La misericordia en la Biblia: un horizonte iluminador de la práctica cristiana.
2017; Volume: 9; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.22199/s07198175.2017.0001.00005
ISSN0719-8175
AutoresEduardo Pérez-Cotapos Larraín,
Tópico(s)Cultural and Social Studies in Latin America
ResumoThis paper faithfully reproduces the main talk of Antofagasta V Theological Week. The author starts briefly analyzing the difficulties for man today to understand the term “mercy”. Then, he focuses on the analysis of this issue in the Bible, by studying the main terms used in it. He presents the Old Testament image of a faithful God, full of tenderness and compassion, who keeps his fidelity despite human sins. This is the God of Alliance. In the NT, mercy has a strong Christological nuance: Jesus is the best manifestation of the merciful face of God, who moves in front of misled crowds and those suffering. The Bible presents mercy mainly as God’s action, making possible a merciful response from human beings.
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