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IMPORTANȚA PREDICII ȘI CATEHEZEI PENTRU PASTORAȚIE
THE IMPORTANCE OF SERMON AND CATECHESIS FOR PASTORAL CARE

Author(s): Marius Ioana
Subject(s): Pastoral Theology, Eastern Orthodoxy
Published by: Mitropolia Banatului
Keywords: sermon; catechesis; preacher; pastoral care; word;

Summary/Abstract: Preaching is a divine commandment and a way of serving God, but also a synergistic act, because man’s word is filled with the Holy Spirit that gives it the power to make transformations. The word represents life; by means of the Spirit of Jesus, it creates and makes all that is necessary for religious accomplishment. The revealed message is transmitted to the listeners who then take responsibility and engage themselves in a process of transformation, of “rebirth”, in a “life in Christ” dynamics, all the way to religious accomplishment. The purpose of a sermon is exactly this dynamics of birth and accomplishment, by means of a chromatic transformation, that is continuous, dialogical and interpersonal, between man and God, based on the revealed word.

  • Issue Year: XXIX/2018
  • Issue No: 07-09
  • Page Range: 87-94
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Romanian