Overview

This work deals with the role of the Petrine ministry in the ecumenical relationship between the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church and the Catholic Church. The Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church traces her origin to the Church of St Thomas Christians, founded by St Thomas, the Apostle who reached the south Indian state of Kerala in 52 AD. The book explores the Ecclesiologies of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, the St Thomas Christians of India and the Catholic Church from a dogmatic-juridical-historical perspective. The author tries to mediate between the two Churches in order to support them in the reviewing process of their history and Ecclesiology and re-establishing the unity for which Jesus Christ prayed: «Holy father, protect them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one, as we are one» (Jn 17, 11). The author in his role as mediator makes a few suggestions for solving the problems related to the concept of the Petrine ministry on a universal level in the light of the Communion Ecclesiology of Vatican II, the studies of the various unofficial ecumenical dialogue commissions and the analysis of the experience of the Syro Malabar Church, one of the 22 sui iuris Churches in the Catholic Church.

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Author:   Pater Biju Mathew
Publisher:   Peter Lang AG
Imprint:   Peter Lang AG
Edition:   New edition
Weight:   0.710kg
ISBN:  

9783631654606

ISBN 10:   363165460
Pages:   451
Publication Date:   26 November 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents: St Thomas Christians – Malankara Orthodox Church – Syro Malabar Church – Syro Malankara Church – Petrine ministry – Jurisdictional papal primacy – Pro oriente – Ecclesiology – Thomayude Margam – The Way of Thomas – Portuguese missionaries – Autonomy – Archdeacon of All India – The Synod of Diamper – The Coonan-cross Oath – Hierarchy – The Metropolitan of All India and the Holy See of St Thomas – The Patriarch – Malankara Metropolitan – Bishop of Rome – Vatican I – Vatican II – Lumen gentium – Orientalium ecclesiarum – Unitatis redintegratio – Christus dominus – ut unum sint – Palliyogam – Ancient heritage of St Thomas Christians – The North American Orthodoc-Catholic Theological Consultation – Institute for inter-confessional Research – Permanent synod – Catholic oriental Churches – Sui iuris Churches – Individual Churches – Patriarch of the West – Metropolitan and Gate of All India.

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Biju Mathew (Fr Dhanyananda Oozhikattu MSJ) is a religious priest who belongs to the congregation of the Missionaries of St John the Baptist. He hails from the south Indian state of Kerala and belongs to the Syro Malabar Church. He did his PhD studies in Dogmatic Theology with a specialization in Ecclesiology at Sankt Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology in Frankfurt (Germany). During his doctoral studies Biju Mathew was elected Superior General of the MSJ congregation in 2012 and serves the congregation and the Church in Kloster Heilig Kreuz – the Generalate of the congregation in Leutesdorf/Rhein, Germany.

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