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

— Gustavo Gutiérrez

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

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Peruvian theologian 1928

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