{"id":2434,"date":"2010-12-02T00:00:29","date_gmt":"2010-12-02T00:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.brethren.org\/news\/?p=2434"},"modified":"2018-09-06T15:57:40","modified_gmt":"2018-09-06T15:57:40","slug":"brazilian-brethren-leader-presents-peace-church-hermeneutic-lider-de-los-hermanos-brasileros-presenta-hermeneutica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2010\/brazilian-brethren-leader-presents-peace-church-hermeneutic-lider-de-los-hermanos-brasileros-presenta-hermeneutica\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazilian Brethren leader presents peace church hermeneutic &#8211; L\u00edder de los Hermanos Brasileros presenta hermen\u00e9utica"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Brazilian Brethren leader presents a peace church hermeneutic based in community<\/h4>\n<h4>L\u00edder de los Hermanos Brasileros presenta hermen\u00e9utica de una iglesia de paz basada en la comunidad<\/h4>\n<p><em>(Dec. 2, 2010) Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic<\/em> &#8212; A presentation from a leader of Igreja da Irmandade (the Church of the Brethren in Brazil) opened the fourth full day of the<\/p>\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\" style=\"height: 773px\" border=\"0\" width=\"270\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"5\" align=\"right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2435\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/Alexandre-Goncalves-presents-a-Brethren-peace-church-perspective-236x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/Alexandre-Goncalves-presents-a-Brethren-peace-church-perspective-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/Alexandre-Goncalves-presents-a-Brethren-peace-church-perspective.jpg 472w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Above: Alexandre Goncalves, president of the Church of the Brethren in Brazil (Igreja da Irmandade), presented the opening theological reflection of the fourth day of the peace church meeting in Latin America.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Below: A statue and monument to Fray Anton de Montesinos, a Catholic Dominican friar credited with preaching the first human rights sermon against the oppressions of Spanish rule on the island following the landing of Columbus in 1492. Conference participants symbolically surrounded an engraved quote from the sermon, which was preached in 1511. Photos by Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2436\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/The-statue-of-Fray-Anton-de-Montesinos-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/The-statue-of-Fray-Anton-de-Montesinos-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/The-statue-of-Fray-Anton-de-Montesinos.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2437\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/Conference-participants-surround-a-quote-from-Montesinos-sermon-300x139.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/Conference-participants-surround-a-quote-from-Montesinos-sermon-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/Conference-participants-surround-a-quote-from-Montesinos-sermon.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Historic Peace Church conference in Latin America. Representatives of Friends (Quaker), Mennonite, and Church of the Brethren groups in Latin America and the Caribbean are holding the conference at a retreat center just outside Santo Domingo, the DR.<\/p>\n<p>A peace church hermeneutic based in community experience was presented by Alexandre Gon\u00e7alves, president of Igreja da Irmandade.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Christianity and violence are not compatible,&#8221; he said forcefully, adding that it is impossible to think about an active nonviolence without starting to think about the manipulation of power within ourselves and with each other in our churches and societies.<\/p>\n<p>Describing differences between the Brethren and the many pentecostal-type churches that are growing quickly in Brazil, he gave a forceful critique of pastoral leaders and church hierarchies that are domineering and even abusive. In Brazil, the leadership of pentecostal-type churches are &#8220;every day more oppressive,&#8221; he said, and are strongly influenced by messianism, and the narcissistic individualism of secular society. &#8220;We are looking at a huge phenomenon of power concentration in the clergy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On top of that, he added, Brazil is inundated with the prosperity gospel, which he described as &#8220;a pragmatic relationship with God influenced by consumerism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>By contrast, he explained the peace church community hermeneutic that he said is based in the tradition of the &#8220;priesthood of all believers.&#8221; He defined &#8220;hermeneutic&#8221; as the interpretation of scripture and its practical application. The Brazilian Brethren talk about and interpret scripture within the church as the community of God, and with a community perspective, he said. They also seek practical application of the Bible texts as a community. This includes prayer and reflection, directed by the Holy Spirit, and requires participation by all members of the church.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What we\u2019re interested in is how the Spirit can talk in diversity,&#8221; he said, &#8220;&#8230;without forgetting our critical capacity and caring.&#8221; In their worship services, the Brazilian Brethren do not preach sermons but share about the experiences that they have lived, he explained. &#8220;It\u2019s a simultaneous process of construction and deconstruction. We want to reflect and live out a life full of significance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>During a question and answer session, in which Gon\u00e7alves fielded several supportive but also skeptical questions, he was asked if such a hermeneutic community can ever really exist in practice. He answered in the affirmative: yes, he said, this is being done by Brethren in Brazil. He also acknowledged its difficulties, saying the Brazilian Brethren have not stopped talking about hard issues. But, he maintained that diversity of opinion should not be a problem in the church.<\/p>\n<p>For the rest of the day Dec. 1, the conference received a preliminary report from a three-person committee working on a final document from the event, spent time in a creative activity aimed at narrowing down the conference presentations to key concepts, and took a walking tour of the colonial zone of Santo Domingo.<\/p>\n<p>The afternoon tour followed a guidebook telling an alternative history of Santo Domingo&#8211;the first European city in the Americas. Titled &#8220;Five Hundred Years of Domination and Resistance,&#8221; the guidebook was created for the 13th International Summit of Justicia Global held in May this year, with an introduction by Irvin Heishman, a coordinator of the Church of the Brethren mission in the DR.<\/p>\n<p>The tour visited sites where Christians can contemplate Columbus\u2019 arrival on the island as &#8220;an encounter of two cultures,&#8221; and invited the conference to remember the genocide of the original population and the exploitation of slaves imported from Africa, as well as acts of faithful resistance to this oppression by Catholic Dominican friars such as Fray Anton de Montesinos. In 1511, Montesinos preached what is considered the first sermon for human rights in the Americas.<\/p>\n<p>The day closed with an evening of presentations, worship, and fellowship at a Mennonite Church in Santo Domingo.<\/p>\n<p>Webcasts from the conference are being offered at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bethanyseminary.edu\/webcasts\/PeaceConf2010\">www.bethanyseminary.edu\/webcasts\/PeaceConf2010<\/a> . An online photo album has been started at <a href=\"https:\/\/secure2.convio.net\/cob\/site\/PhotoAlbumUser?AlbumID=13041&amp;view=UserAlbum\">www.brethren.org\/site\/PhotoAlbumUser?AlbumID=13041&amp;view=UserAlbum<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; <em>Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford is director of news services for the Church of the Brethren.\u00a0Spanish translation by\u00a0Mariana Barriga.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Diciembre 2, 2010) Santo Domingo, Rep\u00fablica Dominicana &#8212;<\/em> La presentaci\u00f3n de un l\u00edder de Igreja da Irmandade Iglesia de los Hermanos en Brasil) abri\u00f3 el cuarto d\u00eda de la conferencia de Iglesias Hist\u00f3ricas de Paz en Am\u00e9rica Latina. Representantes de diversos grupos de los Amigos (Cu\u00e1queros), Menonitas e Iglesia de los Hermanos en Am\u00e9rica Latina y el Caribe est\u00e1n reunidos en un centro de retiro en las afueras de Santo Domingo.<\/p>\n<p>La hermen\u00e9utica de una iglesia de paz basada en la experiencia de la comunidad fue presentada por Alexandre Gon\u00e7alves, presidente de Igreja da Irmandade.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Cristianismo y violencia no son compatibles,&#8221; dijo enf\u00e1ticamente, a\u00f1adiendo que es imposible pensar en una din\u00e1mica activa sin violencia sin, a la vez, empezar a pensar sobre la manipulaci\u00f3n del poder dentro de nosotros mismos y con otros en nuestras iglesias y sociedades.<\/p>\n<p>Describiendo las diferencias entre la Hermandad y las muchas iglesias de tipo-pentecostal que est\u00e1n creciendo r\u00e1pidamente en Brasil, critic\u00f3 fuertemente el liderazgo pastoral y las jerarqu\u00edas de la iglesia, que son dominantes y hasta abusivas. En Brasil, el liderazgo de las iglesias de tipo-pentecostal son &#8220;cada d\u00eda m\u00e1s opresivas,&#8221; dijo, y son fuertemente influenciadas por el mesianismo y el individualismo narcisista de la sociedad secular. &#8220;Estamos viendo un fen\u00f3meno de enorme concentraci\u00f3n de poder en el clero.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A m\u00e1s de eso, a\u00f1adi\u00f3, Brasil est\u00e1 inundado con el evangelio de la prosperidad, que \u00e9l describe como &#8220;una relaci\u00f3n pragm\u00e1tica con Dios influenciada por el consumismo.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>En contraste, explic\u00f3 la hermen\u00e9utica de la iglesia de paz, que \u00e9l dijo estaba basada en la tradici\u00f3n del &#8220;sacerdocio de todos los creyentes.&#8221; El defini\u00f3 &#8220;hermen\u00e9utica&#8221; como la interpretaci\u00f3n de las escrituras y su aplicaci\u00f3n pr\u00e1ctica. La Hermandad de Brasil habla sobre e interpreta las escrituras dentro de la iglesia como una comunidad de Dios, y con una perspectiva comunitaria, dijo Gon\u00e7alves. Ellos tambi\u00e9n buscan la aplicaci\u00f3n pr\u00e1ctica de los textos B\u00edblicos como comunidad. Esto incluye oraci\u00f3n y reflexi\u00f3n, dirigida por el Esp\u00edritu Santo, y requiere la participaci\u00f3n de todos los miembros de la iglesia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Lo que estamos interesados es en como el Esp\u00edritu habla en la diversidad,&#8221; dijo \u00e9l,&#8221;&#8230; sin olvidar nuestra capacidad cr\u00edtica y el cuidado.&#8221; En los servicios de culto, los Hermanos de Brasil, no predican sermones sino que comparten sus experiencias vividas, explic\u00f3, &#8220;en un proceso simultaneo de construcci\u00f3n y desconstrucci\u00f3n. Nosotros queremos reflexionar y vivir una vida llena de significado.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Durante la sesi\u00f3n de preguntas y respuestas, en la que Gon\u00e7alves recibi\u00f3 frases de apoyo pero tambi\u00e9n varias preguntas esc\u00e9pticas, una de ellas: si una comunidad hermen\u00e9utica puede realmente existir en la pr\u00e1ctica. Su respuesta afirmativa: &#8220;Si, esto es lo que est\u00e1 haciendo la Hermandad en Brasil. El tambi\u00e9n admiti\u00f3 sus dificultades, diciendo que los Hermanos en Brasil no han parado de hablar de asuntos dif\u00edciles. Pero mantuvo que la diversidad de opini\u00f3n no debe ser un problema en la iglesia.<\/p>\n<p>El resto del d\u00eda 1ro de diciembre, la conferencia recibi\u00f3 un reporte preliminar del comit\u00e9 de tres-personas que est\u00e1 redactando el documento final del evento, dedicaron tiempo a una actividad creativa enfocada en resumir los conceptos claves presentados en la conferencia y luego hicieron un paseo y visita a la zona colonial de Santo Domingo.<\/p>\n<p>Despu\u00e9s del paseo se present\u00f3 un libro gu\u00eda que expresa la historia alternativa de Santo Domingo-como primera ciudad Europea en las Am\u00e9ricas. Titulado &#8220;Quinientos A\u00f1os de Dominio y Resistencia,&#8221; Este libro fue creado para la 13va Cumbre Internacional de Justicia Global (13th International Summit of Global Justice) que se llev\u00f3 a cabo en Jamaica en mayo de este a\u00f1o, con la introducci\u00f3n de Irvin Heishman, un coordinador de misi\u00f3n de la Iglesia de los Hermanos en Rep\u00fablica Dominicana.<\/p>\n<p>El grupo visit\u00f3 lugares donde los Cristianos pueden contemplar la llegada de Col\u00f3n a las islas como &#8220;el encuentro de dos culturas,&#8221; y se invit\u00f3 a la conferencia a recordar el genocidio de la poblaci\u00f3n original y la explotaci\u00f3n de esclavos importados de \u00c1frica, as\u00ed como tambi\u00e9n los actos fieles de resistencia a esta opresi\u00f3n de los frailes Cat\u00f3licos Dominicos tales como el Fraile Antonio Montesinos. En 1511 Montesinos predic\u00f3 lo que se considera el primer serm\u00f3n para los derechos humanos in las Am\u00e9ricas.<\/p>\n<p>El d\u00eda concluy\u00f3 con la presentaci\u00f3n de la noche, servicio de oraci\u00f3n y un momento de confraternidad en una Iglesia Menonita de Santo Domingo.<\/p>\n<p>Se puede ver la trasmisi\u00f3n en vivo (Webcast) en &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bethanyseminary.edu\/webcasts\/PeaceConf2010\">www.bethanyseminary.edu\/webcasts\/PeaceConf2010<\/a> .\u00a0Para ver las fotos: <a href=\"https:\/\/secure2.convio.net\/cob\/site\/PhotoAlbumUser?AlbumID=13041&amp;view=UserAlbum\">www.brethren.org\/site\/PhotoAlbumUser?AlbumID=13041&amp;view=UserAlbum<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212; Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford es directora del servicio de noticias de la Iglesia de los Hermanos. Traducci\u00f3n al espa\u00f1ol &#8211; Mariana Barriga<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brazilian Brethren leader presents a peace church hermeneutic based in community L\u00edder de los Hermanos Brasileros presenta hermen\u00e9utica de una iglesia de paz basada en la comunidad (Dec. 2, 2010) Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic &#8212; A presentation from a leader of Igreja da Irmandade (the Church of the Brethren in Brazil) opened the fourth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[73,3,81,366],"wf_post_folders":[],"class_list":["post-2434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-brazil","tag-church-of-the-brethren","tag-dominican-republic","tag-igreja-da-irmandade"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2434"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2438,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2434\/revisions\/2438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2434"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=2434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}