Chronicle of Syro Malabar Saint Thomas Christians

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“I love your Church because I know your Church,” has said late Cardinal Eugène Tisserant in his appreciation of the Saint Thomas Christians of India. This book gives us a deeper historical understanding of the ancient Christian community, presently called Syro-Malabar Church, which sprouted roots in Kerala, South India, having received its faith directly from the Apostle Thomas, and which has developed its own rich liturgical, theological, spiritual, administrative, historical and apostolic traditions down the centuries. Presented in a chronological order, the book records a long chain of historical events that occurred in the journey of faith of the Syro-Malabar Oriental Catholic Church founded by the Apostle Thomas.

“Truth is stranger than fiction,” says Mark Twain. Through thick and thin, this ancient Christian community in India has always lived an austere life – a life of dedication and commitment to the faith of their fathers who, in order to preserve its legacy, had to go through great struggle and severe persecution. A reading of this excellent work of literature and history will equip the reader with a deeper understanding and better appreciation of and a true love for the rich heritage embedded in this sui iuris Church – an Oriental Catholic Church, in communion with the Church Universal headed by the Pope.