Witnesses to the Kingdom: The Martyrs of El Salvador and the Crucified Peoples SAINT OSCAR ROMERO 1917-1980 the church gives birth to

the church gives birth to the church

but to general readers as well

the Gospel urges us to carry on this liberating work of Jesus today: to remove the stone that traps us in violence

During the last decade of his life

the writers then explore the origins of apocalyptic writing in (among other places) the book of Daniel

Witnesses to the Kingdom: The Martyrs of El Salvador and the Crucified Peoples SAINT OSCAR ROMERO 1917-1980 the church gives birth toA prophetic theologian invokes the memory and the challenge of the martyrs of El Salvador. For Jon Sobrino, a Jesuit theologian of El Salvador, it is impossible to write about Christian faith without acknowledging the witness of martyrs, their gift and challenge to the church. For twenty five years, his work has been shaped by the reality of martyrdom the death of Archbishop Romero, the four North American churchwomen, and the massacre of his own