Kerygmat we współczesnych ruchach kościelnych

Abstract

In the contemporary world, the Holy Spirit calls into existence many communities, associations and ecclesiastical movements. Especially after the Second Vatican 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. These communities, based on prayer, formation and the realization of their special vocation, are place of conscious living the faith and getting to know Christianity by people of all states, especially by lay people. They are also preparing to share the testimony and to preach Good News of salvation to other people. Thus, they implement the evangelizing mission of the Church, which results from Christian identity and responds to it. Many movements and communities have developed numerous forms and methods of evangelization and the preaching of the first message. The proclamation of the kerygma is often a pillar for communities, being most often thebeginning of the existence of community and the initial stage of formation in given movement. The article contains an analysis of models of the kerygma proclamation developed within the framework of the Light-Life Movement (pl. Ruch Światło Życie), the Neocatechumenal Way and the School of the New Evangelization of St. Andrew. In the content aspect, they do not differ fundamentally from each other, 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 movements allows to see the models of proclaiming the kerygma in the contemporary, secularized world, and also emphasizes the need to update and adapt unchanging content to the environment in which the Gospel is proclaimed. As such, it appears necessary in the era of the new evangelization.