Evangelii Nuntiandi §66

66. The whole Church therefore is called upon to evangelize, and yet within her we have different evangelizing tasks to accomplish. This diversity of services in the unity of the same mission makes up the richness and beauty of evangelization. We shall briefly recall these tasks.

First, we would point out in the pages of the Gospel the insistence with which the Lord entrusts to the apostles the task of proclaiming the Word. He chose them,[94] trained them during several years of intimate company,[95] constituted[96] and sent them out[97] as authorized witnesses and teachers of the message of salvation. And the Twelve in their turn sent out their successors who, in the apostolic line, continue to preach the Good News.

94. Cf. Jn 15:16; Mk 3:13-19; Lk 6:13-16.

95. Cf. Acts 1:21-22.

96. Cf. Mk 3:14.

97. Cf. Mk 3:14-15; Lk 9:2.