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Research and reflections on the ancient Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church of Malankara, Kerala
വിവിധ പ്രാചീന സഭകളുടെ പേരുകൾ, ഉത്ഭവം, തീയതി: ഒരു സംഗ്രഹം: കർത്താവിന്റെ കുരിശു മരണം, സ്വർഗാരോഹണം ഇവയ്ക്കു ശേഷം 313 വരെ: ഒരു സഭ, ഒരു വിശ്വാസം. വളരെ പീഢിക്കപ്പെട്ട സഭ. 313: കോൺസ്റ്റന്റൈൻ ചക്രവർത്തി മത സ്വാതന്ത്ര്യം പ്രഖ്യാപിക്കുന്നു; പീഡനം അവസാനിക്കുന്നു. 330: കോൺസ്റ്റന്റൈൻ ചക്രവർത്തി തന്റെ തലസ്ഥാനം റോമയിൽനിന്നും മാറ്റി ബൈസാന്റിയം എന്ന കിഴക്കൻ പ്രവിശ്യയിലെ ഒരു ചെറു… Continue Reading “Names of ancient Churches, their origins and dates: a summary”
Reply to a Malayalam article challenging the JSC narrative of their origins, especially the First Syrian Migration of 345 AD, on the basis of interpretations of numerous copper-plate charters extant in Kerala: ഒന്നാമതായി ചരിത്രം എഴുതുന്നതിനു ശാസനങ്ങൾ മാത്രം അല്ല അടിസ്ഥാനം എന്നതാണ്. ചരിത്രം എക്കാലവും കഥാരൂപത്തിൽ തന്നെയാണ്… Continue Reading “Challenges to Edessan migration 345: Cheruman Perumal”
I am giving a talk on the First Syrian Migration 345AD, on 14th August 2021, on the Hymonutho facebook page. During this talk, I will refer to a number of texts which were written in Malayalam and which I have translated into English. These… Continue Reading “Translations of texts relating to Eddessan migration talk”
Most people know about the Jewish community in Mattancherry, Kochi, but not many know about the history of their migration to this country in ancient times. On two occasions in their history, we see the Jewish people in Palestine becoming scattered. Both happened when the… Continue Reading “Jewish Migrations to Kerala in ancient times”
Introduction The Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Christians of Kerala believe that they were under the Patriarchate of Antioch from the 4th century onwards, following the faith, rites and traditions of this Holy See to the present day. They base this claim on what they believe… Continue Reading “Did Maphrian Mar Baselius Yeldo introduce the Jacobite faith among the Syrian Orthodox Christians of Kerala in the 17th century?”
Christianity and its foundations The Syrian Orthodox Church, like other orthodox Churches, is identifiable by its roots or fundamentals of two kinds. The first is the truth of the salvific Incarnation of Christ and His teachings, in which she has a historical continuity that… Continue Reading “The Catholicate and the Maphrianate: their origins and progress”
Response to article on Orthodoxia-kadeesh Facebook page dated 31 July 2020 The article that appeared in Malayalam on the Facebook page for Orthodoxia-kadeesh on 31 July 2020 includes many inaccurate or misleading claims and statements about the Syrian Orthodox Church, both in Syria and… Continue Reading “Response to Facebook Article”
1. King Abgar’s letter to Jesus Dated between AD 34-36. “Abgar Uchama, Chief of the country, to Jesus, the good Deliverer, who has appeared in the country of Jerusalem, Peace. I have heard about thee, and about the cures which are wrought by thy… Continue Reading “Part 1b: The Blessed City of Edessa: King Abgar’s correspondence with Jesus”
Summary of PhD thesis (SOAS, University of London). Brief summary In this thesis, I examine the question of the religious self-definition of the Jacobite Syrian Christian community in Kerala. The leading question is: to what extent does the indigenous narrative of that community about… Continue Reading “Narratives of religious identity: the self-perception of the Jacobite Syrian Christians of Kerala”
The city of Urho (now called Sanliurfa in the south-eastern Turkey) was in Jesus’ time called Edessa. It is situated in the banks of the River Daisan in northern Mesopotamia. Edessa Map of Mesopotamia and India. In Christian historical terms, Edessa is linked with… Continue Reading “Part 1a. The Blessed city of Edessa”
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