Church Of Malabar
The Church of Malabar (southern India ) was one of the first churches Christian. According to the tradition of Christians and Hindus local .
In the jurisdiction of the Church of Persia until the reign of Portuguese , she was united strength to the Roman Catholic Church and after the Latinized Diamper Synod in 1599.
The various churches of the current St. Thomas Christians are the heirs, even if the affiliations were diverse and complex.
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History
Very soon, India was attacked by missionaries of the Church of Persia , which, before moving to late Nestorianism (deemed heretical doctrine advocated by Nestorius , a former Patriarch of Constantinople), depended on the jurisdiction of the ancient Patriarchate Antioch. Cosmas Indicopleustes realized the existence of Christianity in Malabar in the years 520 - 525.
Organization
Headquarters
The headquarters of the church was probably first in Mylapore or Cranganore. He was later transferred to Angamala.
Metropolitan and bishops
The primate, who had extensive autonomy, was a Metropolitan of the Church of Persia since at least the eighth century. He ranked tenth in the hierarchy of the Church and had the title of Metropolitan - Bishop seat of St. Thomas and the entire Christian Church of India.
In 1503 , after a period without a bishop, Catholicos-Patriarch of Seleucia-Ctesiphon reconstructed hierarchy for India by spending several bishops Yahballaha, with the title of Metropolitan of India and China, Dinkha, and Jean Jacques. With the arrival of Portuguese in the region, the local hierarchy was thus composed of a metropolitan resident Angamala and three suffragan bishops.
Archdeacon
But as the Metropolitans and Bishops (originally a monastery in Mesopotamia) do not usually speak the local language, the power was actually in the hands of an Indian priest who bore the title of Archdeacon and Gate of the whole India. He was the real leader of the civil and religious community.
List of Metropolitans
- Yahballaha ( 1503 -?)
See also
Internal Links
External Links
- (In) Ancient History of Christianity in India
- (In) Project for the preservation of manuscripts of Syrian Christians in India
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