“La Justicia como Categoría del Reino de Dios en el Evangelio de San Mateo”

Abstract

The line of work to which this research corresponds is the biblical line, so it will focus attention on the Gospel of Saint Matthew trying to discover the understanding of justice and its contextualization in the Matean community. In this gospel, Jesus speaks of the kingdom from an eschatological perspective, that is, as a possibility that can be realized here and now, and he does so in times when justice is being manipulated by the Roman Empire and by priests who, although attached to the law, make an interpretation favorable to the Palestinian elites. Faced with the social reality, Jesus discovers a strong need for social change and power structures that did not do good to the people, with his actions often contradictory to the schemes that were held, Jesus calls the attention of the leaders and cries out for social justice . Before the speech and announcement of the Kingdom, Jesus declares an option for the poor in the face of necessity, which is precisely the content and invitation of the beatitudes. The call that Jesus makes is a change of mentality, that is, a new attitude. The Gospel of Matthew has a kerygmatic character, due to the strength it gives to the preaching of Jesus and the emphasis on the announcement of the Kingdom, a Kingdom of Justice and truth, a Kingdom of peace, a Kingdom that brings with it a system of new values.