Definition of Kerygma

1. Noun. Preaching the gospel of Christ in the manner of the early church.

Exact synonyms: Kerugma
Generic synonyms: Discourse, Preaching, Sermon

Definition of Kerygma

1. Noun. The Apostolic proclamation of religious truths, especially as taught in the Gospels. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Kerygma

1. the preaching of the gospel [n -MAS or -MATA]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kerygma

kerslap
kerslop
kersplat
kersplosh
kertyschoo
kerugma
kerugmata
kerve
kerved
kerver
kervers
kerves
kerving
kerwallop
kerwham
kerygma (current term)
kerygmas
kerygmata
kerygmatic
kes
kesa
kesar
kesars
kesh
keshan disease
keshes
kesho-mawashi
keslop
keslops
kess

Literary usage of Kerygma

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Symbol of the Apostles: A Vindication of the Apostolic Authorship of the by Alexander MacDonald (1903)
"... CHAPTER X. THE kerygma AND THE SYMBOL. I. THE RULE OF: ^he more recent "writers on FAITH. : .................. •' the Creed assume Tertullian's "Rule of ..."

2. Paralipomena; Remains of Gospels and Sayings of Christ by Bernhard Pick (1908)
"Law and Logos the Saviour is called, as Peter says in the kerygma (ie, Preaching). kerygma Petri in Clement Alex., Eclog. prophet. LVIII. ..."

3. A Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels by John Chisholm Lambert (1906)
"What he designated ' the first commandment is easily recognizable as part of such a kerygma, and seems to be derived from the same Jewish apologist) pseudo ..."

4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The Preaching o/ Peter or kerygma Petri. Clement of Alexandria repeatedly quotes from a ví/puy/a. ... Dos kerygma Petri Kritisch untersucht, being XI, 1, ..."

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