Apostle Letters, Early Reference, Indian Tradition, Thomas the Apostle

Dear George Mathew There is no hurry. Please take …

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Comment posted Letters of St. Thomas the Apostle to Edessa from India by Admin.

Dear George Mathew

There is no hurry. Please take your own time. Do take the questions one by one, in the order I suggested, and in your response focus on the sources than repeating the same things which have been discussed umpteen times. I repeat what I need is sources not sermons. I already know what you have to say, and don’t need those any further. I don’t buy any of your statements. John Mathew, has examined what you have stated repeatedly and there is nothing new or more in that to respond to. I am interested to know about the sources which make you comfortable to raise these statements. I don’t have any interest in your sermons which are more suited in a protestant forum than a historical forum

The Saint Thomas Christians are bona fide Catholic / Orthodox/ Protestants. The Nasranis are not Jews/ Namputhiris or Parays or anything else. They are Christians!! If you remember, John has been stating this multiple times. You are a bona fide Protestant, and you generally enumerate the general protestant tendencies in the name of history. My questions to you are very specific, and as here we discuss history, and if you have historical interest please talk with references. No one other than a Protestant, will find anything interesting in your sermon about Messainic Jews, other cultists groups, their basic tendencies, and your repeated nonsense talk.

I, personally doesn’t have any problem in discussing faith related issues. But the objective here has nothing to do with that. The least thing one need here is the imperfect faith related ramblings in the name of history. I am a bona fide Catholic, who at times is very apologetic about Roman Catholic doctrine and dogma. I understand that so are some of the members of Orthodox/ Protestant faith. If you want to talk faith, be straight and talk about that. There is no need for any disguise.

Protestantism, which was introduced in Kerala with British patronage in the mid of nineteenth century is the youngest theological stream among Nasranis. Naturally, something which is introduced in the middle of nineteenth century cant talk much about sixteenth or earlier centuries, so there is an incorrect historical analysis in most of the histories written by Protestants. More than history, in the name of historical discussion a natural tendency exists to harp on its doctrine and dogma.

Regarding the Mar Thoma Church, I hope you are not that stupid to think that general awareness is that low. Mar Thoma Church has been a victim of double and triple membership. That is, some of its members simultaneously keep membership in more than one church. It did good evangelization work earlier but the membership has been only declining since 1950 with a split in 1961. The majority of the Cult groups in Kerala are started by its former members. If I remember correctly, the Population as of 1950 and 2000 in Mar Thomas Church was almost same even after many conversions.

Please no more sermons, and talk straight about any sources which you can provide in the order I asked with any logical conclusions you can make out of it. I repeat, there is no hurry and do it when you are comfortable.