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Guiterrez argued that the poorer countries must become master of their own destiny in
freedom. Agreeing with Marx, Freud and Marcuse, He said that "The goal is not only better
living conditions but a radical change of structures, a social revolution." And Galatians 5:1
supported this.(For freedom, Christ has set us free.) This is the meaning of liberation.
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His approach to the Bible stressed the central message of social justice and holistic
liberation to be found in Exodus, the Prophets, and the Gospels.
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He explored biblical themes alongside insights from the Catholic social tradition and
contemporary social analysis especially Marxism that highlighted the political and
economic nature of the biblical understanding of sin and salvation. He inferred that to
honor God is to do justice to the neighbor.