Mother Earth’s Rights: A Declaration for Our Shared Future
Declaration of Rights of Mother Earth
Miguel D’Escoto and Leonardo Boff
Preamble
Earth and humanity are part of a vast evolving universe, sharing the same fate, threatened by human irresponsibility. Earth, a single, complex, sacred entity, is a self-regulating system sustaining life. Mother Earth comprises all ecosystems, forming the greater community of life. All humans share a genetic code, establishing life’s sacred unity. Humanity is Earth’s consciousness, expressing its thoughts and feelings.
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Old Testament
Genesis: Creation, sin, hardship, and the promise of redemption.
Exodus: Out of Egypt, receiving the Mosaic Law.
Leviticus: Laws regarding the priesthood and sacrifices.
Numbers: Israel in the desert.
Deuteronomy: Last words of Moses to Israel.
Joshua: Conquest of Canaan (fulfillment of the promise).
Judges: Inconsistency of Israel, patience, and strength of God.
Ruth: Lineage of Christ preserved and God working in a Gentile.
I Samuel: United Hebrew kingdom established under Saul and
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Theme 3: The Bible
A Library in Several Languages: The word Bible comes from Greek, meaning books. The Bible contains 73 different books.
Two Large Blocks: The current Bible is divided into the Old Testament, containing the history of the people of Israel from the origins to the period close to the birth of God, and the New Testament, which tells the life and message of Jesus and the birth of the church. It consists of 27 books.
Religious Content: The Bible is not a history book or a scientific book;
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Acquiring Depth in Time
Jesus, following the meetings described above, continued to live like everyone else. He spent time with the 3 or 4 who had impressed him as friends, visiting them and going fishing with them. The trajectory described is situated in space and time, between what we could capture with a look and what could be a glimpse of what is really behind the show. Every type of event is telling.
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5 In Certain Acquires Depth Time
Jesus, following the meetings described above, continued to live like everyone else, as always with those 3 or 4 who had impressed him as friends. They came to visit, and he went fishing with them. The trajectory described is situated in space and time between what we could capture with our eyes and what could be a glimpse of what is really behind the show, where all types of events are telling.
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