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kerygma en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /kəˈɹɪɡ.mə/

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κήρυγμα (kḗrugma, “proclamation, preaching”), from κηρύσσω (kērússō, “I proclaim, preach”), from κῆρυξ (kêrux, “herald”).

Meanings

  1. The proclamation of religious truths; core religious teaching; preaching.
    • Many who encounter Jung do so within the community of the spirit, and some look to the personal myth of C. G. Jung in MDR as a contemporary gospel that contains the kerygma of a new dispensation. 1997, Richard Noll, The Aryan Christ, Macmillan, page xiv:

Forms

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kerugma alternative lexicographic
kerygmas Number=Plur lexicographic
kerygmata Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

kerygmatist · kerygmatic

Translations (7)

el κήρυγμα (apostolic proclamation) · es kerigma (apostolic proclamation) · it kerigmo (apostolic proclamation) · ru ке́ригма (apostolic proclamation) · eo kerigmo (apostolic proclamation) · fr kérygme (apostolic proclamation) · pl kerygmat (apostolic proclamation)