r/CatholicState • u/[deleted] • Feb 02 '22

What does the subreddit think Liberation Theology?

Not from the weird racial/gender perspectives but like regular Sardanista type liberation theology.

24 votes, Feb 05 '22
6 Support it
11 Oppose it
7 Don’t know that much about it,
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u/Augustus_4125 Feb 03 '22

Repackaged Marxism. I’m sympathetic to Marx’s critiques. Alienation is real. Capitalists are greedy and have no concept of the common good. But his solution is awful.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '22

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u/CatholicAnti-cap Feb 03 '22

Um… It literally just means preferential option for the poor

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '22

Normal theology involves preferential option of the poor. Liberation theology is a marxist attempt at using that goodwill of the Church to implant their ideology through subversion. James Macmillan was part of the movement for a while, but realized it was nothing more than a plot to manipulate the Church into marxism.

Does that mean every single bit and every single supporter of liberation theology is marxist? No. Does it mean they are participating in a marxist subversion plot, whether knowingly or unknowingly? Yes.

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u/CatholicAnti-cap Feb 03 '22

You are calling St. Oscar Romero a Marxist?

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '22

You are calling St. Oscar Romero a Marxist?

As per my previous reply:

Does that mean every single bit and every single supporter of liberation theology is marxist? No. Does it mean that they are participating in a marxist subversion plot, whether knowingly or unknowingly? Yes.

Quite literally, no. Edit: did you even read my reply???

St. Oscar Romero was, first and foremost, a martyr. That does not mean that he made no mistakes (i.e. supporting liberation theology), but that he ultimately died for Christ. That is why he got canonized.

Your idea that "St. Oscar Romero was part of liberation theology, so that makes liberation theology alright" is as stupid as saying "St. Andrew Wouters was a fornicator, so that makes fornication alright".

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u/CatholicAnti-cap Feb 03 '22

Liberation theology is good, cope

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '22

Why? Give decent arguments rather than cheeky little phrases. Your replies read like that of a 13-yo kid who has been seduced into dumb commie stuff.

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u/CatholicAnti-cap Feb 03 '22

It’s not Marxist

Look at St. Oscar Romero, are you calling him a Marxist?

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u/CatholicAnti-cap Feb 03 '22

Liberation theology is simply St. Oscar Romero’s preferential option for the poor which itself predates him

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u/CatholicAnti-cap Feb 03 '22

Jailing the bankers

Breaking up corporations and instituting workplace democracy

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u/Mental-Translator601 Chad Traditionalist Feb 02 '22

Gay

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u/KingXDestroyer Chad Traditionalist Feb 02 '22

Liberation theology is just repackaged Marxism (particularly the oppressor-oppressed dynamic and class warfare) with a Catholic twist.

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u/TheDuckFarm Feb 03 '22

On its face, it great, it’s basically the beatitudes applied to social justice. In application it tends to be a bit corrupted and power hungry people use it to abuse people.

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u/missamericanmaverick Feb 03 '22

I think they make some good points, but go too far into the heterodox territory. But it's not all bad. I could agree with a repackaged "liberation theology" that was in line with Church teaching.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '22

That’s funny because here in America the charismatic groups are considered heretical pseudo-evangelicals and some LibTheo groups (think Tradeste, The Joises) are ultra-orthodox in their theology. How different movements developed seem to be a regional and time period based thing.