Chaldean Syrian Church, Coonan Cross Oath, Division and Rite, Malankara Marthoma Syrian Church, Malankara Orthodox Syriac Church, Malankara Syriac Orthodox Church, Modern History, Saint Thomas Christian Liturgy, Syond of Diamper, Syro Malabar Church, Syro Malankara Church - Sunday, January 14, 2007 23:43 - 88 Comments

Divisions and Rite of the Churches- Syro Malabar Church, Malankara Syriac Orthodox Church ,Malankara Orthodox Syriac Church, Thozhiyur Church, Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church, Syro Malankara Church, Chaldean Syrain Church.

Note- The objective of this article is to provide a brief outline about the divisions and to provide some details about the rite of each individual churches. This is a revised article. Please also read the discussion where some of the arguments are better explained.

The topics covered are as follows,

I. Church of Saint Thomas Christians until the arrival of Portuguese

II. About the Siant Thomas Christians early Liturgy

III. About the name of the Church

IV. After the arrival of Portuguese in Malabar

V. After the death of the Chaldean Metropolitan Mar Abraham

Syond of Diamper, Changes in Liturgy after the Syond, Coonan Cross Oath

VI. After the Coonan Cross Oath

VII. Succeeding centuries among the Catholics- Syro Malabar Church

VIII. About the Syro Malabar Church in India

Division in Syro Malabar Church, About the Syro Malabar Church name, About the Syro Malabar Church Liturgy,

IX. About Chaldean Syrian Church

About the Chaldean Syrian Church name, About the Chaldean Syrian Church Liturgy

X. Succeeding centuries among the Malankara Syriac Orthodox

XI. About the Malankara Syriac Orthodox Church in India

Divisions in Malankara Syriac Orthodox Church, About the Malankara Syriac Orthodox Church name, About the Malankara Syriac Orthodox Liturgy

XII. About the Thozhiyur Church (Anjoorians)

About the Thozhiyur Church name, About the Thozhiyur Church Liturgy

XIII. About the Syrian Anglican Church

XIV. About Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church

About the Malankara Mar Thoma Church name, About Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church Liturgy

XV. Split among the Malankara Syriac Orthodox

XVI. About Syro Malankara Church

About the Syro Malankara Church name, About Syro Malankara Church Liturgy

XVII. Summary and Demography

I. Church of Saint Thomas Christians until the arrival of Portuguese

The Church of Saint Thomas Christians was hierarchically subordinated under the Patriarch Seleucia- Ctesiphon, which was known differently as Church of Seleucia or better Seleucia-Ctesiphon, later on called as the church of Babylon or Church of East or Chaldean Church or Assyrian Church.

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