The Church as a voice of the Poor in the light of the Pact of the Catacombs of 1965 (Domitilla) : A Nigerian Perspective / Leonard Oshiokhamele Anetekhai.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anetekhai, Leonard Oshiokhamele, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian sociology--Catholic Church.

Christian sociology.

Church and social problems--Catholic Church.

Church and social problems.

Church and social problems--Nigeria.

Church work with the poor--Catholic Church.

Church work with the poor.

Pact of the Catacombs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (163 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Göttingen : Cuvillier Verlag, [2021]

Summary:

The stance of 40 Bishops who put pen on paper to dedicate their lives and work for the Poor is in our today's world an example worth emulating and promoting. To live amid plenty and not feel the pains, misery, and above all, the anger in the eyes of the Poor is a grave sin that individuals, societies and organisations with all pleasure are willing to embrace. Often, the question is raised: Who are the Poor and the answer therein, this piece of research work tries to articulate. When humans created in God's image are left without essential assistance to 'lick their wounds' as Lazarus did, their rights trampled upon, their voices silenced, and even their deserved wages barely or not paid, then we speak of the Poor. In this group of persons, the Poor, the Bishops of the Catacomb Pack of 1965 (Domitilla) reminds Individuals, societies, organisations, and indeed the Church and her leaders to see the necessity to align human, social and pastoral life in the task of caring for the Poor.

Contents:

Intro

Dedication

Acknowledgement

Contents

Preface

1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION

1.1 STATEMENT OF PROBLEM

1.2 AIMS AND RELEVANCE OF THE STUDY

1.3 LIMITATIONS OF RESEARCH

1.4 THE METHODOLOGY OF THE STUDY

1.5 DEFINITION OF TERMS

2 AN OVERVIEW OF THE PACT OF THE CATACOMBS

Unbenannt

2.1 CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHINGS AS PREPARATION OF THE CATACOMBS PACT

2.2 REASONS FOR THE CATACOMBS PACT

2.3 THE PACT OF THE CATACOMBS

3 THE NIGERIAN SOCIETY AND THE CHURCH IN NIGERIA

3.1 A SYNOPSIS OF NIGERIA'S HISTORY

3.2 THE CHURCH IN NIGERIA: HISTORICAL CONSPECTUS

3.3 MISSION TASK AND THE CHURCH WITHIN THE NIGERIAN SOCIETY

4 THE CHURCH AS A VOICE OF THE POOR

4.1 THE NATURE AND TASK OF THE CHURCH

4.2 THE CHURCH AS A COMMUNITY OF LOVE

4.3 THE CHURCH AS A SIGN AND SERVANT OF HOPE

5 THE TASK IN HAND

5.1 THE CATACOMBS PACT: A NIGERIAN PERSPECTIVE

5.2 THE CHURCH IN NIGERIA AS PART OF GOD'S PEOPLE

Epilogue 'YOU GIVE THEM SOMETHING TO EAT!' (cf. Mk 6,37)

Abbreviations

Selected BIBLIOGRAPHY.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9783736964051

3736964056

OCLC:

1249472762