Evangelization

Evangelization is that process in the Christian religion which seeks to spread the Gospel and the knowledge of the Gospel throughout the world. It can be defined as so:
==The history of evangelization==
===The birth of Christian evangelization===
At the beginning of his public ministry, it is recounted in the Gospel of St. Luke that Jesus
The original Greek text, in the quotation from the prophet Isaiah, uses the verb εὐαγγελίσασθαι (euangelisasthai), which is a compound of εὐ (good) and αγγέλω (announce; from this same root the word angel is formed, an angel in fact is a messenger). Literally therefore Jesus proclaims to the assembly that the Spirit of the Lord anointed (and therefore appointed) me to evangelize the poor. Similarly the Latin vulgate uses the verb evangelizare, announce a good news. Jesus Christ is the first "evangelizer" as he defined himself, this is the mission for which the Father sent Him into the world.
At his birth, the angel that appeared to the shepherds in the field said to them,
Similarly when the angel of the Lord announced to Zechariah that he would become the father of John the Baptist, he said:
==See also==
* Christianity
* Evangelism
* Christianization
* Mission (Christian)
* Good news (Christianity)
* Proselytism
* Practical theology
* Pastoral theology
* Missiology
* Catholicism
==References==
* POPE PAUL VI, APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION EVANGELII NUNTIANDI, Libreria Editrice Vaticana 1975 
* CONGREGATION FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH, DOCTRINAL NOTE ON SOME ASPECTS OF EVANGELIZATION, 2007 
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