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  1. A Christian theory of Jesus' primary
  2. importance as the `Liberator', personifying
  3. the poor and devoted to freeing them from
  4. oppression (Matthew 19:21, 25:35, 40).
  5. Initiated by the Peruvian priest Gustavo
  6. Gutierrez in The Theology of Liberation 1969,
  7. and enthusiastically (and sometimes
  8. violently) adopted in Latin America, it
  9. embodies a Marxist interpretation of the
  10. class struggle, especially by Third World
  11. nations. It has been criticized by some Roman
  12. Catholic authorities including Pope John Paul
  13. II.
  14.