The Poor as the Revelation of God

October 24th, 2025 | 6 min read

“So you say you love the poor? Name them.”—Fr. Gustavo Gutierrez

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Myles Werntz

Myles Werntz is the author of Contesting the Body of Christ: Ecclesiology's Revolutionary Century. He writes at Taking Off and Landing and teaches at Abilene Christian University.

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