté as … the deep causes of the situation in which he finds himself are becoming clearer. He realizes that to attack these deep causes is the indispensable prerequisite for radical change. And so he has gradually abandoned a simple reformist attitude regarding the existing social order, for, by its very shallowness this reformism perpetuates the existing system.”

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Fuente: A Theology of Liberation (1971), p. 48

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

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Fuente: A Theology of Liberation - 15th Anniversary Edition, Chapter Nine, Liberation And Salvation, p. 97

“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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Fuente: A Theology of Liberation - 15th Anniversary Edition, Chapter Four, Different Responses, p. 34

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

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Fuente: A Theology of Liberation - 15th Anniversary Edition, Chapter Thirteen, Poverty: Solidarity And Protest, p. 165

“Theology as critical reflection thus fulfills a liberating function for man and the Christian community, preserving them from fetishism and idolatry, as well as from a pernicious and belittling narcissism.”

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Fuente: A Theology of Liberation (1971), p. 12

“Theology thus understood, that is to say as linked to praxis, fulfills a prophetic function insofar as it interprets historical events with the intention of revealing and proclaiming their profound meaning.”

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Fuente: A Theology of Liberation (1971), p. 13

“By keeping historical events in their proper perspective, theology helps safeguard society and the Church from regarding as permanent what is only temporary. Critical reflection thus always plays the inverse role of an ideology which rationalizes and justifies a given social and ecclesial order.”

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Fuente: A Theology of Liberation (1971), p. 12

“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.”

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Fuente: A Theology of Liberation - 15th Anniversary Edition, Chapter Eight, Statement Of The Questions, p. 72

“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.”

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Fuente: A Theology of Liberation (1971), p. 91

“Faced with the urgency of the Latin American situation, the Church denounces as insufficient those partial and limited measures which amount only to palliatives and in the long run actually consolidate an exploitative system.”

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Fuente: A Theology of Liberation (1971), p. 110

“The world today is experiencing a profound and rapid socio-cultural transformation. But the changes do not occur at a uniform pace, and the discrepancies in the change process have differentiated the various countries and regions of our planet.”

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Fuente: A Theology of Liberation - 15th Anniversary Edition, p. 21

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

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Part 1, Theology And Liberation, p. 1
A Theology of Liberation - 15th Anniversary Edition

“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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Fuente: A Theology of Liberation (1971), p. 13

“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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Fuente: A Theology of Liberation (1971), p. 13

“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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Fuente: A Theology of Liberation (1971), p. 138

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

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Fuente: A Theology of Liberation - 15th Anniversary Edition, Chapter One, Theology: A Critical reflection, p. 5

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

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Introduction: Expanding The View, p. xxiv
A Theology of Liberation - 15th Anniversary Edition

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

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Fuente: A Theology of Liberation - 15th Anniversary Edition, Chapter Three, The problem, p. 31

“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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Fuente: A Theology of Liberation - 15th Anniversary Edition, Chapter Eleven, Eschatology And Politics, p. 125

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

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Fuente: A Theology of Liberation - 15th Anniversary Edition, Chapter Twelve, The Church: Sacrament Of History, p. 147

“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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Fuente: A Theology of Liberation - 15th Anniversary Edition, Chapter Six, The Process Of Liberation In Latin America, p. 53

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

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Fuente: A Theology of Liberation - 15th Anniversary Edition, Chapter Seven, The Church In the Process of Liberation, p. 70

“Theology must be man's critical reflection on himself, on his own basic principles. Only with this approach will theology be a serious discourse, aware of itself, in full possession of its conceptual elements.”

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Fuente: A Theology of Liberation (1971), p. 11

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

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Fuente: A Theology of Liberation - 15th Anniversary Edition, Chapter Five, Crisis Of the Distinction Of Planes Model, p. 40

“People are also more keenly and painfully aware that a large part of the Church is in one way or another linked to those who wield economic and political power in today's world…. Under these circumstances, can it honestly be said that the Church does not interfere in "the temporal sphere"? Is the Church fulfilling a purely religious role when by its silence or friendly relationships it lends legitimacy to a dictatorial and oppressive government?”

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Fuente: A Theology of Liberation (1971), p. 65

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