The Catholic Priest made this known while celebrating Acculturation Mass at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church Akwanga. Ngbe insisted that the Catholic doctrine most be amended, especially in the African Catholic Churches in order to accommodate every member of the Church.
“The Whiteman that brought Christianity to us mixed the religion with his culture and Africans just accepted it like that at the expense of our culture.
“If we did not incorporate parts of our culture into the way we worship God, our culture would in no distant time go into extinction,” he said.
Ngbe explained that local foods should henceforth be used for communion in the Catholic Church instead of using products imported from Europe.
The priest also said meaningful local names should be given to people during Baptism and Confirmation in Catholic Churches as against using “English names.”
Ngbe urged members to imbibe the habit of wearing local dresses during weddings as well as using local languages for Mass.
He said that anybody who practiced monogamy before accepting Christ should be given equal treatment in the Church with those that have only one wife.
“It is better to have many wives at home than to have only one and yet have many girl friends and lovers outside,” the priest said. Ngbe therefore commended the Yoruba people for incorporating their culture in the way they practiced both Christianity and Islam and urged others to emulate them.
Most of this our so called men of God need to be mindful of God's wrath while the members ought to be very cautious of false doctrine. Practice only that which is in the Holy Bible.
ReplyDeleteTell ur Pastor to Try this in ur Church one day to ask for Men/Husband that doesn't have Secret Relationship out of the Marriage to Raise their Hands and see.
DeleteSo it's better for them to Marry them instead of Committing Great Sin.
That's what the Pastor is Saying...
Who wrote the bible ? I think is a man like you and I and how many Afticans were there while the bible is been written ? Who will tell us now if some areas in the bible werent written to satisfy self desires ? My dear God is God and man is man .
ReplyDeletehmmmmm this one must be part of APC change sai baba , shange dole ,
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