Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. Christianity The proclamation of religious truths, especially as taught in the Gospels.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. The Apostolic proclamation of religious truths, especially as taught in the Gospels.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A proclamation; preaching; specifically, Christian preaching.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. preaching the gospel of Christ in the manner of the early church
Etymologies
Examples
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The original function of the sermon was evangelism, as seen in the Greek word kerygma which means "proclamation" (of the Good News). "
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They eventually compiled and left behind documents testifying to the understanding that they proclaimed — their "kerygma," to use the term of art.
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His response moves through three steps: a recall of the basic "kerygma" about
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(verses 24-25); the proclamation of the Gospel or "kerygma" in the proper sense
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"How many families ... have been helped to rediscover the joy of faith and the enthusiasm of evangelical witness through the announcement of the 'kerygma' and the rediscovery of Baptism!
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Christianity, the religion that is nothing if not a collective response to the person and persona of Jesus in history, ought to be a wellspring of egalitarian kerygma and joyful freedom.
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Passion, death, and Resurrection, which narrative no doubt constituted the heart and substance of the primitive oral kerygma, or
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He baldly claimed at times at least, I doubt he did so consistently that the risen Christ has no existence apart from the preached kerygma.
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Do you agree with my fundamentalist, YEC theology professor that they are kerygma?
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If so, do you feel there are any elements of kerygma in other similar non-Christian texts of the period, or do you agree with my fundamentalist, young-earth creationist professor that the genre of the gospels is sui generis because they were inspired by God?
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