This dissertation titled The History of the Catholic Church in Lesotho 1862-1989 has
three chapters. The first chapter deals with the formation of the seventy-seven
missions in Lesotho, and the establishment of the four dioceses of Lesotho the
seventy-seven mission had all been formed during the period mentioned in the title,
and those formed after appear in the appendix.
The second chapter deals with the socio-political involvement of the Catholic Church
in Lesotho, this part deals with the authority of the bishop and the Church
government and again with the role of the bishop and his relationship to the Oblate
authority. In this part four bishops are taken to illustrate this point, and this covers the
period from 1930 to 1966. In short this deals with the internal affairs of the Church,
and its finances. And we go on to deal with the involvement of the Church in the
party politics which led to independence of the country.
The last chapter deals with the church under the indigenous clergy, which actually is
inculturation its problem and attempted solution. / Christianity, Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / M. Th. (Church History)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/17708 |
| Date | 02 1900 |
| Creators | Sekoati, S. M. |
| Contributors | Millard, J. A. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Detected Language | English |
| Format | 1 online resource (145 leaves) |
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