Discipleship in a continent punctuated by suffering and hope

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Tarcisio Gaitán B.

Abstract

This article deals with the parabole of the Good Samaritan (Lk 10, 25-37) applied to the ecclesial and social realities in Latin America. It is divided in two parts. The first, studies the whole passage which includes the initial dialogue between Jesus and the jurist. It tries to detect the elements whose aim is to characterize the Christian discipleship and those who guide the believers´s approach towards those who are now in the victim´s position. The second part, develops a reflection around the accents coming out from a reading of the parabole for the discipleship in Latin America. We are speaking of four ways that shed light on the experience of faith and challenge it; they invite the believers to become neighbours of those peoples and individuals thrown at the edge of the road. 

Keywords:
Luke Biblical theology Discipleship Latin american magisterium Theological virtues

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Author Biography

Tarcisio Gaitán B., Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana

Sacerdote Pasionista. Licenciado en Teología por la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana de Bogotá. Licenciado en Sagrada Escritura por el Pontificio Instituto Bíblico de Roma. Actualmente es profesor de Sagrada Escritura en la Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana de Medellín y en la Fundación Universitaria Luis Amigó.