St Thomas Syro-Malabar Parish South East Melbourne
The Syro Malabar Church is one 23 sui iuris (autonomous Oriental/Eastern Catholic Churches) in full communion to the Apostolic See. It is second in size to the Ukrainian Church, an Oriental Catholic Church. The Syro Malabar Church was elevated to a Major Archiepiscopal Church by Pope John Paul II in 1992. It has more than four million followers who have crossed the boundaries of Kerala to spread the faith.
Syro-Malabar Church’s deep-rooted spirituality, high priesthood and consecrated lives are what make it unique. The Major Archbishop Ernakulam–Angamaly, Mar George Cardinal Alencherry, is the current head of the church. The ‘Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches governs the Syro-Malabar Church. It follows the East-Syrian liturgy, which dates back to the third century.
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Syro-Malabar Catholics can trace their roots to the evangelistic efforts by St. Thomas, the Apostle, who arrived in Kodungallur (Kerala, India) in 52 AD. They are therefore traditionally considered part of the “Saint Thomas Christians”, a group of Christians who originated from South India’s Malabar Coast (now Kerala). In 72 AD, St. Thomas was killed in Mylapur, Chennai. The history of the Saint Thomas Christians is that they were a part of the Church of the East until the Schism of 1995, when the Church of the East was split into two separate factions: the independent Assyrian Church of the East and the full communion with Rome-bound ‘Chaldean Christian Church’. Saint Thomas Christians lived until the 16th century under the ecclesiastical control of the Patriarch East Syrian Chaldean Catholic, who had the power to appoint bishops to Christian communities in India.
Origins
In the 16th century, the Portuguese missionaries arrived in India to establish a new era for the Saint Thomas Christians. They were in close contact with the Western Catholic church. In their desire to bring the Saint Thomas Christians under their control, the Portuguese set up two Latin dioceses in Goa (1534) and Cochin (1558). The Portuguese Padroado’s attempts to integrate the Saint Thomas Christians into Catholic Church caused many divisions within the community. They were brought under the authority of the Latin Bishops in 1599 at the Synod of Diamper. Many St. Thomas Christians pledged to rebel against the Latin hierarchy at the ‘Coonan Cross Oath” at Mattancherry in 1653. This was the first time that divisions among Saint Thomas Christians had ever occurred. Most of the Saint Thomas Christians who were in formal communion with Rome created the Syro Malabar Church, which is separate from the Western Latin Church. Those who were opposed to the Portuguese ecclesiastical hierarchy met the Jacobite patriarch. They eventually became Jacobites. A section of them later reunited in 1930 with the Catholic Communion and is now known as the Syro Malankara Church.
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