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Jon Sobrino on Christ Crucified for the Crucified - Liberation (Romans 5:8)

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"Christ died for sinners—and the crucified peoples of the earth are told they are sinners for their poverty, their race, their resistance. Christ identifies with them: the crucified God for the crucified peoples. 'While we were sinners' is solidarity with the condemned." — Jon Sobrino. Liberation: Christ with crucified.

Topics & Themes

crucifiedpeoplespovertysolidaritycondemned

Scripture References

Romans 5:8

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Audience

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