Maria Legio A Catholic Breakaway Church

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dc.contributor.authorKansimbi, Sylvester
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-27T08:41:25Z
dc.date.available2019-02-27T08:41:25Z
dc.date.issued2001-02
dc.description.abstractIn the continent where Christianity is experiencing its most rapid growth, a great deal of this expansion is taking place in the African Independent Churches. Turner defines these Churches as having, been founded in Africa, by Africans and primarily for Afr cans.2 A primary characteristic of the African Independent Churches is their commitment to the adaptation of the gospel to African needs, life-view and style-3 Their attractiveness grows out of their serious attempt to make and express their faith in genuinely African cultural forms and styles. In our research work. We are going to focus our attention on the Maria Legio Church of Kenya. This is the breakaway movement from the Catholic Church which originated among the Luo of South Nyanza around two colourful people: Simeo Ondeto and Gaudencia Aoko. The movement affirms people in their context and answers their needs by creating a truly African haven of belonging.4 This movement has emerged as the largest African Independent Church to have broken from Catholicism in Africa.5 It is an off shoot of the Legion of Mary, a Catholic lay organisation from Ireland, which was established in Kenya in 1936 by Edel Quinn The Maria Legio are widespread in the regions of Eastern Africa, though mainly among the Luo or people which have affinity with Luo.6 Because of the predominance of Luo leadership, culture and customs, it seems unlikely that the Maria Legio will gain significant numbers of non-Luo members in the future.' Our research will briefly take a glance at the context of the birth of the movement, its theological teaching and doctrine and finally our evaluation of its concept of the Church. The main source of our research is the work by: Peter Dirven, Maria Legio: The Dynamics of a Breakaway Church among the Luo in Past Africa, Ph.D. Dissertation, Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, 1970.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12342/677
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTangaza University Collegeen_US
dc.subjectLegio Mariaen_US
dc.subjectCatholic Churchen_US
dc.subjectMarian Devotionsen_US
dc.subjectCatholic Sceneen_US
dc.subjectPolitical Situationen_US
dc.subjectReligious Situationen_US
dc.subjectSocio- Economic Situationen_US
dc.subjectTeachings of the Maria Legioen_US
dc.titleMaria Legio A Catholic Breakaway Churchen_US
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