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John Dear's Article
"Romero's life gave strength to use Jesuits"
"Romero, like Christ, refused to stay dead"

Romero's Experiences With The Poor
"Why would anyone offer me a half-eaten tomato?"
"It is their last possession, their sign of love, their gift to you"
"If they kill me, I shall rise again in the Salvadoran people" - Romero understood that he must die to follow in the footsteps of Grande and of Jesus. He took up the work of Grande and if he dies the people will continue his mission of change and non-violence in order to achieve peace.

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What were Oscar's beliefs before and after his SLE? Write a sentence about each belief saying how he moved from this way of believing to another.

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What were Oscar's beliefs before and after his SLE? Write a sentence about each belief saying how he moved from this way of believing to another.

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Beforehand:
- Romero had an academic knowledge about things
- His dress is conservative
- He is aligned to Rome
- Romero was attached to the elite of society
- He was reluctant to be Archbishop due to him being not qualified.
“I come from a world of books”
“I have much to learn”

- Academic / no relational capabilities
“Jesus is here in the Kingdom”
"He saw God as transcendent, somewhat remote."
Other Priests

Afterwards:
He began to understand life from a different perspective, that of the poor, and became dedicated in his preferential option for the poor,, which was part of Grande's mission before his death.

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What were Oscar's beliefs a year or so after his significant life experience? What was he doing to show how much he had changed?

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What were Oscar's beliefs a year or so after his significant life experience? What was he doing to show how much he had changed?

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- He characterised his professions as Archbishop   with Liberation Theology (that the legitimacy of the Catholic church was derived from reaching out to the poor - preferential option for the poor)
- Stronger advocacy against violence against poor and denounced persecution of church - "let us not tire of preaching love"
- deeper belief in the dignity of the human person, displayed through his act of stopping masses except at the Cathedral to bury his friend Grande and the two young children. This act acknowledged their human dignity and sought justice, for the compromising of their human dignity.
"There is no dichotomy (division) between man and God's image"

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Write a basic biography of Oscar Romero and the basic  background in which he lived and worked.

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Write a basic biography of Oscar Romero and the basic  background in which he lived and worked.

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- Oscar Romero was born into a large family on August 15, 1917 in El Salvador.
-  He entered the seminary at the age of fourteen and was ordained a priest when he was 25 in 1942.
-  In 1970, he became Auxiliary Bishop in San Salvador. In 1974 he became Bishop of Santiago de Maria.
- In 1977, he became Archbishop of San Salvador

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What were Oscar's beliefs after the significant life experience? 

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What were Oscar's beliefs after the significant life experience? 

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He believed in the Option for the Poor

That there is a God, who was more immanent than transcendent and is present within the whole community, especially the poor.

Stopped building the Cathedral- The poor were suffering a lot already and had no money anyway to build an expensive church.

Seminaries (training places for priests) were opened for the poor

Promoting Paschal Mystery - through suffering - He told the people that Redemption came through suffering.

Must stop killing the poor

Romero’s belief was in the resurrection, the Kingdom of God and he learnt to believe in Liberation Theology

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What were Oscar's beliefs like prior to the significant event?

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What were Oscar's beliefs like prior to the significant event?

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-Before the death of Rutilo Grande, Oscar Romero was aligned to Rome, he wore a clerical garments all the time as opposed to other priests who wore secular clothing with only a cross around their necks. Romero was well educated in Rome.
-He referred to himself as "a man of books with much to learn"
-He was attracted to the Aristocracy (higher class)
-He believed that God wasn't here on Earth but  he was transcendent and remote rather than immanent.
-He was afraid to speak up about social justice issues

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What was the significant event(s) that changed Oscar's life around?  

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What was the significant event(s) that changed Oscar's life around?  

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1. Death of Grande
The death of Grande was one of the tipping point stat changed Romero's life. Before the death of Grande there were numerous assassinations of innocent people and despite Romero's efforts to stop the government from killing theses people the Government refused to respond. Grande was a passionate advocate for the poor and did countless demonstrations against the Government. This lead to his assassination. Through this event, Romero quickly understood that Grande was living out the Gospels and promoting the less fortunate rights. Romero knew that "when [he] looked at Grande lying there dead [he] thought, if they have killed him for doing what he did, then [he] has to walk the same path".
2. Getting offered a half eaten tomato.

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Who is "Oscar Romero"? State a place, date, religion, role of this person.

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Who is "Oscar Romero"? State a place, date, religion, role of this person.

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Oscar Romero was a Catholic Archbishop in San Salvador in Central America during the late 1970s.

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Life Experience, Adherence, Beliefs and Faith - Write sentences that show how these words are connected.

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Life Experience, Adherence, Beliefs and Faith - Write sentences that show how these words are connected.

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Adherents who follow a particular religious tradition which, contain beliefs. With these beliefs, the adherents develop a faith which, then leads to a spiritual/life experience. Spiritual experiences can either weaken or strength adherents beliefs. That can lead to adherents moving to different religious traditions or expanding their beliefs to other denominations.