An Introduction to the Legio Maria
| dc.contributor.author | Kombo, James Owino | |
| dc.contributor.author | Moreau, Scott | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-07-15T07:25:42Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-07-15T07:25:42Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1991 | |
| dc.description | Journal Aticle | |
| dc.description.abstract | The Legio Maria movement is the largest African-initiated church to have broken from Catholicism in Africa. It is an offshoot of the Legion of Mary, a Catholic lay or) Organisation from Ireland, established in Kenya in 1936. The moverne11t 's leaders use the name "Maria Legio" rather than the actual name "Legio Maria" A survey in 1969 showed that 10% of the members had formerly been Roman Catholics in good standing, 10% former Protestants, about 40% lapsed, nominal or would-be Catholics, and about 40% were pagans before joining. Ondeto is recognised as the spiritual head, Baba Mtakatifu, the special representative of Jesus Christ, with Pope Atila as second-in-command .... The church combines Luo tradition and culture with conservative Roma n Catholicism including retention of Latin in the mass | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Scott Moreau & James Kombo (1991). An Introduction to the Legio Maria. Africa Journal of Evangelical Theology, 10(1),10-27 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.daystar.ac.ke/handle/123456789/4707 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Africa Journal of Evangelical Theology | |
| dc.subject | Legio Maria | |
| dc.subject | African-initiated church | |
| dc.subject | Catholicism | |
| dc.subject | Africa | |
| dc.subject | Kenya | |
| dc.subject | Baba Mtakatifu | |
| dc.subject | Jesus Christ | |
| dc.title | An Introduction to the Legio Maria | |
| dc.type | Article |