Abstract: The article presents a comparative analysis of two processes of inculturation in the history of the Church: the mission of Saints Cyril and Methodius in the 9th century and the contemporary engagement of the Catholic Church with digital culture considered primarily at the level of communicative discourse. The study employs historicalcomparative and theological-hermeneutical methods to analyse communicative discourses. Cyril and Methodius created a new alphabet (Glagolitic) and codified Old Church Slavonic, achieving full control over the communication medium. The contemporary Church adapts existing commercially-designed digital platforms, limiting its control over transmission. T he analysis reveals shared missionary motivation – conveying the Gospel in culturally comprehensible forms, but differences in the nature of media engagement. The study confirms technological determinism thesis – media actively shape communication content. Modern digital inculturation requires new theological criteria considering technology’s specificity as a communicative environments that shape media discourse.

Author: Szewczyk, Marcin – Gralczyk, Aleksandra

DOI: 10.17846/CL.2025.18.2.254-266

Publication order reference:
Marcin Szewczyk PhD, Associate Professor; The University of Information Technology Management in Rzeszow, Faculty of Media and Social Communications, ul. Sucharskiego 2, 35-225 Rzeszow, Poland; email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; ORCID ID: 0000-0002-4291-8317
Aleksandra Gralczyk PhD, Assistant Profesor; Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Faculty of Theology, ul. Dewajtis 5, 01-815 Warsaw, Poland; email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; ORCID ID: 0000-0002-4346-7722

Source: Konštantínove listy, 2025, vol.: 18, issue: 2, pages: 254-266 (PDF file)

Keywords: INCULTURATION, COMMUNICATIVE DISCOURSE, LANGUAGE, CYRIL AND METHODIUS, DIGITAL CULTURE, MEDIA, EVANGELISATION

Language: ENGLISH

Recommended Citation:
Szewczyk, Marcin – Gralczyk, Aleksandra. 2025. The Field of Communicative Discourse of the Apostles of the Slavs and the Apostles of the Digital Continent: a Comparative Analysis of Cyril and Methodius’ Model of Inculturation and the Church’s Contemporary Engagement in the Digital World. In Konštantínove listy [Constantine’s Letters] 18/2, 254-266.