Who Are We as Theological Educators? Do We Constitute Part of/Train for a Church of the Poor?

Abstract

The theme proposed for our work on who we are as theological educators is a very difficult one. There is nothing more difficult than to answer in a sincere way the most terrible and profound question for a human being: “Who am I?” It was Don Quixote de la Mancha who openly affirmed, “I know who I am.” However pitiful, Alonso Quijano felt satisfied suggesting that he did not know who he was. Going into the theological arena, allow me to point out that John Calvin began his Institutes with the premise that the knowledge of the human phenomenon, i.e., to know who we are, and the knowledge of God constitute similar knowledge. As a matter of fact, they were only one knowledge, they were the same. The Confession of Faith of 1977 of the Presbyterian-Reformed Church in Cuba ends with a statement that clarifies our ultimate concern: to achieve in Jesus Christ the divine answer to
our greatest questions: “Tell us Thy name. Tell me who I am.” 

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