The recent Synod on the New
Evangelisation proposed to us: «This faith can not be transmitted in a life which is not modelled after the Gospel or a life which does not find its meaning, truth and future based on the Gospel» (57).
Not exact matches
Because of the «profound crisis of faith» in the world today (PF, 2), the Church is
proposing not merely a continuationof the mission ad extra and ad intra but a renewal of the whole concept of
evangelisation so that it is addressed through an energetic dialogue with secular cultures.
For example, writing of Rosmini's book The Five Wounds of the Church, in which Rosmini describes the obstacles an exclusively Latin liturgy can pose for effective
evangelisation, Fr Hill not only
proposes his hero as an early proponent of the vernacular Mass, but goes on to add (in a rather sly footnote) that Rosmini would also have been opposed to «the deliberate use of archaic language» of which «the new vernacular translations of the Mass are an example».
Only by
proposing such a theological development can we realistically hope to emerge from our present problems, regain that unity of purpose which is so urgently needed and which is a sign of the Spirit and renew the Church in preparation for a new
evangelisation of the world in the coming century.
Proposition 7: New
Evangelisation as a Permanent Missionary Dimension of the Church It is
proposed that the Church proclaim the permanent worldwide missionary dimension of her mission... to • evangelise those who do not know Jesus Christ; • [to support] the continuing growth in faith that is the ordinary life of the Church; • to [reach out to] those who have become distant from the Church.
The Synod is
proposing structures to support the new
evangelisation, and yet the hierarchy of England and Wales recently dismantled its Catholic Agency for the Support of Evangeli
evangelisation, and yet the hierarchy of England and Wales recently dismantled its Catholic Agency for the Support of
EvangelisationEvangelisation (Case).
Likewise, Christians must discover what has led to the rapid de-Christianisation of our nation before we can
propose a successful
evangelisation plan and implement it.