Church History: Chapter 2: The Malankara Church through the Centuries Flashcards
St Thomas came to India in the year
AD 52
Where in Kerala did St Thomas land?
Cranganore at the Malabar Coast
Death place of St Thomas
St Thomas Mount; buried at Mylapore, Madras.
The first Christians in Kerala were called by the name
Nazranees; Meaning the followers of the man of Nazareth.
400 Syrian families came to Kerala in the year
AD 345
Name the businessman who led the syrians who fled their country and came to Kerala
Thomas of Cana
Because of the influence of Thomas of Cana which countrymen, including priests, came to Kerala?
Persia
The visiting Persian clergies belonged to which church
Nestorian Church
Nestorian liturgy was in which language
Aramaic (the same language that Jesus spoke)
Malankara Church kept in touch with the Persian Nestorian church till which century
15th century
Who brought Roman Catholicism to Kerala?
Vasco De Gama
Vasco de Gama came to Kerala in the year
1498
Roman Catholics forced the Malankara Christians to join Catholicism and sign contracts to the Roman throne in what synod
Diamper synod
Who was concentrated as a bishop from the Malankara Church in the Diamper synod?
Arch Deacon Gheevarghese
What was the name given to Arch Deacon Gheevarghese?
Alexio de Menezes
Which Sabha or church stayed away from the Roman Catholic throne?
Chaldean Church in Trichur. They continued as the Church of the East.
Declaration of Independence from Romans happened in the year
1653
What was the leader of declaration of independence movement? Who was the first Indian Bishop?
Arch Deacon Thomas
How many clergies were with Arch Deacon Thomas when they marched to Cochin fort?
633
What did the Romans force the Malankara churches to do?
To embrace the Latin version of the Roman Catholicism
Who was the leader of the Coonan Cross oath?
Arch Deacon Thomas
Who became Marthoma 1 or who was the first Indian Bishop?
Arch Deacon Thomas
Who reconsecrated Marthoma 1?
Mar Gregorious from the Jacobite church in Syria.
Who was the founder of the Jacobite Church in Syria?
Jacob Bardeaus, a Syrian monk.
Who was the English missionary that came to India in connection with the British Army in Calcutta?
Claudius Buchanan from the Church of England
Who was instrumental in translating gospels to Malayalam in which year?
MUST KNOW
Mar Dionysius the Great, in the year 1811.
Which is considered as the Declaration of Independence and freedom from foreign control?
The Coonen Cross Oath
The year when Kottayam Seminary for Syrian clergies was founded
1813
Who were the famous trio of Anglican missionaries who helped to rebuild churches in Kerala?
Benjamin Bailey, Henry Baker, and Joseph Fenn
Name the seven churches founded by Saint Thomas
Cranganore, Chavakkad, Paravur near Alwye, Gokamanagalam Niranam, Nilakkal, Quilon
Thomas Norton was of what origin
English - he came to Malabar in 1816
What is the significance of Coonan Cross oath? How is the church different after this event?
- Coonan Cross oath was a pledge taken by a group of Kerala Christians.
- They they declared “we and our children shall never be under Rome.”
- in 1653 about 25,000 devoted Christians march to Cochin fort
- Arch Deacon Thomas and 633 clergies took part by confronting Portuguese soldiers
- They withdrew to a church in Mattanchery in Fort of Cochin
- they tied ropes to the arm of a granite cross and took the oath by pulling on the rope
- the cross was slightly leaning and so the oath got the name Coonan Cross oath
- the church earned Independence and got Thomas as Marthoma 1, the first Indian Bishop
Discuss the tradition of Apostle Thomas coming to India and establishing seven churches in Malankara
a. St Thomas came to Kerala at the Malabar Coast during the north in AD52
b. The native upper cast namboothiris were converted to Christianity
c. They believe that Saint Thomas came after the lost sheep in the Indian subcontinent
d. Saint Thomas established seven churches namely, Cranganore, Chavakkad, Paravur near Alwye, Gokamanagalam Niranam, Nilakkal, Quilon
e. St Thomas died a martyr’s death in St Thomas Mount and was buried in Mylapore, Madras.
f. Christians who followed Thomas was called Nazranees meaning followers of the man of Nazareth
