Inculturation in the Missionary Activity of Ss. Cyril and Methodius And it’s Significance For Evangelization in Contemporary Africa
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1997-02
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Tangaza University College
Abstract
In this paper I will not try to answer to all the problems of the evangelising
work in Africa, rather on the example of Ss. Cyril and Methodius - so called Apostles
of Slays, - I would like to present what we can learn from those two Saints in order to
make our evangelising work more effective. Their experience can help the Church
incarnate the Gospel, so that those who accept Christianity may remain be rooted out
in their own cultures. Cyril and Methodius could help us to understand that all
cultures have many positive values which can enrich the Universal Church making her
truly Catholic.
First of all I would like to present the figures of both Saints and the value of
their missionary work among the Slays who had totally different cultural roots from the
Greek culture from which Cyril and Methodius had come. I would like to further
reflect on what could be meaningful for those who work in the vineyard of Lord in the
African context today.
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Inculturation, Missionary Activity, Evangelization, Contemporary Africa