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	Syro-Malabar Catholic Church - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Syro-Malabar Catholic Church is a Major Archiepiscopal Eastern Rite Church sui iuris with historical ties to the Chaldean Catholic Church in communion with the Church of Rome.
		Later, in the 4th century, a settlement of Jewish Christians was founded in Kottayam in Southern India by Thomas Kynai at the behest of the Catholicos of the Assyrian Church of the East.
		December 22, 1610 Archbishop Menezes of Goa restricts the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan of St. Thomas Christians from the north of Malabar to the south.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Syro-Malabar_Catholic_Church (818 words)

	Knowledge King - Syro-Malabar Catholic Church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Syro-Malabar Catholic Church is one of the 23 sui juris Eastern Catholic Churches.
		It is the third-largest Church (after the Roman Catholic Church and the Ukranian Catholic Church) within the Catholic Church, and also one of the oldest.
		Thomas Christians," such as the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church (also in communion with Rome), the Malankara Orthodox Church (in communion with the Oriental Orthodox Churches), and the Mar Thoma Syrian Church (a reformed Church in communion with the Anglican Communion).
	www.knowledgeking.net /encyclopedia/s/sy/syro_malabar_catholic_church.html (882 words)

	Encyclopedia: Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
		Later, in the 4th century, a settlement of Jewish Christians was founded in Kottayam by Thomas Kynai at the behest of the Catholicos of the Assyrian Church of the East.
		The Roman Catholic Church believes its founding was based on Jesus appointment of Saint Peter as the primary church leader, later Bishop of Rome.
		The Pope is the Catholic Bishop and patriarch of Rome, and head of the Catholic Church.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Syro_Malabar-Catholic-Church (3041 words)

	St. Thomas Syro Malabar - Diocese - Patron - Mission
		The Syro-Malabar Catholic Church is a Sui Juris Particular Church headed by His Eminence Mar Varkey Cardinal Vithayathil, the Major Archbishop.
		The contribution of the educational institutions managed by the different dioceses of the Church to the welfare of the state of Kerala and other states of India is immense.
		The Catholic Church is a communion of twenty-two Particular Churches: the Latin Catholic Church and twenty-one Oriental (Eastern) Churches.
	www.stthomasdiocese.org /diocese/mission.htm (707 words)

	Syro-Malabar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Ephrem Pottamplackal M.C.B.S., the new temporary associate pastor for the the Hurley-Montreal-Saxon-Pence parish cluster, is a member of the Syro-Malabar Church, one of the Eastern-rite Catholic churches.
		The Syro Malabar Church was once called the Church of the St. Thomas Christians, because the church was founded by the apostle Thomas, who is believed to have gone to India in 52 A.D. and been martyred there in 72 A.D. near what is now the town of Madras.
		The pope recognized it as a sui juris (semi-autonomous) church in 1992.
	www.catholicherald.org /archives/articles/malabar2.html (233 words)

	Syro-Malankara Catholic Church - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Syro-Malankara Catholic Church is a Major Archiepiscopal sui iuris Church with historical links to the Eastern Rite Syrian Catholic Church in communion with the Holy See, which on February 10, 2005 erected its primatial see of Trivandrum into a Major Archeparchy, elevating the Archbishop to Major Archbishop (called Catholicos by Syro-Malankara Catholics).
		Those Syro-Malankara churches which did not come into full communion with Rome on September 20, 1930 remain as the Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church or the autocephalous Indian Orthodox Church.
		His Beatitude, Catholicos Cyril Mar Baselious is the head of this Church.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Syro-Malankara_Catholic_Church (172 words)

	Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: The Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
		The Syro-Malabar Catholic Church is an automous Catholic Church of the Chaldean (Eastern Syrian) liturgical, historical and cultural tradition.
		In the 5th century, the Church of the East gravitated towards the radical Antiochene form of christology that had been articulated by Theodore of Mopsuestia and Nestorius, and fell out of communion with the church of the Roman Empire.
		Members of this church are directly descended from the Thomas Christians that the Portuguese encountered in 1498 while exploring the Malabar coast of India (now the state of Kerala).
	www.katolsk.no /utenriks/kronologi/orient_syro_malabar.htm (996 words)

	Malabar Church
		Malabar is a region in Southwest India in Kerala.
		This Church was under the Assyrian Patriarch and was involved in the schism which occurred shortly after the Council of Ephesus in 431.
		In 1498 Portuguese missionaries made contact and were received as brothers of the same faith; communion with Rome ensued.
	www.faswebdesign.com /ECPA/Syria/Malabar.html (111 words)

	Catholic World News : Syro Malabar Church In India Strives To End Liturgical Dispute
		NEW DELHI (CWNews.com) - The autonomous Syro Malabar Rite of the Catholic Church (SMC) approved several steps on Saturday to end a thorny dispute on its liturgical patrimony which has plagued the 3.3 million-strong oriental church that traces its origin to St. Thomas the Apostle.
		The second autonomous church in the Catholic Church, the SMC hierarchy has been divided into camps on the question of its liturgical patrimony.
		Acknowledging that these kind of protests "malign" the church and church leaders, the bishops cautioned that action will be taken against church members who indulge in such "painful and deplorable" protests, said a press release from the SMC secretariat.
	www.catholicworldnews.com /news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=8934 (367 words)

	The Syro Malabar Church
		Eventually owing to reasons, both political and religious, the Western Churches were unified under the leadership of the Roman Church and the Bishop of Rome who also is the head of the Catholic Church in as much as he is the successor of Apostle Peter.
		The communion with the Church of Rome and its bishop is considered essential for the orthodoxy of Christian faith.
		Though as entire Churches with their hierarchies communion was not restored by these Eastern Churches, at various points of history portions of them did come back to communion with the Roman Church and its bishop while the major part with their hierarchies remained outside communion.
	www.thesyromalabarchurch.org /communion.htm (597 words)

	The Catholic New World - 06/24/01 - A passage from India
		It connected with the Latin-rite church in the 16th century, under the influence of Portuguese colonization, and it was not until the late 19th century that Indian bishops were appointed to lead the church.
		The church will host the Syro-Malabar Catholic Convention of America June 30-July 3 at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare, an event featuring the establishment of the new diocese and the new bishop, along with a full schedule of workshops, seminars and devotions.
		The church offers Malayalam classes for the children, but the religious education classes are offered in English, said Jose Nadakapadam, the former director of religious education for the church.
	www.catholicnewworld.com /archive/cnw2001/062401/passage_062401.html (797 words)

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		A vibrant and growing Catholic community, the SMC boasts 22 dioceses, which account for almost half of the 8,000 diocesan clergy in the 130 dioceses of India; the Church also provides more than 60 percent of the 82,000 missionary workers among the 15 million Catholic community in India.
		However, the church is plagued by controversies involving the nature of the liturgy and the demands of some SMC leaders for full autonomy.
		The majority of church historians presume that the arrival of a Jewish Christian trader from Mesopotamia in the 4th century paved the way for domination by the East Syrians-- better known as Chaldeans-- over the Thomas Christians who had flourished in India and especially in Kerala.
	www.ewtn.com /library/ISSUES/SYROMALA.TXT (1224 words)

	Archdiocese of Denver - DCR - Local News
		In Colorado, this diversity within the Church is represented by the presence of Byzantine, Ukrainian, Maronite and Russian Catholics.
		In December, this new eparch (bishop) of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church wrote to his brother Roman-rite bishops to inform them of the Syro-Malabar tradition and of his new eparchy (diocese) in the United States.
		Liturgically, the bishop indicated that the Syro-Malabar Church is related to the Chaldean-Persian Church of the Middle East.
	www.archden.org /dcr/news.php?e=72&s=4&a=1727 (543 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Thomas Christians
		After death they were buried in the church they had erected; it is said that they had built other smaller churches in the country; they were regarded as pious men and were later called saints, their own church was eventually dedicated to them as well as others in the country.
		The northern churches belonging to Trichur had not seen their prelates for perhaps a century, the two Chaldean bishops had utilized the fact to their own advantage, and the troubles caused by them in these churches can easily be imagined; but with firmness and patience a fair working administration was introduced.
		The Vicariate of Trichur had a Catholic Syrian population of 108,422 with eighty-three parish churches and twenty-two chapels-of-ease, served by 118 priests of Syrian Rite, besides 23 Syrian Carmelite Tertiary monks, in two monasteries; there was also a convent of 24 native Tertiary nuns with a middle-class school of 33 girls.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/14678a.htm (9731 words)

	Catholic World News : Syro-Malabar Church granted autonomy in naming bishops
		In the sui juris (self-governing) Eastern churches that are in full communion with the Holy See, new bishops are appointed by the Synod of the particular Church.
		Patriarch Ignace Moussa Daoud, the prefect of the Vatican's Congregation for the Eastern Churches, announced the policy change on January 7, during a meeting of the Indian Catholic bishops' conference.
		Both Eastern Christians and Latin/Roman Catholics should remember that issues in the eastern churches about such things as episcopal appointments, married clergy, etc. are really different in the East than in the West.
	www.cwnews.com /news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=26869 (562 words)

	Encyclopedia: Syro-Malankara Catholic Church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Malankara catholic church.
		The Syro-Malankara Catholic Church is an Indian branch of the Eastern Rite Syriac Catholic Church in communion with the Holy See, which on February 10, 2005 erected its primatial see of Trivandrum into a Major Archeparchy, elevating the Archbishop to Major Archbishop (called Catholicos by Syro-Malankara Catholics).
		The Indian Orthodox Church (also known as the Malankara Orthodox Church, Orthodox Church of the East, Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, Orthodox Syrian Church of the East), is a prominent member of the Oriental Orthodox Church family.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Syro_Malankara-Catholic-Church (356 words)

	Christianity Today (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The church that traced its foundation back to Thomas was united until a revolt against the Portuguese missionaries in the 17th century.
		Thus, church feasts and fasts, marriage ceremonies, rites associated with birth and death, the training of clergy and the administration of the churches all became influenced by Hindu customs.
		Mathew told ENI that given the basic unity between them, the St. Thomas churches could form a "council of churches in the St. Thomas tradition" while retaining their hierarchical differences until they were resolved.
	www.aanf.org /midwest/nov2002/christianity_today1.htm (1184 words)

	The Syro-Malabar Church, Catholic Church, Kerala Catholic Church
		THE CHURCH, a premier section at SyroMalabar.com features information on the Syro-Malabar church, data on dioceses, churches, and priests, church news, church announcements, sermons, theology lessons, catholic resources, etc. There will also be informative articles and profiles of the Church's staunch crusaders.
		Catholic Church Structure of Catholic Church Latin Church Oriental Churches Syro-Malankara Church
		The Pope is leader of the Catholic Church, the world's largest group of Christians.
	www.syromalabar.com /the-church (178 words)

	Syro Malabar Church is a self-governed church under the holy Roman Catholic Church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Syro Malabar Church is a self-governed church under the holy Roman Catholic Church.
		The Syro Malabar hierarchy was established in 1923, having Ernakulam as the Arch diocese and Thrissur, Changanassery and Kottayam as dioceses.
		The greatest was done in 1992, when Syro Malabar church was raised to the status of Major Archi Episcopal church.
	www.pavarattyshrine.com /Location/smchurch.htm (127 words)

	Syro-Malabar Catholic Church - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Syro-Malabar Catholic Church is an Eastern Rite church in communion with the Church of Rome.
		The formally reunited this branch of the Church with the Catholic Church in 1599 by, Archbishop of Goa.
		At that time, changes were made to the liturgy to make it conform to the Latin rite.
	www.bonneylake.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Syro-Malabar_Catholic_Church (166 words)

	©´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·-The St. Johns ...
		Members of this church are direct descendants of the Thomas Christians that the Portuguese encountered in 1498 while exploring the Malabar coast of India (now the state of Kerala).
		At a synod held at Diamper in 1599 under the presidency of the Portuguese Archbishop of Goa, a number of such latinizations were adopted, including the appointment of Portuguese bishops, changes in the Eucharistic liturgy, the use of Roman vestments, the requirement of clerical celibacy, and the setting up of the Inquisition.
		Relations between the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church and the Latin Church in India have often been marked by tension, particularly regarding the question of the establishment of Syro-Malabar jurisdictions in other parts of India to care for the many Malabar's who have emigrated there.
	www.geocities.com /mgocsm_stjohns/csyrmalb.htm (1169 words)

	Agenzia Fides - ASIA/INDIA - “Close to families, helping to educate the poor”: theme for next Assembly of the ancient ...
		Th statement underlines the major role played by the Church in education across India, a task which is increasingly difficult in a context of erosion of Christian values and discipline.
		The Syro-Malabar Church (Major Archbishopric) is rich in vocations both to the priesthood and the religious life, it has an active laity and a marked spirit of mission.
		Moreover, since thousands of priests and religious of Syro-Malabar origin are now in Latin dioceses or Congregations, this means that about 70% of all the Catholic church personnel in India comprising 17 million Catholics among a population of 1 billion, are fruits of this ancient Eastern Catholic Church.
	www.fides.org /eng/news/2004/0405/15_2376.html (354 words)

	LIGHT OF LIFE - COVER PAGE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The early Church historian Eusebius and Jerome identify it as Ramathaim-Zophim in the hill-country of Ephraim.
		Church leaders in India are stepping up their efforts for Christian dalits to have the same rights as those of other members of the low-caste group.
		In spite of his ministry with Marthoma Church he was engaged with all religious, ecumenical and social activities of Philadelphia region, irrespective of denominations, cast or creed.
	www.lightoflife.com (4483 words)

	Churches in US, Europe look to India for Priests (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Youngsters were not coming forward to become Priests, one reason being that Catholic Priests have to be celibate, Syro Malabar Catholic Church spokesman Father Paul Thelekatt told sources in Kochi.
		Another factor worrying the Churches there was the dwindling attendance of those from the younger generation in the Sunday Mass, he said.
		Although precise figures are not available about the total number of Priests going abroad annually, according to him in the Syro Malabar dioceses of Ernakulam-Angamally, of the total 450 Priests, 30 are abroad at present.
	news.indiainfo.com /2005/05/02/0205india-priests.html (617 words)

	Bishop Gregory to Visit the Syro Malabar Faithful of the Clifton Diocese
		Syro Malabar Church, having a membership of four million faithful, is the second largest Oriental Catholic Church in the world.
		With strong devotion and deep rooted spirituality as its trademark, Syro Malabar Church is in full communion with the Church of Rome and forms part of the Holy Apostolic Catholic Church.
		Thomas Catholic Community of Bristol, request all the Syro Malabar faithful, living in the Clifton Diocese to attend the Mass and the special gathering.
	www.cliftondiocese.com /Articles/428 (301 words)

	Blessed Alphonsa Syro-Malabar Catholic Mission (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Syro-Malabar Catholic Church is one of the most ancient Eastern Christian communities in the universal Church.
		Until the advent of European missionaries in the 16th century the history of this Church is very obscure.
		Blessed Alphonsa Syro-Malabar Catholic Mission, LA is one of its various Missions in America.
	shajimg.brinkster.net /syro (256 words)

	Catholic World News : Syro-Malabar Church leaders seeks greater autonomy from Vatican
		You'll see too, Fr B, that the Syro-Malabar and Syro-Malankara Catholic churches have flourished in India, not least because of the great support and care from Pope and the Vatican.
		The Syro-Malabar church is teeming with vocations with all this interference from the Pope.
		A schismatic Syro-Malabar Catholic cleric (whose church is of East Syrian Nestorian origin) once went to Syria and came back as a west Syrian (monophysite), at the opposite pole of the Nestorians.
	www.cwnews.com /news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=25863 (741 words)

	Syro-Malankara Catholic Church - Wikpedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This article should be merged with Malankara catholic church.
		The Syro-Malankara Catholic Church is an Indian branch of the Eastern Rite Syrian Catholic Church in communion with the Holy See, which on February 10, 2005 erected its primatial see of Trivandrum into a Major Archeparchy, elevating the Archbishop to Major Archbishop.
		Those Syro-Malankara churches which did not come into full communion with Rome remain as the Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church.
	www.bostoncoop.net /~tpryor/wiki/index.php?title=Syro-Malankara_Catholic_Church (130 words)

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