Von den Hindernissen auf dem Weg des Evangeliums zu den heutigen Menschen
Obstacles in the way of the Gospel to the people of today

Summary/Abstract: The proclamation of the good news of salvation in Jesus Christ is the grace and vocation proper to the Church, its deepest identity (cf. EN 14). To fulfill its mission, the Church must take into account the socio-ideological context that affects both the shape of the message of the Gospel and creates specific difficulties in communicating the Christian truth to people. They include external obstacles, which the Church cannot directly influence. Among them, an important role is played by postmodernism which, as an ideology, rejects Christianity and promotes moral relativism. Other external obstacles are changes in human attitudes resulting from social processes, such as social differentiation and individualization. Evangelization is also hindered by internal factors, that is, phenomena occurring in the life of the Church and of her members that undermine motivation and dampen enthusiasm for the proclamation of the word of God. These include obstacles such as a promotion of erroneous theological views, shortcomings in interpersonal communication and the passivity of ecclesial communities. The knowledge of the external and internal factors hampering the work of evangelization allows a more conscious and fruitful proclamation of the good news to the people of today.

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