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

— Gustavo Gutiérrez

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

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Peruvian theologian 1928

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