Posts Tagged ‘Kerygma’

Evangelii Gaudium: Kerygmatic and mystagogical catechesis

Friday, March 14th, 2014

163. Education and catechesis are at the service of this growth. We already possess a number of magisterial documents and aids on catechesis issued by the Holy See and by various episcopates. I think in particular of the Apostolic Exhortation Catechesi Tradendae (1979), the General Catechetical Directory (1997) and other documents whose contents need not Read more

Evangelii Gaudium: Evangelization and the deeper understanding of the kerygma

Tuesday, March 11th, 2014

160. The Lord’s missionary mandate includes a call to growth in faith: “Teach them to observe all that I have commanded you” (Mt 28:20). Hence it is clear that that the first proclamation also calls for ongoing formation and maturation. Evangelization aims at a process of growth which entails taking seriously each person and God’s Read more