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Church History. Puthenkoor Community With Catholic Reunion. State of the kerala church. The original Malankara church was divided and split because of various influences from abroad and within the community What would St. Thomas think of all of these splits and problems?

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Church History

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  1. Church History Puthenkoor Community With Catholic Reunion

  2. State of the kerala church • The original Malankara church was divided and split because of various influences from abroad and within the community • What would St. Thomas think of all of these splits and problems? • St. Thomas wants us all to be in harmony with Christ Jesus and with eachother. • There was bitterness and resentment in the community of all that happened since 1653.

  3. Mar Ivanios • Mar Ivanios felt that communion with the Catholic Church, which Malankara had from the beginning was needed to restore peace. • The church was going through litigation and splits. • Appeal to Rome • Mar Ivanios submitted the first memorandum to the Rome in 1926. • With two conditions • 1) To safeguard the ancient liturgy (rite) and practises • 2) Give jurisdiction to the Bishops over all the Syrian Jacobites who joined in the reunification.

  4. Reunification Granted • July 1930 • Rome assured that the • Antiochean Liturgy would be preserved • Bishops would be received into the Catholic Church with their official status

  5. Malankara Catholic Hierarchy • Mar Ivaniosvisited Pope Pius XI in 1932 and submitted the plan for growth and development • Archdiocese of Trivandrum and Tiruvulla were established. • Mar Ivanios was appointed Metropolitan

  6. Malankara Catholics • The members of the Puthenkoor community who reunited with the Catholic Church are the Malankara Catholics. • The original Malankara Church of Kerala was founded St. Thomas the apostle, and was in communion with the Catholic church and the Pope in Rome till 1653 • The reunion is still under way.

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