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Christ as the Preacher of Grace in the Preaching Ministry of Priests

Author(s): Tomasz Nawracała
Subject(s): Systematic Theology, Pastoral Theology
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: preaching; priesthood; action of God; Scripture; word of God; concomitance;

Summary/Abstract: The preaching of the word of God is among the primary tasks and duties of those elected to the min- isterial priesthood. The ministry of the word aims at awakening faith in the hearers or at strengthen- ing it. This action, however, does not depend solely on the preacher of the word, but is first an effect of God’s action. God acts constantly through His living words, which, adapted to man’s capacity, become the source of faith in him, that is, of the reception of revelation in its definitive form. Faith already gives man a certain, albeit limited, share in eternal life, and preaching ultimately aims to fulfil God’s desire: that all may be saved. What makes the preaching of the word of God still ef- fective even after two thousand years? That is the question this article discusses, pointing out that this effectiveness depends on a double concomitance between the divine and the human: one in the preacher and the other in the hearer.

  • Issue Year: 41/2022
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 27-45
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Polish