Abstract

The Christian mission taken into account as being Christic formed contains the
following integrant elements: preaching, mandating, evangelization, Church, world, man,
Kingdom of Heaven, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirits Pentecost. The Christian mission
issues right out of the divine essence, and so we are qualified to speak about missio
Dei. The Christian mission dynamics presumes a Sons and Holy Spirits mandating by
the Father; this Trinitarian mission was extended to the mandating the Holy Apostles to
the world by the Son of God, through the Fathers will and the Holy Spirits action within
Churchs mission. The Christian mission is based on the communion within the Holy
Trinity, within the Fathers love motion towards the Son within the Holy Spirit and, in
this manner, Gods love motion towards creation. The mandating character of the
mission is participation to the Sons mission (cf. John 20, 21-23) and to the Holy
Spirits mission (cf. John 14, 26).
We have also highlighted the special bound between the Sons and the Holy
Spirits mission, by pointing out that the Pentecost accomplishes the redemptive act of the
Son, mans salvation being embodied in his actual and personal participation to the life of
Christ and in Christ. The Holy Spirit prepares the Sons incarnation as He is the Spirit of
God, while the Son answers by preparing the Spirits descending and activity in the
world, in and through the Church. The simultaneity of the two events (the Churchs birth
and the beginning of the Christian mission) highlights a fact of decisive importance: the
Church and the Christian mission are indissolubly bounded one to each other.
Once the Apostles have been mandated we are able to speak about the paradigm
of the Early Christian Churchs mission itself, as Christ assigned the Apostles with the
missions main coordinates: the evangelization, the sacramental incorporation in the
Christs ecclesiastic body, the teaching to observe all things whatsoever He has
commanded the Apostles.
We have also highlighted the manner of the Early Churchs participation to the
Sons mission, participation outlined in Churchs missionary actions of evangelization,
confession and pastoral care.
Keywords: Early Church, Mission, Preaching, Baptism, Eucharist, Charity,
Liturgy, martyrdom