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kerygma

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ke·ryg·ma  (k-rgm)
n. Christianity
The proclamation of religious truths, especially as taught in the Gospels.

[Greek krugma, preaching, proclamation, from krux, krug-, herald.]

kerygma [ˌkeˈriːgmə]
n
(Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) Christianity the essential news of Jesus, as preached by the early Christians to elicit faith rather than to educate or instruct
[from Greek: preaching, proclamation]

kerygma, kerugma
1. the original, oral gospel preached by the apostles.
2. the preaching of the Christian gospel, especially the activity of the earliest Christian missionaries. — kerygmatic, adj.
See also: Christianity
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Noun1.kerygma - preaching the gospel of Christ in the manner of the early church
preaching, sermon, discourse - an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)


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Key influences were Bultmann's recognition of the importance of the History of Religions School and his program of existential interpretation and the project of the Buhmann's students, Ernst Kasemann, Ernst Fuchs and Gerhard Ebeling in particular, to relate the church's kerygma to the preaching and the "existential understanding" of the historical Jesus.
The Christian community must have access to the sources within its host culture in order to proclaim the proper usage of the kerygma (law/gospel).
The Kerygma as a call to Faith which implies a moral decision no longer exists.
 
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