KERYGMAT WE WSPÓŁCZESNYCH RUCHACH KOŚCIELNYCH
KERYGMA IN CONTEMPORARY ECCLESIAL MOVEMENTS

Summary/Abstract: In the contemporary world, the Holy Spirit calls into existence many communities, associations and ecclesiastical movements. Especially after the SecondVatican Council, there is an increasing number of new groups, their diversity,and the great richness of the charisms that God has given to the Church. Thesecommunities, based on prayer, formation and the realization of their specialvocation, are place of conscious living the faith and getting to know Christianity by people of all states, especially by lay people. They are also preparingto share the testimony and to preach Good News of salvation to other people.Thus, they implement the evangelizing mission of the Church, which resultsfrom Christian identity and responds to it.Many movements and communities have developed numerous forms andmethods of evangelization and the preaching of the first message. The proclamation of the kerygma is often a pillar for communities, being most often the beginning of the existence of community and the initial stage of formation ingiven movement.The article contains an analysis of models of the kerygma proclamationdeveloped within the framework of the Light-Life Movement (pl. Ruch ŚwiatłoŻycie), the Neocatechumenal Way and the School of the New Evangelization ofSt. Andrew. In the content aspect, they do not differ fundamentally from eachother, characterized by a christological and soteriological dimension. Originality can be seen in the diversity of the presentation of this message and its adaptation to the recipients of the Gospel, therefore in the practice of evangelization.The analysis of models developed in communities and religious movementsallows to see the models of proclaiming the kerygma in the contemporary, secularized world, and also emphasizes the need to update and adapt unchangingcontent to the environment in which the Gospel is proclaimed. As such, itappears necessary in the era of the new evangelization.

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