[Gr. κήρυγμα proclamation, preaching, f. κηρύσσειν to proclaim.] Preaching; proclamation of religious truth.
1889. Dublin Rev., April, 315. My account of the Kerygma and the Rule of Faith.
1894. trans. Harnacks Hist. Dogma, iv. 255, note The traditional complex of the Christian Kerygma.
1899. Stalker, Christology of Jesus, i. 24. [The words of Jesus] are kerygma, not dogma; nature, not science.