A Catholic Priest has spoken out about the church doctrines which should be amended to suite African culture.
File photo: A polygamous marriage
Rev. Father Gabriel Ngbe of Akwangwa Catholic Church, in Nasarawa
State has canvassed the need for Catholic Church to incorporate some
good aspects of African culture in its Doctrine.
The clergyman made the assertion on Sunday.
According to Vanguard, the man said that polygamy should be
accepted in the Church because of those that have more than one wife.
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 ponogamy 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.
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