kerygma

American  

[ki-rig-muh] / kɪˈrɪg mə /

Also kerugma

noun

plural

kerygmata

1. the preaching of the gospel of Christ, especially in the manner of the early church.

2. the content or message of such preaching.

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kerygma British  

/ ˌkeˈriːɡmə /

noun

1. Christianity the essential news of Jesus, as preached by the early Christians to elicit faith rather than to educate or instruct

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Other Word Forms

• kerygmatic adjective

Etymology

Origin of kerygma

1885–90; < Greek kḗrygma proclamation, preaching, equivalent to kēryk-, stem of kērýssein to proclaim + -ma resultative noun suffix

Example Sentences

But demythologizing, Robinson points out, threatened to end up with "the conclusion that the Jesus of the kerygma could well be only a myth."

From Time Magazine Archive

Bultmann himself later moved a step farther to the theological left and argued that to become credible for modern man, the kerygma must be "de-mythologized"�stripped of such unbelievable elements as its heaven-above, hell-below framework.

From Time Magazine Archive

And no theologian today worth his doctorate would dare talk of preaching or teaching: the fashionable forms are kerygma and didache.

From Time Magazine Archive

Those going must develop a new kerygma, one based on a thorough understanding of what mainland China is all about.

From Time Magazine Archive

That a free kerygma of Christ and some other matter were added to Hermas, Mand.

From History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) by Buchanan, Neil