In Christ, the Church and the Poor, Gauthier gives expression to the underlying motives of his work and the challenge to the Church in the modern world . First, the facts: starting with scriptural teaching on the poverty of Christ and the spirit of poverty which is expressed in the Beatitudes. This is what we must aim at. Second, the challenge: in the form of a letter to the Fathers of the Council, written from his co-operative in Nazaret, appealing for an examination of the structure and superficial appearance of the Church's work in the light of the Gospel teaching.