Jon Sobrino, S.J. (born 27 December 1938, Barcelona, Spain) is a Jesuit Catholic priest and theologian, known mostly for his contributions to liberation theology. Seal of the Society of Jesus. ... Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Location Coordinates : Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Barcelona (Catalan) Spanish name Barcelona Nickname Ciutat Comtal (Catalan) Postal code 08001–08080 Area code 34 (Spain) + 93 (Barcelona) Website http://www. ... The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu), commonly known as the Jesuits, is a Roman Catholic religious order. ... At Wikiversity you can learn more and teach others about Theology at: The School of Theology Theology finds its scholars pursuing the understanding of and providing reasoned discourse of religion, spirituality and God or the gods. ... Liberation theology is a school of theology that focuses on Jesus Christ as not only the Redeemer but also the Liberator of the Oppressed. ...

Born into a Basque family in Barcelona, Sobrino entered the Jesuit Order when he was 18. The following year, in 1958, he was sent to El Salvador. He later studied engineering at St. Louis University, a Jesuit University, in the United States and then theology in Frankfurt in West Germany. Returning to El Salvador, he taught at the Jesuit-run University of Central America (UCA) in San Salvador, which he helped to found. Languages Basque - few monoglots Spanish - 1,525,000 monoglots French - 150,000 monoglots Basque-Spanish - 600,000 speakers Basque-French - 76,000 speakers [4] other native languages Religions Traditionally Roman Catholic The Basques (Basque: Euskaldunak) are an indigenous people[] who inhabit parts of both Spain and France. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Frankfurt (disambiguation). ... The Universidad Centroamericana Jose Simeon Cañas (commonly known as UCA) is a Jesuit university in San Salvador, El Salvador, founded in September of 1965 at the request of a group of Roman Catholic families. ... San Salvador is the capital city of the nation of El Salvador. ...

On November 16 1989 he narrowly escaped being assassinated by the Salvadoran government. By a coincidence, he was away from El Salvador when members of the military broke into the rectory at the UCA and brutally murdered his six fellow Jesuits brothers, Ignacio Ellacuria, Segundo Montes, Juan Ramón Moreno, Ignacio Martin Baro, Amando López, and Joaquín López y López, and their housekeeper Elba Ramos and her 15-year old daughter Celina Ramos. The Jesuits were targeted for their outspoken work to bring about resolution to the brutal El Salvador Civil War that left about 75,000 men, women, and children dead, in the great majority civilians. To symbolize their hatred of the Jesuits' intellectual contributions and commitments to the people of El Salvador, the military operatives quite literally blew out the brains of these martyrs. 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ignacio Ellacuria Ignacio Ellacuría (Portugalete, Biscay, Spain, November 9, 1930-November 16, 1989) was a Roman catholic priest, philosopher and theologian who did important work as a teacher and administration worker in the Jesuit university of El Salvador (Universidad Centroamericana Jose Simeon Cañas, UCA, founded in 1965). ... Segundo Montes Segundo Montes, S.J. (Valladolid, Spain, May 15, 1933 - San Salvador, El Salvador, November 16, 1989) was a scholar, philosopher, educator, sociologist and Jesuit priest. ... Ignacio Martín-Baró Ignacio Martín-Baró, S.J. (Valladolid, Castilla y Leon, Spain, November 7, 1942 – San Salvador, El Salvador, November 16, 1989) was a scholar, social psychologist, philosopher and Jesuit priest. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

Works

Sobrino's main works are Jesus the Liberator (1991) and its sequel, Christ the Liberator (1999), along with Christology at the Crossroads (1978), The True Church and the Poor (1984) and Spirituality of Liberation (1990). Christology is a field of study within Christian theology which is concerned with the nature of Jesus the Christ. ...

Sobrino believes that the texts of the major councils of the early Church are "limited and even dangerous." As regards Christ, he says: "Strictly speaking, this logos is not yet said to be God (consubstantial with the Father)". He argues that the doctrine of the divinity is a latter development: "at the outset Jesus was not spoken of as God, nor was divinity a term applied to him; this happened only after a considerable interval of believing explication, almost certainly after the fall of Jerusalem." The Early Christians is a term used to refer to the early followers of Jesus of Nazareth, before the emergence of established Christian orthodoxy. ... Christ is the English of the Greek word (Christós), which literally means The Anointed One. ... Look up logos in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Consubstantial is a term used in orthodox Christian theology. ... Doctrine, from Latin doctrina, (compare doctor), means a body of teachings or instructions, taught principles or positions, as the body of teachings in a branch of knowledge or belief system. ... Divinity has a number of related uses in the field of religious belief and study. ... This article is about Jesus of Nazareth. ... For other uses, see Jerusalem (disambiguation). ...

Vatican Notification on the works of Father Sobrino

Because of the theological positions he took in his works, Sobrino was the subject of a theological critique statement and an admonishment by the Vatican and the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in March of 2007. While certain of his teachings were declared false, the Congregation did not condemn or censure him, or prohibit him from teaching or lecturing - for now, this is to be decided by local bishops. His own bishop, Archbishop Fernando Saenz Lacalle, archbishop of San Salvador and primate of El Salvador, has said he may not teach theology or lecture in his archdiocese, which includes UCA, and removed the nihil obstat from his writings. Sobrino placed too great an emphasis on the human nature of Jesus Christ, downplaying Christ's divine nature.^[1] The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) (Congregatio pro Doctrina Fidei) is the oldest of the nine congregations of the Roman Curia. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... Msgr. ... San Salvador is the capital city of the nation of El Salvador. ... At Wikiversity you can learn more and teach others about Theology at: The School of Theology Theology finds its scholars pursuing the understanding of and providing reasoned discourse of religion, spirituality and God or the gods. ... Nihil obstat is an LOOK AT ME!!!! official approval by a delegated censor of the Roman Catholic Church to publish a work dealing with faith or morals. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

The Congregation emphasized in the notification that it was issued as part of its service "to the people of God, and particularly to the simple and poorest members of the Church." They emphasized the people's "right to know the truth...about Christ," and therefore their corresponding duty to intervene.

According to the notification, Father Sobrino's erroneous propositions concerned: "1) the methodological presuppositions on which the Author bases his theological reflection, 2) the Divinity of Jesus Christ, 3) the Incarnation of the Son of God, 4) the relationship between Jesus Christ and the Kingdom of God, 5) the Self-consciousness of Jesus, and 6) the salvific value of his Death."^[2]

Nonetheless, the Vatican Notification is simply a collection of theological opinions on Sobrino's work and so Catholics are free to disagree with its judgements and remain in total loyalty to their faith. Sobrino has long been a servant and champion of the poor and his Christology has never been declared to be unorthodox in any way - not even by the 2007 Vatican notification, itself. Numerous Catholic organisations and Professional Associations (such as the Catholic Theological Society of America, The European Society for Catholic Theology and many committee members of the Catholic Theological Association of Great Britain) have issued statements declaring the Notification unjust, theologically questionable and unnecessary. Here the unchristian character of such a modus operandi of 'investigation' in theological debate must be highlighted. Equally, such statements issued their support for Fr Sobrino and noted their appreciation for the enormous amount of work Fr Sobrino has done on behalf of the poor and for the deep theological faults he has brought to the entire Christian community.

Notes

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External links

• LA Times March 14, 2007
• The Pope criticises Sobrino
• full text of Vatican rebuke
• Article from El País about the Vatican rebuke
• Video clip of Sobrino discussing Salvadoran war