kerygmatist

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kerygma +‎ -ist

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kerygmatist (plural kerygmatists)

  1. One who practises, or is knowledgeable of and/or able in the kerygmata; a Christian preacher; an evangelist.
    • 1998, Bruce David Chilton, Craig Alan Evans, Studying the Historical Jesus: Evaluations of the State of Current Research[1], Brill, page 342:
      However that may be, it certainly reflects the parabolist who was also an experienced kerygmatist, a herald to out-of-doors crowds and synagogue congregations.
    • 2004, Deborah L. Ellens, J. Harold Ellens, Isaac Kalimi, God's Word for our World[2], volume 2, page 181:
      Said more succinctly, he is a theologian because he is a kerygmatist.

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