Forming Good Preachers: The Importance Of Integrating Leading Elements Of The Four Dimensions Of Priestly Formation For Good Preaching

Gregg Michael Caggianelli

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Forming Good Preachers: The Importance Of Integrating Leading Elements Of The Four Dimensions Of Priestly Formation For Good Preaching

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Gregg Michael Caggianelli. Forming Good Preachers: The Importance Of Integrating Leading Elements Of The Four Dimensions Of Priestly Formation For Good Preaching. Aquinas Institute of Theology. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/b4012163-7fe1-4d48-8707-1b22ecfe7261.

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G. M. Caggianelli. Forming Good Preachers: The Importance Of Integrating Leading Elements Of The Four Dimensions Of Priestly Formation For Good Preaching. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/b4012163-7fe1-4d48-8707-1b22ecfe7261

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Can the integration of leading elements in the four dimensions of priestly formation contribute to the formation of good preachers? Building on the premise that a good preacher is one who is not only competent in the skills needed for good preaching, but is also a person who authentically lives in a way that gives witness to the Gospel preached, the author searches for how these preachers can be formed for our age. Chapter One explores the intrinsic connection between God’s Word and God’s deeds as the pattern for authentic preaching. The investigation asks whether good seminary formation contributes to the formation of good preachers.Chapter Two highlights the vision of St. Dominic and introduces the idea of the preacher’s formation using the work of Humbert of Romans. Noting similar patterns in St. Charles Borromeo and St. Vincent de Paul, this chapter leads into the reforms called for from Vatican II until the present. The Church’s formation documents become the foundation for generating an extensive list of specific formation elements identified for development in a candidate during seminary formation. Chapter Three builds various assessments tools used in the pastoral appropriation, seeking to identify and highlight important formation elements from the four dimensions of priestly formation that contribute to the formation of good preachers.Chapter Four extensively explores the qualitative and quantitative results, highlighting the significant correlation between the integration of leading elements of priestly formation and improved preaching quality. Chapter Five suggests five ways for sharing this project’s findings, hoping that this thesis will allow seminary formators to accompany developing preachers in their understanding of how personal reflection across all four dimensions of their seminary formation contributes to their development as preachers able to not only preach well but live as witnesses to the Gospel.

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