Indian Church Schism of 1653: Confrontation Between Colonial Missionaries and Coonan Cross Oaths
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https://doi.org/10.31802/GB.2023.49.2.006Keywords:
history of the Christian Church, India, Indian church schism, Coonan Cross Oath, Diamper Cathedral, Thomas the Apostle, Bishop Ahatalla, Pallivettil Chandi, Hindustan, British EmpireAbstract
The article examines the background and consequences of the Indian church schism in 1653, as well as its influence on the fate of the Malankara Church. In addition to religious significance, this event had profound historical implications, as it broke the 54-year patronage of the Portuguese crown (padroado) over the Syrian Church of Malankara, established in 1599 by the Synod of Udayamperur (Synod of Diamper). As a result of the article, it is shown that the church schism of 1653 is a key event in the church life of Indian Christians, the consequences of which affected all Christians in India, who found themselves against their will in the conditions of forced Latinization by the European colonialists.
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