BODIJA Volume 6 Number 1 1994

ECCLESIASTICAL COMMUNION AND THE NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS IN NIGERIA: SOME SELECTED CANONICAL ISSUES

B. ETAFO
Abstract

The axiomatic truth that religion is an inalienable expression of the human spirit plays out the world over in the phenomenal display in what is today regarded as the New Religious Movements. Amidst this, the teachings of the Church on ecclesiastic communion as well as the idea of collaboration with these New Religious Movements remain very crucial and unchanging. Consequently, this article following Christ commands regarding love for one another advocates for genuine collaboration between the Catholic Church and the New Religious Movement despite differences in approach and some antagonistic attitude towards the Catholic Church.

Keywords: canonical, communion, ecclesiastical, issues, movements, nigeria, religious, selected
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