Can God Exist Without the Poor?
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https://doi.org/10.12775/TiCz.2017.043Keywords
poverty, love, Church, liberation, God, poorAbstract
God is always greater than all human works. Man wishes to overcome the drama of poverty. Every social experiment also had a salvific dimension, but has not always served man or the entire world well. Not salvation but love itself should be the reason for bringing help to others. Jesus was sent as One who was poor and He used poor means. The privilege of salvation manifests itself in the poor ones. One duty of a Christian is to help others. The poor one opens up the gates of God. The ideology of violence is absolutely erroneous. Christians have to fight against poverty, but they always have to care for their poor neighbor who has a name, and in whom God Himself may be found. One’s transformed life may become, for those helped, the face of God who brings salvation. Service to God is expressed not only in Church but also in service to the poor. Alleviating poverty and being among the poor fulfills the New Covenant.
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