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Catholicism is Communication

Angelo Paolo O. Asprer, SSP

From: Loyola Papers Vol. 1 No. 2 (2020)

  • December 1, 2020
  • pp. 177–196

Abstract

This essay develops a theology of communication rooted in the Trinity, arguing that communication is not merely a technical or informational exchange but the very essence of God's self-giving love. Beginning with the crisis of meaning in the contemporary digital "culture of communication," the author traces communication's origin in the intra-Trinitarian relations, God's progressive self-disclosure in salvation history, its climax in Christ as the "Perfect Communicator," and its embodiment in the Church through kerygma, liturgy, sacraments, Mary, and Paul. The essay concludes that authentic Catholic identity is inseparable from communication understood as self-giving love, communion, and mission, calling for a reflective, sacramental approach to communication in the Digital Age rather than mere technological fluency.

Research Areas: Ecclesiology, Pastoral Theology, Systematic Theology

Keywords: communication, Communion, evangelization, Incarnation, media, Revelation, sacraments, Trinity