Editing Legio Maria (section)

==Similarity with Catholicism==
The Legio Maria Church recognises salvation through Jesus Christ, the Son of God. The discontinuity with orthodox theology is that the Son of God has been incarnated in multiple contexts, rejecting the orthodox doctrine of Christ taking a human body and soul for eternity. None of these incarnations are considered exclusive; they only serve to reveal Christ to people of different contexts. All who are saved through any of these incarnations of Christ will worship God together in heaven. Thus, for the Legio Church, salvation is found through Christ, as revealed in their particular Messias Simeo Ondetto.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}

Legio Maria also recognises an active spiritual realm that needs to be dealt with to respond to evil and illness. It is God who gives gifts to people for spiritual healing, sometimes through the saints. The Legio specifically recognise the Catholic saints [[Catherine of Siena]] and [[Bernadette of Lourdes]] in regard to spiritual healing. The saints Samson and Julian and the archangel [[Michael (archangel)|Michael]] help to "guide Legios with gifts for exorcism and battling witchcraft.<ref name=Dreaming/>

Many of the [[liturgy|liturgies]] of the Legio Maria are heavily derived from [[Roman Rite]] practices within the Catholic Church. These include Legio Maria communities that celebrate variations of the [[Tridentine Mass]].  In addition, original Legio songs are added that reinforce the particularity of the Legio Maria church.<ref name=Dreaming/>{{rp|171}}

Another sign of continuity with the Catholic Church is that the Legio Maria include a white Catholic priest, Father [[Philip Chefa]], among their saints.  Serving at the Asumbi Roman Catholic mission station in the 1930s, Chefa was "highly charismatic," engaging "in healing, exorcism, and the burning of paraphernalia associated with 'witchcraft.'" Chefa introduced the Catholic Legion of Mary to Luo in 1938.<ref name=Dreaming/>