₦airaland Forum

A Catholic Priest has spoken out about some church
doctrines which should be amended to suite the
African culture.


Rev. Father Gabriel Ngbe of Akwangwa Catholic
church, in Nasarawa State, Nigeria, has canvassed
the need for the Church to incorporate some good
aspects of African culture in its Doctrine.

The Catholic priest said that polygamy should be
Accepted in the Church because of those that have
more than one wife.

His words:"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."

The clergyman made the assertion on Sunday while
celebrating Acculturation Mass at St. Patrick’s
Catholic Church Akwanga.

Ngbe insisted that the Catholic doctrine should be
amended, especially in African Catholic Churches in
order to accommodate every member of the
Church.

“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.

Rev. Father Ngbe explained that local foods should
Henceforth be used for communion in Catholic
Church instead of using products imported from
Europe.

The priest also said meaningful Nigerian names
Should be given to people during the Baptism and
Confirmation in Catholic Churches as against using
"English names".

He urged Nigerians to imbibe the habit of wearing
local dresses during weddings as well as using local
languages for Mass.

He said that anybody who practiced polygamy 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 stressed.

Father Ngbe commended the Yoruba people for
incorporating their culture in the way they practiced
both Christianity and Islam and urged others to
emulate them.

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