This afternoon I attended a lecture called “What is New Evangelization?” The lecture was held at the Cathedral of Saint Matthew the Apostle. C. Colt Anderson Vice-President for Academic Affairs & Academic Dean, Washington Theological Union presented the lecture which lasted for approximately one hour.
Mr. Anderson stated that many American Catholics are uncomfortable with the word evangelical because of its association with some fundamentalist Christian groups.
“The aim of New Evangelization is toward lapsed Catholics, Catholics who have fallen away from their faith,” declared Mr. Anderson. “New Evangelization comes out of an European and a secularization context. Now it needs to be translated into an American context.”
Evangelical is a Greek word which means gospel.
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