Editing Homiletics (section)

=== Christian tradition: The preaching of Jesus ===
[[Jesus]] preached and commissioned his [[Apostles in the New Testament|apostles]] to do so. His preaching included two forms of the sermon, the missionary and the ministerial. Missionary sermons are given to outsiders and correspond the Catholic ''[[magisterium]].'' Ministerial sermons are given to those already part of the movement, corresponding to the Catholic ''[[ministerium]]''. For example, Jesus' [[Sermon on the Mount]] is a missionary sermon. By contrast, his discourse after the [[Last Supper]] ({{bibleverse||John|14-16|KJV|}}) is ministerial.<ref name=CE/>

It cannot be said that Jesus' preaching took any definite, rounded form, in the sense of a modern sermon. His aim was to sow the seed of the word, which he scattered abroad, like the sower in the [[Parable of the sower|parable]]. His commission to his Apostles included both missionary and ministerial sermoning. For examples of missionary sermoning, see {{bibleverse||Matthew|28:19|KJV|}}, {{bibleverse||Mark|16:15|KJV|}}, {{bibleverse||Mark|3:14|KJV|}}, {{bibleverse||Luke|9:2|KJV|}}For examples of ministerial sermoning, see [[Paul the Apostle|Paul the Apostle's]] sermon in {{bibleverse||Acts|20:7-11|KJV|}}. In this sermon, the apostles were supported by assistants who were elected and consecrated for a purpose (e.g. Timothy and Titus). Some of these assistants had been favored with [[charismata]].