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born 1938 Spain

Jon Sobrino, S.J. (born 27 December 1938) is a Jesuit Catholic priest and theologian, known mostly for his contributions to liberation theology.

Spain
Theologians

Also known as: Jesus the Liberator

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The sublime title "Christ" is an adjective which only receives its specific value from the specificity of the noun, Jesus of Nazareth. If Jesus is forgotten, then it becomes possible to fill the adjective with whatever suits at the time, without checking whether Jesus was like that or not, or whether this means leaving the world sunk in its wretchedness or not; or worse still, without asking if this image legitimates the tragedy of the world or brings liberation from it.

Jesus the Liberator (1991)

The ideal person cannot be thought of as the whole person developed from the possibilities of the present-day person, but as the "new man" who, to become such, has to pass through the critique and negation of the present-day person.

Jesus the Liberator (1991)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Jon Sobrino (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.