Apostle Tomb, Coonan Cross Oath, Division and Rite, Early History, Early Reference, Medieval History, Syond of Diamper, Thomas the Apostle

Correction: I mistakenly referred to P.E. Easo as …

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Comment posted Kerala Syrian Christian, Apostle in India, The tomb of the Apostle, Persian Church, Syond of Diamper – Coonan Cross Oath, Subsequent divisions and the Nasrani People by John Mathew.

Correction: I mistakenly referred to P.E. Easo as an evangelical fanatic with dubious credentials. I apologize for this error—I had confused M.M. Ninan (who wrote an article relating Hinduism, Roman Catholicism and Manichaeanism as Christian heresies) with P.E. Easo. Now, Ninan, *is* an evangelical fanatic with no credentials…

It was a stupid mistake. It does seem that P.E. Easo has cited his source for the claim that the Knanaya are converts to Christiantiy from Manichaeanism: an article Mr. P.V. Mathew titled “Sugantha nadu Nasrani History”.

Has anyone seen the work by P.V. Mathew?

I have one comment … Easo claims that the Persian crosses are Manichaean. I don’t know if this is true or not; certainly Burnell (who did believe in Manichaeans in Kerala) admitted that the inscriptions on the crosses seemed Christian and not Manichaean. But then again, Manichaeans revered Christ.

At any rate, it is interesting that Kadamattom Church has a Persian Cross in it, and it was (apparently, according to Whitehouse) in an area with Manichaeans.