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Ratzinger is convinced that these men are relativizing the place of Christ as they seek to inculturate the church on Asian soil.

The Roman Missal for the Dioceses of Zaire goes about its attempts to inculturate by allowing certain unique adaptations.

In fact, in India, where theology is flourishing, all efforts to inculturate the church in eastern thought patterns is being strongly resisted in Rome.

Around the year 50, the apostles convened the first Church council, the Council of Jerusalem, to decide whether to include Gentiles and inculturate Gentile culture.

An outstanding contemporary example of this was the English born Christian monk, Bede Griffiths, who sought to inculturate a Christian monastic spirituality in an Indian context.

In the Christian context at any rate, there is a concerted effort by many theologians, clergy and laity to inculturate Christianity, drawing on the myths, traditions and cultures of African people.

Wesley felt distinctly uneasy; but backing out now would be a deathblow to his attempts to inculturate himself and would probably result in a severe blow to his student ranked "leadership" grade.

Following the leading of Bishop Samuel Ruiz, the Catholic Church in Chenalho and elsewhere in Chiapas has sought to inculturate the Roman Catholic faith into the indigenous context.

Absolute Truth then turns to India, where local efforts to "inculturate" Christianity into the predominant Hindu culture have caused concern in the Vatican that the faith is being diluted in the interests of accommodation with paganism.

Since, the charism of the Institute is to "inculturate" the Gospel, the red cross that covers the whole silver field indicates that the truth of Christ must include all men and all the realities of man; these it transforms, sanctifying them and filling them with joy.

In the Easter week of 1993, 200 delegates gathered at the Immaculate Conception School of Theology to discern, resolve and move "Towards New Life in Christ" (Eph 4, 17-24) seeking to inculturate PCP II in the Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia.