Miejsca przepowiadania słowa Bożego
The Places of Preaching the Word of God

The Historical Panorama

Summary/Abstract: Following Jesus Christ who preached the Word of God not only in the places of worship, but also in open space, from a boat, in houses or during feasts, there was an apostolic practice and the teaching of the Church of the first centuries. With the passing of centuries the Christians built impressive shrines with wonderful pulpits designed for the proclamation of the Word of God. However, never has preaching been limited to the places of worship. While searching for the listeners the preachers used to go to places where they lived and worked: battlefields, town squares, markets, places of execution, leprosariums and hospitals or where a man crossed the great divide – cemeteries. The practice of preaching the Word of God in Poland was also concentrated in the same places. Modern times have not added much to it. The biggest assemblages of the faithful, often of several million, during which the Word of God was preached, such as Pope pilgrimages, or the World Youth Day, had their forefathers in the preaching activity of the Saints, i.e. John Capistrano, or Vincent Ferrer.

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