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?

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.

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 RomeMar 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.

REUNIFICATION GRANTED July 1930 Rome assured that the

Antiochean Liturgy would be preservedBishops would be received into the Catholic

Church with their official status

MALANKARA CATHOLIC HIERARCHY Mar Ivanios visited 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

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.