The Christology in the Documents of the Aparecida Conference: an Itinerary from Medellín to Aparecida

Abstract

After a short survey of the Christology in the Medellín, Puebla and Santo Domingo documents, this article deals with recent christological emphasis in the recent Document of Aparecida. The author believes that this document is in harmony with the primitive Christology of the New Testament which describes Jesus as the “Living One”, the “Lord of Life” and fountain of life. By doing so, the document proposes the “encounter” with Jesus as the key to any kind of discipleship and mission in the Church. It means, in fact, an “encounter” which gives the disciple overflowing “Life” while the thankful and joyful disciple,
conscious of such gift, takes courage to be a missionary who announces life and brings life to persons and peoples of Latin America and the Antillean islands.