New Evangelization in an Asian Context: Towards a Renewed Missionary Enthusiasm

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· 발행기관 : 신학과사상학회
· 수록지 정보 : 가톨릭신학과사상 / 76호 / 118 ~ 149페이지
· 저자명 : Savio HON Tai-Fai

초록

Human life presents itself as a question to which the Church has the answer from Jesus Christ. As the only begotten Son of the Father, he became man and manifested himself as the Truth, the Way, and the Life. Whoever believes in Jesus Christ will have eternal life. He founded the Church to perpetuate his mission. With the assistance of the Holy Spirit, the Church is to proclaim the Good News, so that people may have faith in Christ. The Church, while expanding, is well aware of the necessity of safeguarding her unity, holiness, catholicity, and apostolicity. For history-ical reasons, this became a very compelling issue in the 16th century. In 1622 Pope Gregory XV founded Propaganda Fide so as to give priority to the Mission of the Church. At a later stage, the term Evangelization began to be used more frequently to signify the mission ad gentes. During the Pontificate of St. John Paul II, the term New Evangelization was intro-duced, i.e., “new in its ardor, new in its methods, and new in its expres-sions”. Concretely, evangelization becomes a program renewing the Church, enhancing her capacity for the spread of the Gospel. In the Asian context, New Evangelization means the renewal of missionary enthusiasm for the evangelizers, in particular their enthusiasm for Apostolic Virtues, Cultural Studies, Hope, and Joy of meeting Christ.

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