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PATRON Bishop Mar Thomas Elavanal

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PATRON Bishop Mar Thomas Elavanal

2. 451 AD Miaphysitism Christian East and West which had and Oriental Orthodox church developed over the preceding centuries. Oriental Orthodoxy is the communion of Prominent among these were the issues of the Eastern Christian Churches that recognize procession of the Holy Spirit, whether only three ecumenical councils — the First leavened or unleavened bread should be Council of Nicaea, the First Council of used in the Eucharist and the Bishop of Constantinople and the Council of Ephesus. Rome's claim to universal jurisdiction. They reject the dogmatic definitions of the 4. 1517 AD“Faith alone” and Council of Chalcedon. the birth of Protestantism The schism between Oriental Orthodoxy and 1. 431 AD One, Holy, Catholic The Protestant Reformation was a movement the rest of the Church occurred in the 5th And Apostolic Church that posed a religious and administrative century. The separation resulted in part from challenge to the Roman Catholic Church and Christian theologian Nestorius (386–450) the refusal of the Patriarch of Alexandria, to papal authority in particular by Martin was the Patriarch of Constantinople from accept the Christological dogmas Luther (1483-1546), an Augustinian Catholic 428 to 431. His concept of Christology promulgated by the Council of Chalcedon, monk. opposed the existing Christological which held that Jesus has two natures: one concept of hypostatic union of the Person divine and one human. He began by criticising the sale of indulgences, of Jesus Christ, which emphasizes that the insisting that the Pope had no authority over two natures (human and divine) of Jesus 3. 1054AD Papal Primacy purgatory and that the Treasury of Merit had no and Eastern Orthodox church Christ were joined in a single person. The foundation in the Bible. The Reformation council of Ephesus (431 AD) asked him to The East–West Schism, also called the Great developed further to include a distinction withdraw his heretic theological position. Schism and the Schism of 1054, was the break between Law and Gospel, a complete reliance Instead of obeying the Church, he broke of communion between what are now the on Scripture as the only source of proper away from the Catholic Church, which Roman Catholic Church and Eastern doctrine (sola scriptura) and the belief that was the only Church existing till date. The Orthodox Churches, which had lasted until faith in Jesus is the only way to receive God's newly formed church began to be known the 11th century. The Schism was the pardon for sin (sola fide) rather than good as “The Church of the East”. culmination of theological and works. administrative differences between the 33 AD CATHOLIC ONE, HOLY, AND APOSTOLIC CHURCH AD 431 NESTORIANISM AND THE CHURCH OF EAST AD 451 MIAPHYSITISM AND CHURCH ORTHODOX ORIENTAL PRIMACY AND PAPAL CHURCH EASTERN ORTHODOX AND ALONE” “FAITH THE BIRTH OF PROTESTANTISM RIFT VIII AND WITH KING HENRY BIRTH OF THE CHURCH ENGLAND PORTUGUESE DOMINANCE AND THE BIRTH OF PUTHENKOOR MALANKARA CHURCH CHURCH CATHOLIC CONTINUES 1054 AD 1054 AD 1517 AD 1534 AD 1653 100 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 COVER STORY 04 JANUARY | KALYAN LANTERN KALYAN LANTERN | JANUARY 05 COVER STORY

2. 451 AD Miaphysitism Christian East and West which had and Oriental Orthodox church developed over the preceding centuries. Oriental Orthodoxy is the communion of Prominent among these were the issues of the Eastern Christian Churches that recognize procession of the Holy Spirit, whether only three ecumenical councils — the First leavened or unleavened bread should be Council of Nicaea, the First Council of used in the Eucharist and the Bishop of Constantinople and the Council of Ephesus. Rome's claim to universal jurisdiction. They reject the dogmatic definitions of the 4. 1517 AD“Faith alone” and Council of Chalcedon. the birth of Protestantism The schism between Oriental Orthodoxy and 1. 431 AD One, Holy, Catholic The Protestant Reformation was a movement the rest of the Church occurred in the 5th And Apostolic Church that posed a religious and administrative century. The separation resulted in part from challenge to the Roman Catholic Church and Christian theologian Nestorius (386–450) the refusal of the Patriarch of Alexandria, to papal authority in particular by Martin was the Patriarch of Constantinople from accept the Christological dogmas Luther (1483-1546), an Augustinian Catholic 428 to 431. His concept of Christology promulgated by the Council of Chalcedon, monk. opposed the existing Christological which held that Jesus has two natures: one concept of hypostatic union of the Person divine and one human. He began by criticising the sale of indulgences, of Jesus Christ, which emphasizes that the insisting that the Pope had no authority over two natures (human and divine) of Jesus 3. 1054AD Papal Primacy purgatory and that the Treasury of Merit had no and Eastern Orthodox church Christ were joined in a single person. The foundation in the Bible. The Reformation council of Ephesus (431 AD) asked him to The East–West Schism, also called the Great developed further to include a distinction withdraw his heretic theological position. Schism and the Schism of 1054, was the break between Law and Gospel, a complete reliance Instead of obeying the Church, he broke of communion between what are now the on Scripture as the only source of proper away from the Catholic Church, which Roman Catholic Church and Eastern doctrine (sola scriptura) and the belief that was the only Church existing till date. The Orthodox Churches, which had lasted until faith in Jesus is the only way to receive God's newly formed church began to be known the 11th century. The Schism was the pardon for sin (sola fide) rather than good as “The Church of the East”. culmination of theological and works. administrative differences between the 33 AD CATHOLIC ONE, HOLY, AND APOSTOLIC CHURCH AD 431 NESTORIANISM AND THE CHURCH OF EAST AD 451 MIAPHYSITISM AND CHURCH ORTHODOX ORIENTAL PRIMACY AND PAPAL CHURCH EASTERN ORTHODOX AND ALONE” “FAITH THE BIRTH OF PROTESTANTISM RIFT VIII AND WITH KING HENRY BIRTH OF THE CHURCH ENGLAND PORTUGUESE DOMINANCE AND THE BIRTH OF PUTHENKOOR MALANKARA CHURCH CHURCH CATHOLIC CONTINUES 1054 AD 1054 AD 1517 AD 1534 AD 1653 100 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 COVER STORY 06 JANUARY | KALYAN LANTERN KALYAN LANTERN | JANUARY 07 COVER STORY

The Thomas Christians were in communion with the Church of the East (East Syriac Rite liturgy) of Persia. However, the Portuguese did not accept the legitimacy of local Malabar traditions. At the Synod of Diamper held in 1599 under the presidency of the Portuguese Archbishop of Goa, Aleixo de Menezes, a number of such latinizations were adopted. After over 50 5. 1534AD Rift with King Henry VIII years of rule under the and birth of the Church of England Latin Church, the majority of the Malabar Christians protested against Rome through Henry VIII started the process of creating the the Coonan Cross Oath (1653) at Church of England after his split with the Mattancherry to break off from the Catholic Pope in the 1530s. Henry was anxious to Church. ensure a male heir after his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, had borne him only a In response to the Coonan Cross Oath revolt, daughter. He wanted his marriage annulled Pope Alexander VII, with the help of in order to remarry. In 1534 after several Carmelite Frairs, by 1662, brought back the attempts to persuade the Pope to grant an majority of the dissidents into communion annulment, Henry passed the Act of with the Catholic Church. He also established Cutimaninlm kvYm]n¨ 12 injycpsS kaql amWv (\nJym hnizmk{]amWw). Cu hnizmk Succession and then the Act of Supremacy. a new East Syriac Rite hierarchy in amWv ImWs¸Sp¶ k`bpsS ASnkvYm\ine. hpambn 5 \qämpIfnÂ Pohn¨ k`bnÂ Cu injyÀ kvYm]n¨ k`mkaql§sfÃmw These recognised that the King was "the only communion with Rome for the Saint Thomas BZys¯ hn`P\w \S¡p¶Xv AD 431 emWv. supreme head of the Church of England Christians; which came to be known as the Pohn¨Xv injy·mÀ “tI«Xpw, kz´w I®p sImp IXpw, kq£ n¨p ho£ n¨Xpw, ssI 1. AD 431 : s\kvtXmdnb\nkhpw called Anglicana Ecclesia". Pope denied these Pazhayakuttukar, or "Old Party", which ]uckvXyk`bpw would become the modern-day Syro- sImp kv]Àin¨Xpamb” (1 tbml. 1 : 1) requests and King Henry VIII broke away ssZhimkv{XPvR\pw tIm¬Ìmânt\m Malabar Catholic Church. tbip{InkvXphnepff hnizmkamWv. \qämp from the Roman Catholic Church. IÄ IS¶pt]mbn. GIk`bpw Gihnizmk s¸mfnsâ ]m{XnbmÀ¡okpamb s\kvtXm 6. 1653AD Portuguese Dominance and the The faction that resisted Rome came to be hpambn, aX]oV\§Ä kln¨v k`bpw dnbqkn\v {InkvXphnsâ k¯sb¡pdn¨p birth of Puthenkoor Malankara Church known as the Puthenkoor, or "New Party", apt¶m«p \o§n. ff k`bpsS HutZymKnI {]t_m[\s¯ which under the leadership of Mar Thoma I AwKoIcn¡ m³ Ignª nÃ. At¸mÄ The Coonan Cross Oath (KoonanKurishu BZna k`bnse ]nXm¡·mÀ H¶ptNÀ¶v At±lw, Xsâ A\pbmbnItfmsSm¸w sought the help of the Syriac Orthodox k`mPohnXs¯bpw hnizmks¯bpwIpdn¨v Satyam), taken on 3 January 1653,was a k`bnÂ \n¶pw AI¶pt]mbn. CXmWv Church of Antioch. The "New Party" faction hniIe\w sNbvX kq\ltZmkmWv AD 325 public avowal by members of the Saint It¯men¡ mk`bnse BZy hn`P\w. became the Malankara Church and adopted a se \nJymkq\ltZmkv. Cutim kvYm]n¨ Thomas Christians community of modern- variant of the West Syriac Rite known as the k`bpsS, AXmbXv X§Ä Pohn¡p¶ ss{I 2. AD 451 : ]uckvXy HmÀ¯vtUmIvkv k` day Kerala, India that they would not submit Malankara Rite from the Syriac Orthodox kvXhhnizmk¯nsâ þþ 4 ASnkvYm\LSI k`bnse BZys¯ 3 kq\ltZmkpIfmb to Roman Pope and Latin Catholic Church. § Ä GsXÃmsa¶v \nJymkq\ltZmkv ]Tn¸n \nJym, tIm³Ìmânt\m¸nÄ, Ft^kqkv Portuguese Padroado dominance in ¨Xv C{]ImcamWv; k` GIamWv, ]cnip² F¶nhsb am{Xw AwKoIcn¡p¶ k`I ecclesiastical and secular life. Rev. Fr. Shaiju Kattayath bmWv, kmÀÆ{XnIamWv, A¸tkvXmenIhp Vicar - Christ The King Church, Bhandup COVER STORY 06 JANUARY | KALYAN LANTERN KALYAN LANTERN | JANUARY 07 COVER STORY

The Thomas Christians were in communion with the Church of the East (East Syriac Rite liturgy) of Persia. However, the Portuguese did not accept the legitimacy of local Malabar traditions. At the Synod of Diamper held in 1599 under the presidency of the Portuguese Archbishop of Goa, Aleixo de Menezes, a number of such latinizations were adopted. After over 50 5. 1534AD Rift with King Henry VIII years of rule under the and birth of the Church of England Latin Church, the majority of the Malabar Christians protested against Rome through Henry VIII started the process of creating the the Coonan Cross Oath (1653) at Church of England after his split with the Mattancherry to break off from the Catholic Pope in the 1530s. Henry was anxious to Church. ensure a male heir after his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, had borne him only a In response to the Coonan Cross Oath revolt, daughter. He wanted his marriage annulled Pope Alexander VII, with the help of in order to remarry. In 1534 after several Carmelite Frairs, by 1662, brought back the attempts to persuade the Pope to grant an majority of the dissidents into communion annulment, Henry passed the Act of with the Catholic Church. He also established Cutimaninlm kvYm]n¨ 12 injycpsS kaql amWv (\nJym hnizmk{]amWw). Cu hnizmk Succession and then the Act of Supremacy. a new East Syriac Rite hierarchy in amWv ImWs¸Sp¶ k`bpsS ASnkvYm\ine. hpambn 5 \qämpIfnÂ Pohn¨ k`bnÂ Cu injyÀ kvYm]n¨ k`mkaql§sfÃmw These recognised that the King was "the only communion with Rome for the Saint Thomas BZys¯ hn`P\w \S¡p¶Xv AD 431 emWv. supreme head of the Church of England Christians; which came to be known as the Pohn¨Xv injy·mÀ “tI«Xpw, kz´w I®p sImp IXpw, kq£ n¨p ho£ n¨Xpw, ssI 1. AD 431 : s\kvtXmdnb\nkhpw called Anglicana Ecclesia". Pope denied these Pazhayakuttukar, or "Old Party", which ]uckvXyk`bpw would become the modern-day Syro- sImp kv]Àin¨Xpamb” (1 tbml. 1 : 1) requests and King Henry VIII broke away ssZhimkv{XPvR\pw tIm¬Ìmânt\m Malabar Catholic Church. tbip{InkvXphnepff hnizmkamWv. \qämp from the Roman Catholic Church. IÄ IS¶pt]mbn. GIk`bpw Gihnizmk s¸mfnsâ ]m{XnbmÀ¡okpamb s\kvtXm 6. 1653AD Portuguese Dominance and the The faction that resisted Rome came to be hpambn, aX]oV\§Ä kln¨v k`bpw dnbqkn\v {InkvXphnsâ k¯sb¡pdn¨p birth of Puthenkoor Malankara Church known as the Puthenkoor, or "New Party", apt¶m«p \o§n. ff k`bpsS HutZymKnI {]t_m[\s¯ which under the leadership of Mar Thoma I AwKoIcn¡ m³ Ignª nÃ. At¸mÄ The Coonan Cross Oath (KoonanKurishu BZna k`bnse ]nXm¡·mÀ H¶ptNÀ¶v At±lw, Xsâ A\pbmbnItfmsSm¸w sought the help of the Syriac Orthodox k`mPohnXs¯bpw hnizmks¯bpwIpdn¨v Satyam), taken on 3 January 1653,was a k`bnÂ \n¶pw AI¶pt]mbn. CXmWv Church of Antioch. The "New Party" faction hniIe\w sNbvX kq\ltZmkmWv AD 325 public avowal by members of the Saint It¯men¡ mk`bnse BZy hn`P\w. became the Malankara Church and adopted a se \nJymkq\ltZmkv. Cutim kvYm]n¨ Thomas Christians community of modern- variant of the West Syriac Rite known as the k`bpsS, AXmbXv X§Ä Pohn¡p¶ ss{I 2. AD 451 : ]uckvXy HmÀ¯vtUmIvkv k` day Kerala, India that they would not submit Malankara Rite from the Syriac Orthodox kvXhhnizmk¯nsâ þþ 4 ASnkvYm\LSI k`bnse BZys¯ 3 kq\ltZmkpIfmb to Roman Pope and Latin Catholic Church. § Ä GsXÃmsa¶v \nJymkq\ltZmkv ]Tn¸n \nJym, tIm³Ìmânt\m¸nÄ, Ft^kqkv Portuguese Padroado dominance in ¨Xv C{]ImcamWv; k` GIamWv, ]cnip² F¶nhsb am{Xw AwKoIcn¡p¶ k`I ecclesiastical and secular life. Rev. Fr. Shaiju Kattayath bmWv, kmÀÆ{XnIamWv, A¸tkvXmenIhp Vicar - Christ The King Church, Bhandup COVER STORY 08 JANUARY | KALYAN LANTERN KALYAN LANTERN | JANUARY 09 COVER STORY

fmWv ]uckvXy HmÀ¯vtUmIvkv k`. At¸mÄ, cmP`cWw \ne\nÀ¯p¶pXn k`bnse 4þmas¯ kq\ltZmkv Bb \mbn thsdmcp kv{Xosb hnhmlw Ign¨v ImÂkntUmWnse, {InkvXphnsâ B¬Ip«nsb P\n¸n¡m³ X\n¡v A\p hyànXzs¯¡ pdn¨pff ssZhimkv{X þ hmZw thWsa¶v It¯men¡\mb At± ]T\s¯ AwKoIcn¡m³ IgnbmsX lw amÀ¸m¸tbmSv Bhiys¸«p. amÀ¸m¸ h¶Xn\memWv ChÀ It¯men¡mk`bnÂ A\phmZw \ÂInbnÃ. 1534 Â At±lw \n¶pw ]pd¯pt]mbXv. k`bnÂ \n¶pw ]pd¯p t]mhpIbpw, 3. AD 1054 : amÀ¸m¸bpsS ]cam[nImchpw A§ s\ Bw¥n¡ ³ k` P\n¡pIbpw Ing¡ nsâ HmÀ¯vtUmIvkv k`bpw sNbvXp. Iptd \qämpIfmbn tdma³ k`bpw 6. AD1653 : t]mÀ¨pKokv ta[mhnXzhpw tIm¬Ìmânt\m¸nÄ k`bpw X½nepm ]p¯³IqÀ ae¦c k`bpw bncp¶ Bib¡pg¸§ fpsSbpw XÀ¡ tdmanse k`bpambn _Ôapmbncp¶, § fpsSbpw ]cnkam]vXnbmWv 11þmw \qäm t]Àjymbnse ]uckvXykpdnbm\n k`bn nse Cu henb hn`P\w. tdmanse amÀ Â \n¶pamWv tIcf¯nse amÀt¯mam ¸m¸bpsS kmÀÆ{XnI ]cam[nImcw, {InkvXym\nIÄ IuZminIhpw, `cW]chp ]cnip²mßmhnsâ DXv`hw, ZnhyImcpWy amb klmbw \qämpIfmbn kzoIcn¨p s¯¡ pdn¨pff {]t_m[\§Ä XpS§nb t]m¶Xv. 1544 \ptijw CýbnÂ h¶ hbnse XÀ¡§ fmWv Cu hnLS\¯n t]mÀ¨pKokv sa{Xm·mÀ Cu _Ôw AwKo te¡ v k`sb \bn¨Xv. Icn¨nsÃ¶p am{XaÃ, amÀt¯mam {Inkv Xym\nIfpsStaÂ e¯o³ BNmcm\pjvTm \§Ä ASnt¨Â¸n¡ m³ ]cn{ian¡ pIbpw sNbvXp. \o 50 hÀj§fpsS e¯o³ A[n\nthi¯n\ptijw 1653 þ Â DZbw t]cqcpff Iq\³ IpcninÂ sXm«v kXyw sNbvXv amÀtXmam {InkvXym\nIÄ It¯m en¡mk`bnÂ \n¶pw ]pd¯pt]mbn. 1662 Â AeIvkmÀ 7þmwa³ amÀ¸m¸bpsS t\XrXz¯nÂ \S¶ A\p\b {ia§fnÂ `qcn`mKw hyànIfpw XncnsI hcnIbpw, AhcpsS X\XmßIX \ne \nÀ¯nsImv Hcp ]pXnb The ‘One, Holy, Catholic & Apostolic’ Church ONE: The Church is considered One and do¯v kvYm]n¡pIbpw sNbv Xp; “One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic” are the whole in herself. She is united in the one Lord, CXmWv C¶s¯ kotdm ae_mÀ four distinctive features of the Church, the all her members confess one faith and is 4. 1517 AD : s{]m«Ìâv kÌÄ k`. Mystical Body of Christ. These are also known united by one Baptism. Church is the One ‘k`tbm, IqZmiItfm, ]mc¼cy§tfm F¶mÂ At¸mgpw A\p\b¯n\v X¿mdm as the ‘Four Marks of the Church’, or, the ‘Four Mystical Body of Christ – united in Christ BhiyanÃ; ss__nfpw hnizmkhpw ImXncp¶ k`mhn`mKw C¶pw hnLSn¨p Jesus. Church is bound together and given life Xs¶ \nÂ¡p¶p. AhcmWv ]p¯³ Attributes of the Church’. Christianity is an am{Xw aXn’ F¶v {]Jym]n¨psImv Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the by the One Spirit(Cf. Eph. 4:5-6).It is the same IqäpImÀ F¶dnbs¸Sp¶ ]p¯³IqÀ hope that all her members have –to attain It¯men¡ m k\ymknbmb amÀ«n³ ae¦c k`. life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. Its eqYdnsâ t\XrXz¯nÂ ]pd¯pt]mb followers, known as Christians, form the heaven and be united with the Triune God. In k`mhn`mKamWv s{]ms«ÌâpImÀ. ChÀ AhcnÂ \n¶pw Hcp hn`mKw 1930 Â amÀ the letter to the Corinthians, he tells: "You are Chm\ntbmkv ]nXmhnsâ t\XrXz¯nÂ universal Church. This Church becomes ‘One, ZWvUhntamN\s¯bpw, ip²oIcWkvY the body of Christ and individually members of es¯bpw It¯men¡mk`bnse ss_ tdmanse k`bpambn ]p\sscIys¸«p. Holy, Catholic and Apostolic’ because she has a At¸mÄ P·saSp¯XmWv It¯men¡m common theology and an ecclesiology based on it" (1 Cor. 12:27), and declares that, "just as the _nÄ Im\\nse ]e ]pkvXI§sfbpw body is one and has many members, and all the Xffn¸dbp¶p. k`bnse kotdm ae¦c k`. the origin of Christianity, her relationship to Jesus, her role in salvation, herpolity, discipline, members of the body, though many, are one 5. 1534 AD: Bw¥n¡ ³ k` destiny, theology, liturgy, spirituality and the body, so it is with Christ" (1 Cor. 12:12). This Cw¥nsâ cmPmhmb sl³dn F«ma\v Rev. Fr. Shaiju Kattayath unityisamystery. BZy `mcybnÂ B¬a¡fpmbncp¶nÃ. Vicar - Christ The King Church, Bhandup apostolicity of the leadership. COVER STORY 08 JANUARY | KALYAN LANTERN KALYAN LANTERN | JANUARY 09 COVER STORY fmWv ]uckvXy HmÀ¯vtUmIvkv k`. At¸mÄ, cmP`cWw \ne\nÀ¯p¶pXn k`bnse 4þmas¯ kq\ltZmkv Bb \mbn thsdmcp kv{Xosb hnhmlw Ign¨v ImÂkntUmWnse, {InkvXphnsâ B¬Ip«nsb P\n¸n¡m³ X\n¡v A\p hyànXzs¯¡ pdn¨pff ssZhimkv{X þ hmZw thWsa¶v It¯men¡\mb At± ]T\s¯ AwKoIcn¡m³ IgnbmsX lw amÀ¸m¸tbmSv Bhiys¸«p. amÀ¸m¸ h¶Xn\memWv ChÀ It¯men¡mk`bnÂ A\phmZw \ÂInbnÃ. 1534 Â At±lw \n¶pw ]pd¯pt]mbXv. k`bnÂ \n¶pw ]pd¯p t]mhpIbpw, 3. AD 1054 : amÀ¸m¸bpsS ]cam[nImchpw A§ s\ Bw¥n¡ ³ k` P\n¡pIbpw Ing¡ nsâ HmÀ¯vtUmIvkv k`bpw sNbvXp. Iptd \qämpIfmbn tdma³ k`bpw 6. AD1653 : t]mÀ¨pKokv ta[mhnXzhpw tIm¬Ìmânt\m¸nÄ k`bpw X½nepm ]p¯³IqÀ ae¦c k`bpw bncp¶ Bib¡pg¸§ fpsSbpw XÀ¡ tdmanse k`bpambn _Ôapmbncp¶, § fpsSbpw ]cnkam]vXnbmWv 11þmw \qäm t]Àjymbnse ]uckvXykpdnbm\n k`bn nse Cu henb hn`P\w. tdmanse amÀ Â \n¶pamWv tIcf¯nse amÀt¯mam ¸m¸bpsS kmÀÆ{XnI ]cam[nImcw, {InkvXym\nIÄ IuZminIhpw, `cW]chp ]cnip²mßmhnsâ DXv`hw, ZnhyImcpWy amb klmbw \qämpIfmbn kzoIcn¨p s¯¡ pdn¨pff {]t_m[\§Ä XpS§nb t]m¶Xv. 1544 \ptijw CýbnÂ h¶ hbnse XÀ¡§ fmWv Cu hnLS\¯n t]mÀ¨pKokv sa{Xm·mÀ Cu _Ôw AwKo te¡ v k`sb \bn¨Xv. Icn¨nsÃ¶p am{XaÃ, amÀt¯mam {Inkv Xym\nIfpsStaÂ e¯o³ BNmcm\pjvTm \§Ä ASnt¨Â¸n¡ m³ ]cn{ian¡ pIbpw sNbvXp. \o 50 hÀj§fpsS e¯o³ A[n\nthi¯n\ptijw 1653 þ Â DZbw t]cqcpff Iq\³ IpcninÂ sXm«v kXyw sNbvXv amÀtXmam {InkvXym\nIÄ It¯m en¡mk`bnÂ \n¶pw ]pd¯pt]mbn. 1662 Â AeIvkmÀ 7þmwa³ amÀ¸m¸bpsS t\XrXz¯nÂ \S¶ A\p\b {ia§fnÂ `qcn`mKw hyànIfpw XncnsI hcnIbpw, AhcpsS X\XmßIX \ne \nÀ¯nsImv Hcp ]pXnb The ‘One, Holy, Catholic & Apostolic’ Church ONE: The Church is considered One and do¯v kvYm]n¡pIbpw sNbv Xp; “One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic” are the whole in herself. She is united in the one Lord, CXmWv C¶s¯ kotdm ae_mÀ four distinctive features of the Church, the all her members confess one faith and is 4. 1517 AD : s{]m«Ìâv kÌÄ k`. Mystical Body of Christ. These are also known united by one Baptism. Church is the One ‘k`tbm, IqZmiItfm, ]mc¼cy§tfm F¶mÂ At¸mgpw A\p\b¯n\v X¿mdm as the ‘Four Marks of the Church’, or, the ‘Four Mystical Body of Christ – united in Christ BhiyanÃ; ss__nfpw hnizmkhpw ImXncp¶ k`mhn`mKw C¶pw hnLSn¨p Jesus. Church is bound together and given life Xs¶ \nÂ¡p¶p. AhcmWv ]p¯³ Attributes of the Church’. Christianity is an am{Xw aXn’ F¶v {]Jym]n¨psImv Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the by the One Spirit(Cf. Eph. 4:5-6).It is the same IqäpImÀ F¶dnbs¸Sp¶ ]p¯³IqÀ hope that all her members have –to attain It¯men¡ m k\ymknbmb amÀ«n³ ae¦c k`. life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. Its eqYdnsâ t\XrXz¯nÂ ]pd¯pt]mb followers, known as Christians, form the heaven and be united with the Triune God. In k`mhn`mKamWv s{]ms«ÌâpImÀ. ChÀ AhcnÂ \n¶pw Hcp hn`mKw 1930 Â amÀ the letter to the Corinthians, he tells: "You are Chm\ntbmkv ]nXmhnsâ t\XrXz¯nÂ universal Church. This Church becomes ‘One, ZWvUhntamN\s¯bpw, ip²oIcWkvY the body of Christ and individually members of es¯bpw It¯men¡mk`bnse ss_ tdmanse k`bpambn ]p\sscIys¸«p. Holy, Catholic and Apostolic’ because she has a At¸mÄ P·saSp¯XmWv It¯men¡m common theology and an ecclesiology based on it" (1 Cor. 12:27), and declares that, "just as the _nÄ Im\\nse ]e ]pkvXI§sfbpw body is one and has many members, and all the Xffn¸dbp¶p. k`bnse kotdm ae¦c k`. the origin of Christianity, her relationship to Jesus, her role in salvation, herpolity, discipline, members of the body, though many, are one 5. 1534 AD: Bw¥n¡ ³ k` destiny, theology, liturgy, spirituality and the body, so it is with Christ" (1 Cor. 12:12). This Cw¥nsâ cmPmhmb sl³dn F«ma\v Rev. Fr. Shaiju Kattayath unityisamystery. BZy `mcybnÂ B¬a¡fpmbncp¶nÃ. Vicar - Christ The King Church, Bhandup apostolicity of the leadership. COVER STORY 10 JANUARY | KALYAN LANTERN KALYAN LANTERN | JANUARY 11 COVER STORY

HOLY: The word holy means set apart for a DIVIDEDCHURCH:YET,ONE,HOLY, Orthodox Syrian Church of India. Collectively, special purpose by and for God. The Church is CATHOLICANDAPOSTOLIC they consider themselves to be the One, Holy, set apart for Christ and therefore it is holy. The The First Council of Nicaea held in 325AD Catholic and Apostolic Church founded by Jesus Church is holy because the Most Holy God is This Church becomes formulated the Nicaean Creed in which the Christ, and that its bishops are the successors of her author. Christ is the bridegroom and four attributed of the Church viz., ‘One, Holy, Christ’s apostles. Church is the bride and the bridegroomgave ‘One, Holy, Catholic Catholic and Apostolic’, appeared for the first The Church of the East: Officially called the himself up on the cross to sanctify her and to and Apostolic’ because she time. It was expressly stated and held Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of make her holy. The Holy Spirit which is active has a common theology irrevocable in the First Council of the East, it claims to be the ‘One, Holy, Catholic in the Churchmakes her life pure and holy. Since Constantinople held in 381and hence it was and Apostolic’ Church. It follows the she still includes sinners who are made holy by and an ecclesiology based called the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed. traditional Christology and ecclesiology of the baptism and the other sacraments, she is ‘the on the origin of Christianity, It stated thus, “[We believe] in one, holy, eastern branch of Syriac Christianity, and uses sinless one made up of sinners. Her holiness catholic, and apostolic Church." This ecumenical the Divine Liturgy of Saints Mar Addai and shines in the saints and in Mary who is already her relationship to Jesus, creed is today recited in the liturgy of both the Mar Mari belonging to the East Syrian Liturgy. all-holy. her role in salvation, herpolity, Catholic and non-Catholic Churches. The Church also has an archdiocese based in CATHOLIC: The word ‘Catholic’ (Greek: The Catholic Churches: Roman Catholics India, known as the Assyrian Church of the East katholikos) means "general", "universal", discipline, destiny, theology, (Latin and Eastern Rites)believe that the at Thrissur, Kerala. “whole”, “entire”, etc. Catholic Church is liturgy, spirituality and the description "One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic The Protestant Churches: The Protestant whole in herself and universal in nature. The apostolicity of the leadership. Church" is applicable to the Roman Catholic Churches in general accept the Niceno- Church is Catholic because she bears in herself Church. They hold that Christ established here Constantinopolitan Creed except for the fact and administers the totality of the means of on earth only one Church and the Catholic that they have replaced the word ‘Catholic’ salvation through the sacramental life. She is Church has the treasury of the Liturgy, Word of with ‘Christian’. Therefore, they call the sent out to all peoples. She speaks to all men. God, Sacred Tradition, Magisterium, Church to be ‘One, Holy, Christian and She encompasses all times. She is missionary by Sacraments and Sacramentals, all of which Apostolic’. The Moravian Church, The her very nature. In the Church we have the contribute to the wholeness and oneness of the Lutheran Church, The Methodist Churches, wholeness of the Christian faith, full and Church. All the Catholic Churches claim to be The Presbyterian Churches, The Anglican complete, all-embracing, and is proclaimed to all founded by the Apostles themselves and has the Communion and Calvinism are the mainline people without excluding any part of the faith or fulness of revelation too. Protestant Churches which generally accept the any class or group of people. Eastern Orthodox Church: It teaches that the Creed.Protestant theology typically emphasizes APOSTOLIC: The term ‘Apostolic’ describes Eastern Orthodox Church is the One, Holy, the sovereignty of God, the authority of the the Church's foundation and beliefs as rooted Catholic and Apostolic church established by Scriptures and the necessity of grace through and continuing in the living Tradition of the Jesus Christ in his Great Commission, and that faith in Christ. Apostles of Jesus. The Church is Apostolic its bishops are the successors of Christ’s CONCLUSION because she is built on a lasting foundation of apostles. It maintains that it practices the The sole Church of Christ which in the Creed the twelve apostles of the Lamb. She is original Christian faith, as passed down by we profess to be One, Holy, Catholic, and indestructible and has a strong foundation, holy tradition. It recognises seven major Apostolic, subsists in the Catholic Church, which shall never be shaken. She is upheld sacraments, of which the Eucharist is the which is governed by the successor of Peter and infallibly in the truth; Christ governs her principal one. thorough Peter and the other apostles, who are by the bishops in communion with him. The present in their successors, the Pope and the The Oriental Orthodox Churches: The Catholic Church contains the fulness of college of bishops, who have received their Oriental Orthodox Churches, comprise six revelation and tries to remain faithful to it and apostolic succession through the laying on of individual churches: the Coptic Orthodox therefore She can be acclaimed as ‘One, Holy, hands. The Catholic Church, the Eastern Church of Alexandria, the Syriac Orthodox Catholic and Apostolic’. Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox and the Church of Antioch (including its archdiocese in Church of the East claim to have preserved their India called the Jacobite Syrian Christian apostolic succession and the original teaching Church), the Armenian Apostolic Church, the handed down by the apostles. Ethiopian Orthodox Church, the Eritrean Rev. Msgr. Dr. Emmanuel Kadankavil Orthodox Church, and the Malankara Vicar General of the Diocese of Kalyan COVER STORY 10 JANUARY | KALYAN LANTERN KALYAN LANTERN | JANUARY 11 COVER STORY

HOLY: The word holy means set apart for a DIVIDEDCHURCH:YET,ONE,HOLY, Orthodox Syrian Church of India. Collectively, special purpose by and for God. The Church is CATHOLICANDAPOSTOLIC they consider themselves to be the One, Holy, set apart for Christ and therefore it is holy. The The First Council of Nicaea held in 325AD Catholic and Apostolic Church founded by Jesus Church is holy because the Most Holy God is This Church becomes formulated the Nicaean Creed in which the Christ, and that its bishops are the successors of her author. Christ is the bridegroom and four attributed of the Church viz., ‘One, Holy, Christ’s apostles. Church is the bride and the bridegroomgave ‘One, Holy, Catholic Catholic and Apostolic’, appeared for the first The Church of the East: Officially called the himself up on the cross to sanctify her and to and Apostolic’ because she time. It was expressly stated and held Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of make her holy. The Holy Spirit which is active has a common theology irrevocable in the First Council of the East, it claims to be the ‘One, Holy, Catholic in the Churchmakes her life pure and holy. Since Constantinople held in 381and hence it was and Apostolic’ Church. It follows the she still includes sinners who are made holy by and an ecclesiology based called the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed. traditional Christology and ecclesiology of the baptism and the other sacraments, she is ‘the on the origin of Christianity, It stated thus, “[We believe] in one, holy, eastern branch of Syriac Christianity, and uses sinless one made up of sinners. Her holiness catholic, and apostolic Church." This ecumenical the Divine Liturgy of Saints Mar Addai and shines in the saints and in Mary who is already her relationship to Jesus, creed is today recited in the liturgy of both the Mar Mari belonging to the East Syrian Liturgy. all-holy. her role in salvation, herpolity, Catholic and non-Catholic Churches. The Church also has an archdiocese based in CATHOLIC: The word ‘Catholic’ (Greek: The Catholic Churches: Roman Catholics India, known as the Assyrian Church of the East katholiko s) means "general", "universal", discipline, destiny, theology, (Latin and Eastern Rites)believe that the at Thrissur, Kerala. “whole”, “entire”, etc. Catholic Church is liturgy, spirituality and the description "One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic The Protestant Churches: The Protestant whole in herself and universal in nature. The apostolicity of the leadership. Church" is applicable to the Roman Catholic Churches in general accept the Niceno- Church is Catholic because she bears in herself Church. They hold that Christ established here Constantinopolitan Creed except for the fact and administers the totality of the means of on earth only one Church and the Catholic that they have replaced the word ‘Catholic’ salvation through the sacramental life. She is Church has the treasury of the Liturgy, Word of with ‘Christian’. Therefore, they call the sent out to all peoples. She speaks to all men. God, Sacred Tradition, Magisterium, Church to be ‘One, Holy, Christian and She encompasses all times. She is missionary by Sacraments and Sacramentals, all of which Apostolic’. The Moravian Church, The her very nature. In the Church we have the contribute to the wholeness and oneness of the Lutheran Church, The Methodist Churches, wholeness of the Christian faith, full and Church. All the Catholic Churches claim to be The Presbyterian Churches, The Anglican complete, all-embracing, and is proclaimed to all founded by the Apostles themselves and has the Communion and Calvinism are the mainline people without excluding any part of the faith or fulness of revelation too. Protestant Churches which generally accept the any class or group of people. Eastern Orthodox Church: It teaches that the Creed.Protestant theology typically emphasizes APOSTOLIC: The term ‘Apostolic’ describes Eastern Orthodox Church is the One, Holy, the sovereignty of God, the authority of the the Church's foundation and beliefs as rooted Catholic and Apostolic church established by Scriptures and the necessity of grace through and continuing in the living Tradition of the Jesus Christ in his Great Commission, and that faith in Christ. Apostles of Jesus. The Church is Apostolic its bishops are the successors of Christ’s CONCLUSION because she is built on a lasting foundation of apostles. It maintains that it practices the The sole Church of Christ which in the Creed the twelve apostles of the Lamb. She is original Christian faith, as passed down by we profess to be One, Holy, Catholic, and indestructible and has a strong foundation, holy tradition. It recognises seven major Apostolic, subsists in the Catholic Church, which shall never be shaken. She is upheld sacraments, of which the Eucharist is the which is governed by the successor of Peter and infallibly in the truth; Christ governs her principal one. thorough Peter and the other apostles, who are by the bishops in communion with him. The present in their successors, the Pope and the The Oriental Orthodox Churches: The Catholic Church contains the fulness of college of bishops, who have received their Oriental Orthodox Churches, comprise six revelation and tries to remain faithful to it and apostolic succession through the laying on of individual churches: the Coptic Orthodox therefore She can be acclaimed as ‘One, Holy, hands. The Catholic Church, the Eastern Church of Alexandria, the Syriac Orthodox Catholic and Apostolic’. Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox and the Church of Antioch (including its archdiocese in Church of the East claim to have preserved their India called the Jacobite Syrian Christian apostolic succession and the original teaching Church), the Armenian Apostolic Church, the handed down by the apostles. Ethiopian Orthodox Church, the Eritrean Rev. Msgr. Dr. Emmanuel Kadankavil Orthodox Church, and the Malankara Vicar General of the Diocese of Kalyan COVER STORY 12 JANUARY | KALYAN LANTERN KALYAN LANTERN | JANUARY 13 COVER STORY

GIw: GI ssZhhnizmk¯nÂ Hcpan¡s¸«n cn¡ p¶Xpw Hcp amt½mZokmbmÂ sFIy s¸«ncn¡ p¶Xpamb k` AhfnÂ ¯s¶ GIhpw ]qÀ®hpambn KWn¡s¸Sp¶p. {InkvXphnsseIys¸«ncn¡ p¶ {InkvXphnsâ auXoIicocamWv k`. ]cnip²mhnÂ sFIys¸«ncn¡ p¶Xpw P·w sImncn¡p ¶XpamWv k` (Ft^. 4 : 5þ6). ssZhcmPyw t\SpI F¶Xpw {XnssXzI ssZh¯nÂ hnebw {]m]n¡pI F¶Xpw k`m X\bÀ t¡ hÀ¡ papff {]XymibmWv. ]utemkv Çolm sImdo´yÀs¡gpXnb H¶mw teJ\w 12þmw A²ymbw 27þmw hmIy¯nÂ “\n§ Ä ssZh¯nsâ icochpw Hmtcmcp¯cw AXnse Ahbh§ fpamWv” F¶p ]dbp¶p. GIw F¶ Cu sFIyw Hcp ssZhoIclkyhpamWv. ]cnip²w: ssZh¯n\pthn Hcp {]tXyI Dt±iy e£ yt¯msS amänhbv¡s¸SpI F¶XmWv ]cnip²w F¶ hm¡psImv AÀ°am¡ p¶Xv. k`bpsS krjvSmhv AXyp¶X ]cnip² IÀ¯mhmbXn\mÂ {InkvXphnsâ auXnIicocamb k`bpw ]cnip²bmWv. k`bpsS {]tXyIamb LSI§fmWv kmÀÆ{XnIw: kmÀÆ{XnIw F¶ ]Zw, GIhpw ]cnip²hpw kmÀÆ{XnIhpw s]mXphmb ]qÀ®amb Fs¶ms¡ AÀ°w ssÇlnIhpsa¶Xv. CXns\ k`bpsS hcp¶ ‘Im¯enIv’ F¶XnÂ \n¶pw ASn¯dbnÂ DbÀ¯s¸«n«pff k`sb \mep ASbmf§Ä Ft¶m \mep DmbXmWv. (ImtXmentImkv F¶ {Ko¡v \bn¡ p¶Xv ssIhbv]neqsS ]n´pSÀ¨m kz`mh§ Ä Ft¶m hnfn¡s¸Sp¶p. hImiw e`n¨n«pff amÀ¸m¸bneqsSbpw ]qÀÆ]nXmhmb A{_lmans\ ]Z¯nsâ AÀ°w ‘s]mXphmb’ F¶XmWv, It¯men¡ mk` AhfnÂ¯s¶ ]qÀ®hpw sa{Xm³amcneqsSbpw tbip{InkvXp hwi]nXmhmbn¡ mWp¶ GIssZh Xs¶bmWv. It¯men¡mk`, ]uckvXy hnizmk¯ne[njvTnXamb aq¶p kmÀÆeu{XnIhpamW¶v CXv AÀ°am¡p¶p. IuZminI PohnX¯neqsS c£ mIc]² HmÀ¯tUmIvkv k`, HmdnbâÂ HmÀ¯ aX§ fmWv blqZaXw, Ckvfmw aXw, tUmIvkv k`, Ing¡nsâ k` F¶nh ss{IkvXhaXw F¶nh. ChbnÂ XnbpsS ]qÀ®Xbnte¡v k`mX\bsc BsI \bn¡ p¶Xn\mÂ k` ‘kmÀÆ{XnI’ F¶p ivfol³amcpsS Cu ]n´pSÀ¨mhImiw \{kmb\mb tbiphnsâ PohnXhpw ]men¡ p¶hcmWv. {]t_m[\§ fpw A\pkcn¡p¶ hnfn¡ s¸Sp¶p. kzbw t{]jnXbmb k` aXamWv {InkvXpaXw. Cu aX¯nsâ FÃmhtcmSpw c£ bpsS hN\§Ä DZvtLm hc\mb {InkvXp IpcnipacWw hgn Xsâ A\pbmbnIÄ temIamkIew jn¡ pIbpw FÃmhcnte¡pw c£ bpsS h[phmb k`sb hnip²oIcn¡bpw {InkvXym\nIÄ F¶p hnfn¡s¸Sp¶p. ktµi§ Ä F¯n¡pIbpw sN¿p¶p. hnizm ]hn{XoIcn¡ bpw sNbvXp. k`bnÂ Xsâ Cu {InkvXym\nIfpsS Iq«mbvabmWv k¯nsâ Hcp hn`mK§sfbpw Hgnhm¡m \nXykm¶n²ytaIn ]cnip²mßmhv Ahsf BtKmfk`. s]mXphmb ssZhim ¯Xpw Hcp hn`mKw P\Xtbtbm amän\nÀ ip²hpambn Im¡p¶p. ]m]km¶n²yapff kv{Xw, {InkvXy³ k`bpsS Bcw`s¯ ¯m¯Xpamb, kÀÆtcbpw DSs¡mffp¶ k`m X\bsc amt½mZokmbmepw aäp ASnkvYm\am¡ nbpff ]utcmlnXyw, ]qÀ®amb hnizmk¡q«mbvasb k` IqZmiIfmepw ]m]apàam¡nsImv k` {InkvXphpambpÅ _Ôw, c£ mIc {]Xn\n[m\w sN¿p¶p. “]m]nIsf DÄs¡mffp¶ ]m]clnX k`” ]²XnbnÂ k`bpsS {]m[m\yw, ssÇlnIw: A¸tkvXme·mcpsS ss{IkvXh bmbn \ne \nÂ¡p¶p. k`bpsS ]cnip²n Bcm[\m{Iaw, ]utcmlnXyw, B²ym ]mc¼cya\pkcn¨pff k`bpsS ASnkvYm\ hnip²³amcmepw ]cnip² I\yImadnb ßnIX, A¸kvtXmenI t\XrXzw XXz§ sfbpw hnizmk§sfbpw kqNn¸n¡p¶ ¯mepw t{]mPvPzeam¡s¸Sp¶p. XpS§ nb ASnkvYm\Imcy§Ä s]mXp ]ZamWv ssÇlnIw F¶Xv (A¸tkvXmenIv) kz`mhambpÅXn\mÂ BtKmfk` ]{´p injy³amcpsS ss{IkvXh ]mc¼cy “GIhpw, ]cnip²hpw, kmÀÆ{XnIhpw, ¯ne[njvTnXambXn\mÂ k` ssÇlnIw F¶v ssÇlnIhpw” F¶p hnfn¡s¸Sp¶p. ]dbs¸Sp¶p. Hcn¡epw XIÀ¡mt\m aebmf hnhÀ¯\w \in¸n¡ mt\m ]äm¯hn[w ASnkvYm\ine Mr. Babu Mathew IfnÂ ]Wnbs¸«XmWv k`. kXy¯nsâ Sacred Heart Church, Bhayander COVER STORY 12 JANUARY | KALYAN LANTERN KALYAN LANTERN | JANUARY 13 COVER STORY

GIw: GI ssZhhnizmk¯nÂ Hcpan¡s¸«n cn¡ p¶Xpw Hcp amt½mZokmbmÂ sFIy s¸«ncn¡ p¶Xpamb k` AhfnÂ ¯s¶ GIhpw ]qÀ®hpambn KWn¡s¸Sp¶p. {InkvXphnsseIys¸«ncn¡ p¶ {InkvXphnsâ auXoIicocamWv k`. ]cnip²mhnÂ sFIys¸«ncn¡ p¶Xpw P·w sImncn¡p ¶XpamWv k` (Ft^. 4 : 5þ6). ssZhcmPyw t\SpI F¶Xpw {XnssXzI ssZh¯nÂ hnebw {]m]n¡pI F¶Xpw k`m X\bÀ t¡ hÀ¡ papff {]XymibmWv. ]utemkv Çolm sImdo´yÀs¡gpXnb H¶mw teJ\w 12þmw A²ymbw 27þmw hmIy¯nÂ “\n§ Ä ssZh¯nsâ icochpw Hmtcmcp¯cw AXnse Ahbh§ fpamWv” F¶p ]dbp¶p. GIw F¶ Cu sFIyw Hcp ssZhoIclkyhpamWv. ]cnip²w: ssZh¯n\pthn Hcp {]tXyI Dt±iy e£ yt¯msS amänhbv¡s¸SpI F¶XmWv ]cnip²w F¶ hm¡psImv AÀ°am¡ p¶Xv. k`bpsS krjvSmhv AXyp¶X ]cnip² IÀ¯mhmbXn\mÂ {InkvXphnsâ auXnIicocamb k`bpw ]cnip²bmWv. k`bpsS {]tXyIamb LSI§fmWv kmÀÆ{XnIw: kmÀÆ{XnIw F¶ ]Zw, GIhpw ]cnip²hpw kmÀÆ{XnIhpw s]mXphmb ]qÀ®amb Fs¶ms¡ AÀ°w ssÇlnIhpsa¶Xv. CXns\ k`bpsS hcp¶ ‘Im¯enIv’ F¶XnÂ \n¶pw ASn¯dbnÂ DbÀ¯s¸«n«pff k`sb \mep ASbmf§Ä Ft¶m \mep DmbXmWv. (ImtXmentImkv F¶ {Ko¡v \bn¡ p¶Xv ssIhbv]neqsS ]n´pSÀ¨m kz`mh§ Ä Ft¶m hnfn¡s¸Sp¶p. hImiw e`n¨n«pff amÀ¸m¸bneqsSbpw ]qÀÆ]nXmhmb A{_lmans\ ]Z¯nsâ AÀ°w ‘s]mXphmb’ F¶XmWv, It¯men¡ mk` AhfnÂ¯s¶ ]qÀ®hpw sa{Xm³amcneqsSbpw tbip{InkvXp hwi]nXmhmbn¡ mWp¶ GIssZh Xs¶bmWv. It¯men¡mk`, ]uckvXy hnizmk¯ne[njvTnXamb aq¶p kmÀÆeu{XnIhpamW¶v CXv AÀ°am¡p¶p. IuZminI PohnX¯neqsS c£ mIc]² HmÀ¯tUmIvkv k`, HmdnbâÂ HmÀ¯ aX§ fmWv blqZaXw, Ckvfmw aXw, tUmIvkv k`, Ing¡nsâ k` F¶nh ss{IkvXhaXw F¶nh. ChbnÂ XnbpsS ]qÀ®Xbnte¡v k`mX\bsc BsI \bn¡ p¶Xn\mÂ k` ‘kmÀÆ{XnI’ F¶p ivfol³amcpsS Cu ]n´pSÀ¨mhImiw \{kmb\mb tbiphnsâ PohnXhpw ]men¡ p¶hcmWv. {]t_m[\§ fpw A\pkcn¡p¶ hnfn¡ s¸Sp¶p. kzbw t{]jnXbmb k` aXamWv {InkvXpaXw. Cu aX¯nsâ FÃmhtcmSpw c£ bpsS hN\§Ä DZvtLm hc\mb {InkvXp IpcnipacWw hgn Xsâ A\pbmbnIÄ temIamkIew jn¡ pIbpw FÃmhcnte¡pw c£ bpsS h[phmb k`sb hnip²oIcn¡bpw {InkvXym\nIÄ F¶p hnfn¡s¸Sp¶p. ktµi§ Ä F¯n¡pIbpw sN¿p¶p. hnizm ]hn{XoIcn¡ bpw sNbvXp. k`bnÂ Xsâ Cu {InkvXym\nIfpsS Iq«mbvabmWv k¯nsâ Hcp hn`mK§sfbpw Hgnhm¡m \nXykm¶n²ytaIn ]cnip²mßmhv Ahsf BtKmfk`. s]mXphmb ssZhim ¯Xpw Hcp hn`mKw P\Xtbtbm amän\nÀ ip²hpambn Im¡p¶p. ]m]km¶n²yapff kv{Xw, {InkvXy³ k`bpsS Bcw`s¯ ¯m¯Xpamb, kÀÆtcbpw DSs¡mffp¶ k`m X\bsc amt½mZokmbmepw aäp ASnkvYm\am¡ nbpff ]utcmlnXyw, ]qÀ®amb hnizmk¡q«mbvasb k` IqZmiIfmepw ]m]apàam¡nsImv k` {InkvXphpambpÅ _Ôw, c£ mIc {]Xn\n[m\w sN¿p¶p. “]m]nIsf DÄs¡mffp¶ ]m]clnX k`” ]²XnbnÂ k`bpsS {]m[m\yw, ssÇlnIw: A¸tkvXme·mcpsS ss{IkvXh bmbn \ne \nÂ¡p¶p. k`bpsS ]cnip²n Bcm[\m{Iaw, ]utcmlnXyw, B²ym ]mc¼cya\pkcn¨pff k`bpsS ASnkvYm\ hnip²³amcmepw ]cnip² I\yImadnb ßnIX, A¸kvtXmenI t\XrXzw XXz§ sfbpw hnizmk§sfbpw kqNn¸n¡p¶ ¯mepw t{]mPvPzeam¡s¸Sp¶p. XpS§ nb ASnkvYm\Imcy§Ä s]mXp ]ZamWv ssÇlnIw F¶Xv (A¸tkvXmenIv) kz`mhambpÅXn\mÂ BtKmfk` ]{´p injy³amcpsS ss{IkvXh ]mc¼cy “GIhpw, ]cnip²hpw, kmÀÆ{XnIhpw, ¯ne[njvTnXambXn\mÂ k` ssÇlnIw F¶v ssÇlnIhpw” F¶p hnfn¡s¸Sp¶p. ]dbs¸Sp¶p. Hcn¡epw XIÀ¡mt\m aebmf hnhÀ¯\w \in¸n¡ mt\m ]äm¯hn[w ASnkvYm\ine Mr. Babu Mathew IfnÂ ]Wnbs¸«XmWv k`. kXy¯nsâ Sacred Heart Church, Bhayander COVER STORY 14 JANUARY | KALYAN LANTERN KALYAN LANTERN | JANUARY 15 COVER STORY

facets in the history of the Church. When the of Canon Law of 1917, canon 1258 reads: East-West schism was in its peak, the Second 1. It is illicit for the faithful to assist at or participate in Council of Lyon in 1274 AD the Council of anywayinnon-Catholicreligiousfunctions. Florence in 1438 had sought ways to resolve the differences between the East and the West 2. For a serious reason requiring, in case of doubt, the Churches. Ecumenism in Catholic Church began Bishop's approval, passive or merely material at the point that Christ founded just one Church, presence at non-Catholic funerals, weddings and not many churches; hence the Catholic Church similar occasions because of holding a civil office or has as its ultimate hope and objective that as a courtesy can be tolerated, provided there is no through prayer, study, and dialogue, the danger of perversion or scandal.

historically separated bodies may come again to As the largest, most widespread and oldest be reunited with it. Therefore, before the Second Christian denomination, the Catholic Church saw Vatican Council, the Catholic Church defined itself as a trunk from which other Christian The Second Vatican Council is ecumenism as ‘dialogue with other Christian denominationshadbrokenoff. groups’ in order to persuade these to return to a ‘separator’ between the ‘before’ and The Catholic theology on Ecumenism and the its unity that they themselves had broken. The ‘after’ in the ecumenical movement in activities received a new vigour and direction in words such as ‘heresy’ and ‘schism’ were heavily the Catholic Church, which was always the Second Vatican Council. In his Encyclical ‘Ad loaded with the connotation of being strayed active in the process of unifying and Petri Cathedram’, Pope John XXIII,who had away from the sheepfold. In that period of reuniting its children back to the single initiated the Second Vatican Council, had Ecumenism, the Church stressed upon the real fold of the Good Shepherd. The articulated one of its primary objectives. It was to unity in place of superficial uniformity and earnestness of the Catholic Church to seek renewal from within the Church itself, exercised much caution in matters related to remain in unity is seen in multiple which would serve for those separated from the non-Catholic Churches such as seen in the Code see of Rome as a "gentle invitation to seek and COVER STORY 14 JANUARY | KALYAN LANTERN KALYAN LANTERN | JANUARY 15 COVER STORY

historically separated bodies may come again to As the largest, most widespread and oldest be reunited with it. Therefore, before the Second Christian denomination, the Catholic Church saw Vatican Council, the Catholic Church defined itself as a trunk from which other Christian The Second Vatican Council is ecumenism as ‘dialogue with other Christian denominationshadbrokenoff. groups’ in order to persuade these to return to a ‘separator’ between the ‘before’ and The Catholic theology on Ecumenism and the its unity that they themselves had broken. The ‘after’ in the ecumenical movement in activities received a new vigour and direction in words such as ‘heresy’ and ‘schism’ were heavily the Catholic Church, which was always the Second Vatican Council. In his Encyclical ‘Ad loaded with the connotation of being strayed active in the process of unifying and Petri Cathedram’, Pope John XXIII,who had away from the sheepfold. In that period of reuniting its children back to the single initiated the Second Vatican Council, had Ecumenism, the Church stressed upon the real fold of the Good Shepherd. The articulated one of its primary objectives. It was to unity in place of superficial uniformity and earnestness of the Catholic Church to seek renewal from within the Church itself, exercised much caution in matters related to remain in unity is seen in multiple which would serve for those separated from the non-Catholic Churches such as seen in the Code see of Rome as a "gentle invitation to seek and COVER STORY 16 JANUARY | KALYAN LANTERN KALYAN LANTERN | JANUARY 17 COVER STORY

find that unity for which Jesus Christ prayed so reached on the theology of justification. These with the Catholic Church (canon 908), but ardently to his heavenly Father.”(AP 62) While landmark documents have brought closer allows, in certain circumstances and under Lumen Gentium, a Second Vatican documents fraternal ties with those churches. However, the certain conditions, other sharing in the reasserted that "the one, holy, catholic and developments, such as the ordination of women, sacraments. The Directory for the Application of apostolic church" founded by Christ himself permissive teaching on abortion and Principles and Norms on Ecumenism states: "subsists in" the Catholic Church, it recognized, contraception, the marriage divorces and of men "Christians may be encouraged to share in markinga major shift from its traditional living in homosexual relationships present spiritual activities and resources, i.e., to share position, that many elements of sanctification obstacles for fuller theological agreements with that spiritual heritage they have in common in a and truth are found outside its visible confines. Churches such as Anglicans. The Catholic manner and to a degree appropriate to their (LG. 8) Church has achieved greater unity with the present divided state."(n102) The degree of However, the developments, Orthodox Churches of the East, with whom the coordination and cooperation with the non- Ever since the Second Vatican Council, Catholic theological differences are not as great. Catholic Churches varies according to the such as the ordination of Church has made enormous progress under common understanding on sacramental Popes John XXIII, Paul VI, John Paul II and Francis The 1983 Code of Canon Law no longer has women, permissive teaching theology, apostolic succession and moral by reaching out to other Churches to seeking canons which absolutely forbid the cooperation of on abortion and contraception, teachings. reconciliation and possible areas of pastoral Roman Catholic clergy (bishops, priests and the marriage divorces and coordination. Significant agreements have been deacons) with clergy members of non-Catholic Fullandpartialcommunion achieved on baptism, ministry, and the Eucharist Churches. It still absolutely forbids Catholic of men living in homosexual Unitatisredintegratio, the Second Vatican Council's with Anglican theologians. With Evangelical priests to concelebrate the Eucharist with decree on ecumenism makes a distinction relationships present Lutheran bodies, a similar agreement was members of communities not in full communion between full and partial communion with the obstacles for fuller theological Catholic Church. Full communion involves agreements with Churches completeness of "those bonds of communion – faith, sacraments and pastoral governance – that such as Anglicans. permit the Faithful to receive the life of grace within the Church."A letter dated on 28 May 1992, addressed to all the Bishops of the world, Church, Syrian Catholic Church, Syro-Malankara the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith CatholicChurch stated: "the universal Church cannot be conceived as the sum of the particular Churches, Of Armenian liturgical tradition: Armenian or as a federation of particular Churches. It is not CatholicChurch the result of the communion of the Churches, Of Byzantine (Constantinopolitan) liturgical but, in its essential mystery, it is a reality tradition: Albanian Greek Catholic Church, ontologically and temporally prior to every Belarusian Greek Catholic Church, Bulgarian individual particular Church." Therefore, the Greek Catholic Church, Byzantine Catholic Catholic Church is the communion of 23 Church of Croatia and Serbia, Greek Byzantine autocephalous or self-governing Churches who Catholic Church, Hungarian Greek Catholic are in full communion with each other. Church, Italo-Albanian Catholic Church, OfWesternliturgicaltradition:LatinChurch Macedonian Greek Catholic Church, Melkite Greek Catholic Church, Romanian Greek Of Alexandrian liturgical tradition: Coptic Catholic Church, Russian Byzantine Catholic Catholic Church, Eritrean Catholic Church, Church, Ruthenian Catholic Church, Slovak EthiopianCatholicChurch Greek Catholic Church, Ukrainian Greek Of Antiochian liturgical tradition: Maronite Catholic Church

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find that unity for which Jesus Christ prayed so reached on the theology of justification. These with the Catholic Church (canon 908), but ardently to his heavenly Father.”(AP 62) While landmark documents have brought closer allows, in certain circumstances and under Lumen Gentium, a Second Vatican documents fraternal ties with those churches. However, the certain conditions, other sharing in the reasserted that "the one, holy, catholic and developments, such as the ordination of women, sacraments. The Directory for the Application of apostolic church" founded by Christ himself permissive teaching on a bortion and Principles and Norms on Ecumenism states: "subsists in" the Catholic Church, it recognized, contraception, the marriage divorces and of men "Christians may be encouraged to share in markinga major shift from its traditional living in homosexual relationships present spiritual activities and resources, i.e., to share position, that many elements of sanctification obstacles for fuller theological agreements with that spiritual heritage they have in common in a and truth are found outside its visible confines. Churches such as Anglicans. The Catholic manner and to a degree appropriate to their (LG. 8) Church has achieved greater unity with the present divided state."(n102) The degree of However, the developments, Orthodox Churches of the East, with whom the coordination and cooperation with the non- Ever since the Second Vatican Council, Catholic theological differences are not as great. Catholic Churches varies according to the such as the ordination of Church has made enormous progress under common understanding on sacramental Popes John XXIII, Paul VI, John Paul II and Francis The 1983 Code of Canon Law no longer has women, permissive teaching theology, apostolic succession and moral by reaching out to other Churches to seeking canons which absolutely forbid the cooperation of on abortion and contraception, teachings. reconciliation and possible areas of pastoral Roman Catholic clergy (bishops, priests and the marriage divorces and coordination. Significant agreements have been deacons) with clergy members of non-Catholic Fullandpartialcommunion achieved on baptism, ministry, and the Eucharist Churches. It still absolutely forbids Catholic of men living in homosexual Unitatisredintegratio, the Second Vatican Council's with Anglican theologians. With Evangelical priests to concelebrate the Eucharist with decree on ecumenism makes a distinction relationships present Lutheran bodies, a similar agreement was members of communities not in full communion between full and partial communion with the obstacles for fuller theological Catholic Church. Full communion involves agreements with Churches completeness of "those bonds of communion – faith, sacraments and pastoral governance – that such as Anglicans. permit the Faithful to receive the life of grace within the Church."A letter dated on 28 May 1992, addressed to all the Bishops of the world, Church, Syrian Catholic Church, Syro-Malankara the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith CatholicChurch stated: "the universal Church cannot be conceived as the sum of the particular Churches, Of Armenian liturgical tradition: Armenian or as a federation of particular Churches. It is not CatholicChurch the result of the communion of the Churches, Of Byzantine (Constantinopolitan) liturgical but, in its essential mystery, it is a reality tradition: Albanian Greek Catholic Church, ontologically and temporally prior to every Belarusian Greek Catholic Church, Bulgarian individual particular Church." Therefore, the Greek Catholic Church, Byzantine Catholic Catholic Church is the communion of 23 Church of Croatia and Serbia, Greek Byzantine autocephalous or self-governing Churches who Catholic Church, Hungarian Greek Catholic are in full communion with each other. Church, Italo-Albanian Catholic Church, OfWesternliturgicaltradition:LatinChurch Macedonian Greek Catholic Church, Melkite Greek Catholic Church, Romanian Greek Of Alexandrian liturgical tradition: Coptic Catholic Church, Russian Byzantine Catholic Catholic Church, Eritrean Catholic Church, Church, Ruthenian Catholic Church, Slovak EthiopianCatholicChurch Greek Catholic Church, Ukrainian Greek Of Antiochian liturgical tradition: Maronite Catholic Church

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Unity between the Assyrian Church of the East and the Chaldean Catholic Church (1997) and Guidelines for Admission to the Eucharist Between the Chaldean Church and the Assyrian Church of the East (2001). OrientalOrthodoxChurches Since 2003, the Catholic Church has engaged with the entire communion of Oriental Orthodox The Catholic faithful in Churches as a whole, rather than with each autocephalous church in independent dialogues. situations such as physicalor ThefollowingaretheDialoguedocuments moral impossibility to WithindividualOrientalOrthodoxChurches: approach a catholic minister, 1971 Common Declaration of Pope Paul VI and to receive the sacraments Mar Ignatus Jacob III of the Malankara Syrian of penance, the Eucharist OrthodoxChurch and anointing of the sick 1976 Common Christological Declaration of the CatholicChurchandtheCopticChurch from non-Catholic ministers TheEasternOrthodoxChurches Catholic Church independent of existing Latin 1984 Common Declaration of Pope John Paul II The Balamand declaration of the Joint Rite dioceses. "The Personal Ordinariate of the in whose Churches these and Mar Ignatius Zakka I Iwas of the Malankara International Commission for Theological Chair of St. Peter is equivalent to a diocese, sacraments are valid. SyrianOrthodoxChurch Dialogue Between the Catholic Church and the created by the Vatican in 2012 for people 1989 Joint Statement of the Catholic and Orthodox Church in 1993, discusses ecclesiological nurtured in the Anglican tradition who wish to MalankaraOrthodoxSyrianChurches principles and suggests practical rules for both the become Catholic." Of Chaldean or East Syrian tradition: Chaldean 1990 Doctrinal Agreement on Christology Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox OtherWesternNon-CatholicChurches Churches to implement about improving CatholicChurch,Syro-MalabarChurch between the Catholic Church and the Malankara The non-Catholic Churches of Baptists, Disciples relations by reciprocally avoiding interfering in Partial Communion exists where some elements OrthodoxSyrianChurch of Christ, Evangelical Christians, Lutheran each other's Churches and not using history in a of Christian faith are held in common, but Churches, Mennonites, Methodist Churches 1993AgreementandPastoralGuidelinesforInter- polemical manner. complete unity on essentials is lacking. Those Church Marriage between Catholics and share partial communion with the Catholic "who believe in Christ and have been properly MalankaraSyrianOrthodox RussianOrthodoxChurch Church. There are continued efforts to arrive at baptized are put in a certain, although imperfect, In February 2016, Pope Francis and Russian agreements with these churches on mutual 1999 Joint Statement on the Synod of Diamper communion with the Catholic Church" (UR 3). Orthodox Patriarch Kirill held a meeting in Cuba recognition of members, joint celebration of the (AD 1599) by the Catholic and Malankara Continuous and different efforts towards andafterwardsissuedajointdeclaration. Lord's Supper/Holy Communion/Eucharist OrthodoxSyrianChurches common agreements and unity can be seen in (these churches practice open communion), PartialCommunionwiththeChurchesoftheWest different efforts between Catholic Church and With the Oriental Orthodox Communion as a mutual recognition of ordained ministers, other Churches. whole: AnglicanChurch mutual recognition of sacraments, a common commitment to mission. PartialCommunionwiththeEasternChurches 2009 Nature, Constitution, and Mission of the Long history of the ecumenical efforts between the Church Catholic Church and the Anglican Church has SacramentalUnion Assyrian Church of the East (Surayis in Thrissur) various common understanding and as the latest has the following documents of common 2015 The Exercise of Communion in the Life of the Sharing in the Eucharist is the practical development in the plan to create diocese-like dialogue: Common Christological Declaration Early Church and its Implications for our Search implication and indication to the degree of structures for former Anglicans within the Roman (1994), Joint Synodical Decree for Promoting forCommunionToday communion with other Churches. Full COVER STORY 18 JANUARY | KALYAN LANTERN KALYAN LANTERN | JANUARY 19 COVER STORY

Unity between the Assyrian Church of the East and the Chaldean Catholic Church (1997) and Guidelines for Admission to the Eucharist Between the Chaldean Church and the Assyrian Church of the East (2001). OrientalOrthodoxChurches Since 2003, the Catholic Church has engaged with the entire communion of Oriental Orthodox The Catholic faithful in Churches as a whole, rather than with each autocephalous church in independent dialogues. situations such as physicalor ThefollowingaretheDialoguedocuments moral impossibility to WithindividualOrientalOrthodoxChurches: approach a catholic minister, 1971 Common Declaration of Pope Paul VI and to receive the sacraments Mar Ignatus Jacob III of the Malankara Syrian of penance, the Eucharist OrthodoxChurch and anointing of the sick 1976 Common Christological Declaration of the CatholicChurchandtheCopticChurch from non-Catholic ministers TheEasternOrthodoxChurches Catholic Church independent of existing Latin 1984 Common Declaration of Pope John Paul II The Balamand declaration of the Joint Rite dioceses. "The Personal Ordinariate of the in whose Churches these and Mar Ignatius Zakka I Iwas of the Malankara International Commission for Theological Chair of St. Peter is equivalent to a diocese, sacraments are valid. SyrianOrthodoxChurch Dialogue Between the Catholic Church and the created by the Vatican in 2012 for people 1989 Joint Statement of the Catholic and Orthodox Church in 1993, discusses ecclesiological nurtured in the Anglican tradition who wish to MalankaraOrthodoxSyrianChurches principles and suggests practical rules for both the become Catholic." Of Chaldean or East Syrian tradition: Chaldean 1990 Doctrinal Agreement on Christology Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox OtherWesternNon-CatholicChurches Churches to implement about improving CatholicChurch,Syro-MalabarChurch between the Catholic Church and the Malankara The non-Catholic Churches of Baptists, Disciples relations by reciprocally avoiding interfering in Partial Communion exists where some elements OrthodoxSyrianChurch of Christ, Evangelical Christians, Lutheran each other's Churches and not using history in a of Christian faith are held in common, but Churches, Mennonites, Methodist Churches 1993AgreementandPastoralGuidelinesforInter- polemical manner. complete unity on essentials is lacking. Those Church Marriage between Catholics and share partial communion with the Catholic "who believe in Christ and have been properly MalankaraSyrianOrthodox RussianOrthodoxChurch Church. There are continued efforts to arrive at baptized are put in a certain, although imperfect, In February 2016, Pope Francis and Russian agreements with these churches on mutual 1999 Joint Statement on the Synod of Diamper communion with the Catholic Church" (UR 3). Orthodox Patriarch Kirill held a meeting in Cuba recognition of members, joint celebration of the (AD 1599) by the Catholic and Malankara Continuous and different efforts towards andafterwardsissuedajointdeclaration. Lord's Supper/Holy Communion/Eucharist OrthodoxSyrianChurches common agreements and unity can be seen in (these churches practice open communion), PartialCommunionwiththeChurchesoftheWest different efforts between Catholic Church and With the Oriental Orthodox Communion as a mutual recognition of ordained ministers, other Churches. whole: AnglicanChurch mutual recognition of sacraments, a common commitment to mission. PartialCommunionwiththeEasternChurches 2009 Nature, Constitution, and Mission of the Long history of the ecumenical efforts between the Church Catholic Church and the Anglican Church has SacramentalUnion Assyrian Church of the East (Surayis in Thrissur) various common understanding and as the latest has the following documents of common 2015 The Exercise of Communion in the Life of the Sharing in the Eucharist is the practical development in the plan to create diocese-like dialogue: Common Christological Declaration Early Church and its Implications for our Search implication and indication to the degree of structures for former Anglicans within the Roman (1994), Joint Synodical Decree for Promoting forCommunionToday communion with other Churches. Full COVER STORY 20 JANUARY | KALYAN LANTERN KALYAN LANTERN | JANUARY 21 COVER STORY

communion means that a member of one Church Catholic ministers lawfully administer the may partake of the Eucharist celebrated in sacraments of penance, the Eucharist and another,and for priests, that they are accepted as anointing of the sick to members of the eastern celebrants of the Eucharist in the other Churches not in full communion with the catholic Church.Intercommunion means an agreement Church and to other Churches decided by the between churches by which all members of each Apostolic See, if they spontaneously ask for them church (clergy with clergy, or laity with laity, and are properly disposed.If there is a danger of respectively) may participate in the other's death or ifthere is some other grave and pressing Eucharistic celebrations or may hold joint need, catholic ministers may lawfully celebrations.The Catholic Church has entered administer these same sacraments to other into no such agreement: it allows no Eucharistic Christians not in full communion with the concelebration by its clergy with clergy of catholic Church, who cannot approach a churches not in full communion with it.The minister of their own community and who Directory for the Application of Principles and spontaneously ask for them, provided that they Norms on Ecumenism, indicates the limited demonstrate the catholic faith in respect of these circumstances in which Catholics may receive sacraments and are properly disposed. the Eucharist from clergy of churches not in full The Catholic faithful in situations such as communion (never if those churches are judged physicalor moral impossibility to approach a not to have valid apostolic succession and thus catholic minister, to receive the sacraments of WHAT IS UNITY OCTAVE valid Eucharist), and in which Catholic clergy penance, the Eucharist and anointing of the sick The word is derived from Latin octava may administer the sacraments to members of from non-Catholic ministers in whose Churches (eighth). The Church Unity Octave (also other churches. (nn. 122–136)The norms there thesesacraments are valid. know as The Chair of Unity Octave) is one of indicated for the giving of the Eucharist to other the most special and richly indulgenced Ecumenical efforts are continuous and tedious Christians (communicatio in sacris) are novenas of the Church year. It has duetothecomplicationsthataregatheredbytime, summarized in canon 844 of the Latin Church's accomplished an immense good in cultural, political and historical factors. However, 1983 Code of Canon Law. The Code of Canons of awakening Catholics to a mission the Eastern Churches (CCEO - 1990) canons 403 a united and witnessing Church is the need of the consciousness and to the need of interesting §1 and 671 indicate that the norms of the worldwhichisdividedonmultiplefrontiers. themselves in the conversion of those Directory apply also to the clergy and laity of the without the Fold. Eastern Catholic Churches. The canonsgives the Rev. Fr. Jestin Kallelly following norms. Chancellor - Diocese of Kalyan COVER STORY 20 JANUARY | KALYAN LANTERN KALYAN LANTERN | JANUARY 21 COVER STORY

communion means that a member of one Church Catholic ministers lawfully administer the may partake of the Eucharist celebrated in sacraments of penance, the Eucharist and another,and for priests, that they are accepted as anointing of the sick to members of the eastern celebrants of the Eucharist in the other Churches not in full communion with the catholic Church.Intercommunion means an agreement Church and to other Churches decided by the between churches by which all members of each Apostolic See, if they spontaneously ask for them church (clergy with clergy, or laity with laity, and are properly disposed.If there is a danger of respectively) may participate in the other's death or ifthere is some other grave and pressing Eucharistic celebrations or may hold joint need, catholic ministers may lawfully celebrations.The Catholic Church has entered administer these same sacraments to other into no such agreement: it allows no Eucharistic Christians not in full communion with the concelebration by its clergy with clergy of catholic Church, who cannot approach a churches not in full communion with it.The minister of their own community and who Directory for the Application of Principles and spontaneously ask for them, provided that they Norms on Ecumenism, indicates the limited demonstrate the catholic faith in respect of these circumstances in which Catholics may receive sacraments and are properly disposed. the Eucharist from clergy of churches not in full The Catholic faithful in situations such as communion (never if those churches are judged physicalor moral impossibility to approach a not to have valid apostolic succession and thus catholic minister, to receive the sacraments of WHAT IS UNITY OCTAVE valid Eucharist), and in which Catholic clergy penance, the Eucharist and anointing of the sick The word is derived from Latin octava may administer the sacraments to members of from non-Catholic ministers in whose Churches (eighth). The Church Unity Octave (also other churches. (nn. 122–136)The norms there thesesacraments are valid. know as The Chair of Unity Octave) is one of indicated for the giving of the Eucharist to other the most special and richly indulgenced Ecumenical efforts are continuous and tedious Christians (communicatio in sacris) are novenas of the Church year. It has duetothecomplicationsthataregatheredbytime, summarized in canon 844 of the Latin Church's accomplished an immense good in cultural, political and historical factors. However, 1983 Code of Canon Law. The Code of Canons of awakening Catholics to a mission the Eastern Churches (CCEO - 1990) canons 403 a united and witnessing Church is the need of the consciousness and to the need of interesting §1 and 671 indicate that the norms of the worldwhichisdividedonmultiplefrontiers. themselves in the conversion of those Directory apply also to the clergy and laity of the without the Fold. Eastern Catholic Churches. The canonsgives the Rev. Fr. Jestin Kallelly following norms. Chancellor - Diocese of Kalyan COVER STORY 22 JANUARY | KALYAN LANTERN KALYAN LANTERN | JANUARY 23 COVER STORY

HISTORY OF THE WEEK OF PRAYER FOR The Octave of Prayer was developed and CHRISTIAN UNITY perfected in the 1930s by Abbé Paul Couturier of For more than a century the Week of Prayer for Lyons, who supported the prayer “for the unity Christian Unity has been celebrated every year of the Church as Christ wants her and in by Christians of all Churches and ecclesial conformity with the instruments that he desires”. communities in order to invoke the His last writings show that Abbé Couturier saw extraordinary gift for which the Lord Jesus this Week as a means which enables Christ’s universal prayer “to enter and penetrate the entire Body of Christians”; it must grow until it becomes “an immense, unanimous cry of the entire People of God”, asking God for this great gift. Moreover the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is in itself one of the most effective expressions of the impetus the Second Vatican Council gave to the search for full communion among all Christ’s disciples. RESULTS OF THE UNITY OCTAVE Christ speaks of a victory through suffering love, reciprocal service, help, new hope and practical comfort given to the lowliest, to the forgotten, to the outcast. For all Christians the highest expression of this humble service is Jesus Christ himself, the total gift that he makes of himself, the victory of his love over death, on the cross, that shines in the light of Easter morning. All Christians are thus called to press forward on their earthly pilgrimage without letting themselves be overwhelmed by difficulties or disappointments, which we still encounter. At after the Lord’s Ascension, it is important that afflictions (Lumen Gentium, 8), in the certainty times we sense certain weariness, a lack of we continue to come together and call untiringly that they will overcome all obstacles, thanks to fervour, while still experiencing the pain that we upon the Holy Spirit (cf. Acts 1:12,14). To prayer, the help and the power which comes from on are not yet able to share the Eucharistic Banquet. it also adds listening to the Word of God in high. As Christians, we know that we are called But the Holy Spirit never ceases to surprise us Sacred Scripture, the foundation and sustenance himself prayed at the Last Supper, before his to bear witness before the world to the "glorious Passion: “that they may all be one; even as you, and he continues to work extraordinary of our faith (cf. Dei Verbum, 21-25). For there can Gospel" which Christ has given to us (cf. 2 Cor wonders. be no ecumenical rapprochement without Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may 4:4). During the Unity Octave week, let us unite be in us, so that the world may believe that you In the present situation of ecumenism, it is conversion of heart, personal sanctification and our efforts in order to be at the service of peace renewal of ecclesial life. have sent me” (Jn 17:21). and reconciliation, justice and solidarity, important to realize that only the Spirit of God is Fr. Paul Wattson, the founder of an Anglican especially at the side of the poor and the least of in a position to give us full visible unity; only the It helps us develop a hope that we express religious community who later entered the the earth. Spirit of God can inspire new fervour and together is that the spirituality of communion courage. Unity Octave week helps us to stress the will grow ever stronger! It helps us to see "what Catholic Church, introduced the practice of the In response to the one Spirit who guides the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity in 1908. The importance of spiritual ecumenism, which is positive in others, to welcome it and prize it as Church, unity octave weeks helps us to offer constitutes the soul of the whole ecumenical a gift from God: not only as a gift for the brother initiative received the blessings of Pope Pius X thanks to God for the many abundant fruits and was later promoted by Pope Benedict XV, movement. (Cf. UnitatisRedintegratio, 6-8). or sister who has received it directly, but also as a which he, the giver of every good gift, has ‘gift for me’". who encouraged its celebration throughout the lavished upon the path of ecumenism. It also Spiritual ecumenism takes place above all Catholic Church with the Brief Romanorum helps us acknowledge realistically the through prayer raised up to God, in common Rev. Fr. Siju Kizhakkepallivathukkal Pontificum of 25 February 1916. difficulties, the problems and at times the whenever possible. Like Mary and the disciples St. Kuriakose Elias Chavara Church, Kandivli (E) COVER STORY 22 JANUARY | KALYAN LANTERN KALYAN LANTERN | JANUARY 23 COVER STORY

HISTORY OF THE WEEK OF PRAYER FOR The Octave of Prayer was developed and CHRISTIAN UNITY perfected in the 1930s by Abbé Paul Couturier of For more than a century the Week of Prayer for Lyons, who supported the prayer “for the unity Christian Unity has been celebrated every year of the Church as Christ wants her and in by Christians of all Churches and ecclesial conformity with the instruments that he desires”. communities in order to invoke the His last writings show that Abbé Couturier saw extraordinary gift for which the Lord Jesus this Week as a means which enables Christ’s universal prayer “to enter and penetrate the entire Body of Christians”; it must grow until it becomes “an immense, unanimous cry of the entire People of God”, asking God for this great gift. Moreover the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is in itself one of the most effective expressions of the impetus the Second Vatican Council gave to the search for full communion among all Christ’s disciples. RESULTS OF THE UNITY OCTAVE Christ speaks of a victory through suffering love, reciprocal service, help, new hope and practical comfort given to the lowliest, to the forgotten, to the outcast. For all Christians the highest expression of this humble service is Jesus Christ himself, the total gift that he makes of himself, the victory of his love over death, on the cross, that shines in the light of Easter morning. All Christians are thus called to press forward on their earthly pilgrimage without letting themselves be overwhelmed by difficulties or disappointments, which we still encounter. At after the Lord’s Ascension, it is important that afflictions (Lumen Gentium, 8), in the certainty times we sense certain weariness, a lack of we continue to come together and call untiringly that they will overcome all obstacles, thanks to fervour, while still experiencing the pain that we upon the Holy Spirit (cf. Acts 1:12,14). To prayer, the help and the power which comes from on are not yet able to share the Eucharistic Banquet. it also adds listening to the Word of God in high. As Christians, we know that we are called But the Holy Spirit never ceases to surprise us Sacred Scripture, the foundation and sustenance himself prayed at the Last Supper, before his to bear witness before the world to the "glorious Passion: “that they may all be one; even as you, and he continues to work extraordinary of our faith (cf. Dei Verbum, 21-25). For there can Gospel" which Christ has given to us (cf. 2 Cor wonders. be no ecumenical rapprochement without Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may 4:4). During the Unity Octave week, let us unite be in us, so that the world may believe that you In the present situation of ecumenism, it is conversion of heart, personal sanctification and our efforts in order to be at the service of peace renewal of ecclesial life. have sent me” (Jn 17:21). and reconciliation, justice and solidarity, important to realize that only the Spirit of God is Fr. Paul Wattson, the founder of an Anglican especially at the side of the poor and the least of in a position to give us full visible unity; only the It helps us develop a hope that we express religious community who later entered the the earth. Spirit of God can inspire new fervour and together is that the spirituality of communion courage. Unity Octave week helps us to stress the will grow ever stronger! It helps us to see "what Catholic Church, introduced the practice of the In response to the one Spirit who guides the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity in 1908. The importance of spiritual ecumenism, which is positive in others, to welcome it and prize it as Church, unity octave weeks helps us to offer constitutes the soul of the whole ecumenical a gift from God: not only as a gift for the brother initiative received the blessings of Pope Pius X thanks to God for the many abundant fruits and was later promoted by Pope Benedict XV, movement. (Cf. UnitatisRedintegratio, 6-8). or sister who has received it directly, but also as a which he, the giver of every good gift, has ‘gift for me’". who encouraged its celebration throughout the lavished upon the path of ecumenism. It also Spiritual ecumenism takes place above all Catholic Church with the Brief Romanorum helps us acknowledge realistically the through prayer raised up to God, in common Rev. Fr. Siju Kizhakkepallivathukkal Pontificum of 25 February 1916. difficulties, the problems and at times the whenever possible. Like Mary and the disciples St. Kuriakose Elias Chavara Church, Kandivli (E) HOLY QURBANA-83 24 JANUARY | KALYAN LANTERN KALYAN LANTERN | JANUARY 25 HOLY QURBANA-83

IÀ¯mhv hn. IpÀºm\sb¡pdn¨v hmKvZm\w sN¿p¶sXÃmw \½nÂ ^eh¯mbn¯ocp¶Xn\mbn dqlm£ W{]mÀ°\bnÂ \½Ä At]£ n¡ p¶Xmbn ImWmw. Cu ^e§sfÃmw hn. IpÀºm\bn BioÀÆZn¡ bpw ]hn{XoIcn¡bpw epff ]cnip² Bßmhnsâ {]hÀ¯\¯memWv \ap¡v e`n¡p¶Xv.

IpZvimtb, A§v ]cnip²\mIp¶p, FÃmw A§ v hgn ]hn{XoIcn¡s¸Sp¶p’ F¶mWv Bless and Sanctify sNmÃp¶Xv. ]cnip² BßmhmWv hn. IpÀºm Bless the Holy Spirit does it” (Ephrem Syrus, Opera \bnÂ ]hn{XoIcWw \S¯p¶sX¶v hn. In the Epiclesis we pray that the Holy Spirit may Omnia, 11.s.175). But in this Epiclesis, the Church amÀ tXmakv Ceh\mÂ Ft{âpw ]Tn¸n¡p¶pv. “A¸s¯ icocam prays for the coming of the Holy Spirit, not that Ieym¬ cq]XbpsS sa{Xm³ ¡ n amäphm³ ]ptcmlnX\v km[n¡bnÃ. come and dwell in the Qurbana and bless and the Spirit may change the bread and wine into the ]cnip² Bßmhv AXv \nÀÆln¡p¶p” sanctify it. In the second and third anaphora of our (Ephrem Syrus, Opera Omnia 11. s.175). F¶mÂ church, attributed to Theodore and Nestorius, the body and blood of Christ but that the Spirit BioÀÆZn¡ Ww Cu dqlm£ W {]mÀ°\bnÂ ]cnip² Epiclesis is the prayer invoking the Holy Spirit to through the indwelling may bless and sanctify the ]cnip² Bßmhv IpÀºm\bnÂ Bhkn¨v Bßmhnsâ BKa\¯n\mbn {]mÀ°n¡p¶Xv change the bread and wine into body and blood of Qurbana so that it may produce the salvific effects AXns\ ‘BioÀÆZn¡ bpw ]hn{XoIcn¡bpw A¸s¯ CutimbpsS icoccà§fmbn in all the communicants. amäWta F¶t]£ n¨psImÃ, adn¨v Christ. There we see, more explicitly, a prayer to the sN¿s«’ F¶mWv {]mÀ°n¡p¶Xv. XnbtUm Holy Spirit for the work of sanctification of the We should be sanctified dntâbpw s\tkvXmdnbÊntâbpw t]cnÂ Bßmhnsâ Bhmk¯neqsS IpÀºm\sb Adnbs¸Sp¶, \½psS k`bnse cpw aq¶pw ]hn{XoIcn¡ phm\pw, AXnsâ êambn oblation. In the Epiclesis in this anaphora of Addai This Epiclesis prayer can be considered primarily A\m^dIfnÂ, ‘]cnip² Bßmhv Cu ZnhyImcpWyw kzoIcn¡p¶hÀ¡ v c£ mIc and Mari Holy Spirit is invoked for making an as a a prayer for the fruitful communion. It is the ê§ Ä e`n¡p¶Xn\pw thnbmWv. A¸¯nepw Imkbnepw hkn¨v A¸s¯bpw indwelling presence in the oblation. Hence it is a Holy Spirit who make the communion fruitful in hoª nsâbpw CutimbpsS icochpw càhp \½Ä ]hn{XoIcn¡s¸SWw prayer more for the presence of the Holy Spirit, not us. Hence we see in this prayer, primarily the am¡ n amäs«’ AYhm, Ah ‘icoccà§ fmbn Cu dqlm£ W{]mÀ°\ {][m\ambpw hn. merely for the action of the Spirit. But the fruit of mention about the fruits that we should receive `hn¡ s«’ F¶mWv {]mÀ°n¡p¶Xv. AhnsS IpÀºm\ kzoIcW¯nsâ ê§Ä¡ mbpff the presence of the Spirit is the blessing and Bßmhnsâ ]hn{XoIcW{]hÀ¯\¯n\p through the communion. So the effects of the {]mÀ°\bmbn IcpXmw. hn. IpÀºm\ kzoIc sanctification. So too, all those who receive the working of the Holy Spirit in the Qurbana, is thnbmWv {]mÀ°n¡p¶Xv. F¶mÂ ChnsS W¯neqsS \ap¡v e`nt¡ ê§sf¡ p dqlm£ W {]mÀ°\bnÂ ]cnip² Bßmhn Holy Qurbana will also be blessed and sanctified by ultimately in those who receive the communion. dn¨mWv {]mÀ°\bnÂ ImWp¶Xv. Cu ê§ the power of the Spirit. sâ Bhmk¯n\pthn {]mÀ°n¡p¶p. Ä Dfhm¡p¶Xv ]cnip² BßmhmWv. hn. Rather than a change in the bread and wine a A§ s\ IpÀºm\bnepff ]. Bßmhnsâ IpÀºm\bnepff ]cnip² Bßmhnsâ {]hÀ Sanctify sanctification of those who receive the Qurbana km¶n²y¯n\mbt]£ n¡ p¶p, AYhm ]. ¯\¯nsâ ê§Ä BXyńIambn AXv Sanctification is the work of the Holy Spirit (2 is the fruit of the working of the Holy Spirit. Bßmhn\pthn At]£ n¡ p¶p. ]. Bßm kzoIcn¡ p¶hcnemWv DmtIXv. AXpsIm hnsâ km¶n²y¯nsâ êambn hn. IpÀºm\ v hn. IpÀºm\bnepmIp¶ amät¯¡mÄ thess. 2:13; 1Pet. 1:2). St. Paul reminds us of the The Fruits of the Holy Communion BioÀÆZn¡ s¸SpIbpw ]hn{XoIcn¡s¸SpI hn. IpÀºm\ kzoIcn¡p¶ hcnepfhmIp¶ sanctifying role of the Spirit in these words: “to bpw sN¿p¶p. hn. IpÀºm\ kzoIcW¯neq It is through the working of the Holy Spirit that hnip²oIcWamWv ]cnip² Bßmhnsâ make them acceptable as an offering, made holy by we receive today through the sacraments the sS \½Ä ]cnip² Bßmhns\ kzoIcn¡p¶ {]hÀ¯\êambn kw`hnt¡Xv. hcpw ]. Bßmhn\mÂ ]hn{XoIcn¡s¸«h the Holy Spirit” (Rom. 15:16). While the fruits of Christ’s redemption. We can see in the cpamIp¶p. hn. IpÀºm\ kzoIcW¯nsâ ê§Ä community sing the hymn ‘Holy, holy, holy’ the words of Jesus mention about the salvific fruits ]hn{XoIcn¡ Ww IÀ¯mhnsâ c£ mIcIÀ½¯nsâ ê§Ä priest recites this Kusappa prayer: “Holy Spirit you for which Jesus instituted the Eucharist. We pray \ap¡ v IqZmiIfneqsS e`yamIp¶Xv ]cnip² are holy, everything is sanctified through you”. St. ]hn{XoIcWw ]cnip² Bßmhnsâ {]hr¯n to the Holy Spirit that the reception of the Bßmhnsâ {]hÀ¯\êambn«mWv. GsX Ephrem teaches that it is the Holy Spirit who Eucharist may produce in us, all these fruits. Let bmWv (2 sXÊ. 2:13; 1 ]t{Xm. 1:2). “_enhkvXp Ãmw c£ mIcê§ Ä¡ pthnbmWv Cutim kzoImcyhpw ]cnip² Bßmhn\mÂ ]hn{Xo sanctifies the Holy Qurbana. He says: “The priest us see the fruits of Eucharistic Communion. hn. IpÀºm\ kvYm]n¨sX¶v AhnSps¯ hN cannot change the bread into body of Christ, but IrXhpw BIphm³ thn” F¶v hn. ]utem \§ fnÂ ImWmw. B c£ mIc ê§sfÃmw kv ]dbp¶pv (tdma. 15:16). kaqlw Hmim\ hn. IpÀºm\ kzoIcW¯neqsS \ap¡p e`n Words of Christ Prayer in Epiclesis KoXw ]mSp¶ kab¯v ImÀ½nI³ Xmgv¶kzc ¡ phm³ thnbmWv, ]cnip² Bßmhnt\mS ¯nÂ sNmÃp¶ {]mÀ°\bnÂ ‘dqlmZv t]£ n¡ p¶Xv. ‘My blood shed for the forgiveness of sins’ (Mt. 26:28) à May this Qurbana grant us remission of our debts, forgiveness of our sins. IÀ¯mhnsâ hN\§Ä {]mÀ°\bnse At]£ ‘I will raise him up on the last day’ (Jn. 6:44) à Great hope in the resurrection of the dead ‘]m]tamN\¯n\pthn à IS§ fpsS s]mdpXn¡pw ]m]§fpsS ‘Anyone who eats this bread will live for ever’ (Jn. 6:51) à New life in your heavenly Kingdom Nn´s¸Sp¶ càw’ (a¯m. 26:28) tamN\¯n\pw ImcWamIs«. à As we see, we pray in the Epiclesis that all the promises of Christ with regard to the Eucharist may be ‘AýZn\¯nÂ Rm\hs\ DbnÀ¸n¡pw’ acn¨hcpsS DbnÀ¸nepff henb {]Xymi¡pw. fruitful in us through the holy Communion. We receive all these effects and fruits of the Eucharist (tbml. 6:44) through the working of the Holy Spirit in the Qurbana. Holy Spirit makes the Eucharistic communion à ‘Cu A¸¯nÂ \n¶p `£ n¨mÂ kzÀ¤cmPy¯nÂ \hamb PohnX¯n\pw fruitful in us. Ah³ Ft¶¡pw Pohn¡pw.’ (tbml. 6:51) ImcWamIs«. HOLY QURBANA-83 24 JANUARY | KALYAN LANTERN KALYAN LANTERN | JANUARY 25 HOLY QURBANA-83

IpZvimtb, A§v ]cnip²\mIp¶p, FÃmw A§ v hgn ]hn{XoIcn¡s¸Sp¶p’ F¶mWv Bless and Sanctify sNmÃp¶Xv. ]cnip² BßmhmWv hn. IpÀºm Bless the Holy Spirit does it” (Ephrem Syrus, Opera \bnÂ ]hn{XoIcWw \S¯p¶sX¶v hn. In the Epiclesis we pray that the Holy Spirit may Omnia, 11.s.175). But in this Epiclesis, the Church amÀ tXmakv Ceh\mÂ Ft{âpw ]Tn¸n¡p¶pv. “A¸s¯ icocam prays for the coming of the Holy Spirit, not that Ieym¬ cq]XbpsS sa{Xm³ ¡ n amäphm³ ]ptcmlnX\v km[n¡bnÃ. come and dwell in the Qurbana and bless and the Spirit may change the bread and wine into the ]cnip² Bßmhv AXv \nÀÆln¡p¶p” sanctify it. In the second and third anaphora of our (Ephrem Syrus, Opera Omnia 11. s.175). F¶mÂ church, attributed to Theodore and Nestorius, the body and blood of Christ but that the Spirit BioÀÆZn¡ Ww Cu dqlm£ W {]mÀ°\bnÂ ]cnip² Epiclesis is the prayer invoking the Holy Spirit to through the indwelling may bless and sanctify the ]cnip² Bßmhv IpÀºm\bnÂ Bhkn¨v Bßmhnsâ BKa\¯n\mbn {]mÀ°n¡p¶Xv change the bread and wine into body and blood of Qurbana so that it may produce the salvific effects AXns\ ‘BioÀÆZn¡ bpw ]hn{XoIcn¡bpw A¸s¯ CutimbpsS icoccà§fmbn in all the communicants. amäWta F¶t]£ n¨psImÃ, adn¨v Christ. There we see, more explicitly, a prayer to the sN¿s«’ F¶mWv {]mÀ°n¡p¶Xv. XnbtUm Holy Spirit for the work of sanctification of the We should be sanctified dntâbpw s\tkvXmdnbÊntâbpw t]cnÂ Bßmhnsâ Bhmk¯neqsS IpÀºm\sb Adnbs¸Sp¶, \½psS k`bnse cpw aq¶pw ]hn{XoIcn¡ phm\pw, AXnsâ êambn oblation. In the Epiclesis in this anaphora of Addai This Epiclesis prayer can be considered primarily A\m^dIfnÂ, ‘]cnip² Bßmhv Cu ZnhyImcpWyw kzoIcn¡p¶hÀ¡ v c£ mIc and Mari Holy Spirit is invoked for making an as a a prayer for the fruitful communion. It is the ê§ Ä e`n¡p¶Xn\pw thnbmWv. A¸¯nepw Imkbnepw hkn¨v A¸s¯bpw indwelling presence in the oblation. Hence it is a Holy Spirit who make the communion fruitful in hoª nsâbpw CutimbpsS icochpw càhp \½Ä ]hn{XoIcn¡s¸SWw prayer more for the presence of the Holy Spirit, not us. Hence we see in this prayer, primarily the am¡ n amäs«’ AYhm, Ah ‘icoccà§ fmbn Cu dqlm£ W{]mÀ°\ {][m\ambpw hn. merely for the action of the Spirit. But the fruit of mention about the fruits that we should receive `hn¡ s«’ F¶mWv {]mÀ°n¡p¶Xv. AhnsS IpÀºm\ kzoIcW¯nsâ ê§Ä¡ mbpff the presence of the Spirit is the blessing and Bßmhnsâ ]hn{XoIcW{]hÀ¯\¯n\p through the communion. So the effects of the {]mÀ°\bmbn IcpXmw. hn. IpÀºm\ kzoIc sanctification. So too, all those who receive the working of the Holy Spirit in the Qurbana, is thnbmWv {]mÀ°n¡p¶Xv. F¶mÂ ChnsS W¯neqsS \ap¡v e`nt¡ ê§sf¡ p dqlm£ W {]mÀ°\bnÂ ]cnip² Bßmhn Holy Qurbana will also be blessed and sanctified by ultimately in those who receive the communion. dn¨mWv {]mÀ°\bnÂ ImWp¶Xv. Cu ê§ the power of the Spirit. sâ Bhmk¯n\pthn {]mÀ°n¡p¶p. Ä Dfhm¡p¶Xv ]cnip² BßmhmWv. hn. Rather than a change in the bread and wine a A§ s\ IpÀºm\bnepff ]. Bßmhnsâ IpÀºm\bnepff ]cnip² Bßmhnsâ {]hÀ Sanctify sanctification of those who receive the Qurbana km¶n²y¯n\mbt]£ n¡ p¶p, AYhm ]. ¯\¯nsâ ê§Ä BXyńIambn AXv Sanctification is the work of the Holy Spirit (2 is the fruit of the working of the Holy Spirit. Bßmhn\pthn At]£ n¡ p¶p. ]. Bßm kzoIcn¡ p¶hcnemWv DmtIXv. AXpsIm hnsâ km¶n²y¯nsâ êambn hn. IpÀºm\ v hn. IpÀºm\bnepmIp¶ amät¯¡mÄ thess. 2:13; 1Pet. 1:2). St. Paul reminds us of the The Fruits of the Holy Communion BioÀÆZn¡ s¸SpIbpw ]hn{XoIcn¡s¸SpI hn. IpÀºm\ kzoIcn¡p¶ hcnepfhmIp¶ sanctifying role of the Spirit in these words: “to bpw sN¿p¶p. hn. IpÀºm\ kzoIcW¯neq It is through the working of the Holy Spirit that hnip²oIcWamWv ]cnip² Bßmhnsâ make them acceptable as an offering, made holy by we receive today through the sacraments the sS \½Ä ]cnip² Bßmhns\ kzoIcn¡p¶ {]hÀ¯\êambn kw`hnt¡Xv. hcpw ]. Bßmhn\mÂ ]hn{XoIcn¡s¸«h the Holy Spirit” (Rom. 15:16). While the fruits of Christ’s redemption. We can see in the cpamIp¶p. hn. IpÀºm\ kzoIcW¯nsâ ê§Ä community sing the hymn ‘Holy, holy, holy’ the words of Jesus mention about the salvific fruits ]hn{XoIcn¡ Ww IÀ¯mhnsâ c£ mIcIÀ½¯nsâ ê§Ä priest recites this Kusappa prayer: “Holy Spirit you for which Jesus instituted the Eucharist. We pray \ap¡ v IqZmiIfneqsS e`yamIp¶Xv ]cnip² are holy, everything is sanctified through you”. St. ]hn{XoIcWw ]cnip² Bßmhnsâ {]hr¯n to the Holy Spirit that the reception of the Bßmhnsâ {]hÀ¯\êambn«mWv. GsX Ephrem teaches that it is the Holy Spirit who Eucharist may produce in us, all these fruits. Let bmWv (2 sXÊ. 2:13; 1 ]t{Xm. 1:2). “_enhkvXp Ãmw c£ mIcê§ Ä¡ pthnbmWv Cutim kzoImcyhpw ]cnip² Bßmhn\mÂ ]hn{Xo sanctifies the Holy Qurbana. He says: “The priest us see the fruits of Eucharistic Communion. hn. IpÀºm\ kvYm]n¨sX¶v AhnSps¯ hN cannot change the bread into body of Christ, but IrXhpw BIphm³ thn” F¶v hn. ]utem \§ fnÂ ImWmw. B c£ mIc ê§sfÃmw kv ]dbp¶pv (tdma. 15:16). kaqlw Hmim\ hn. IpÀºm\ kzoIcW¯neqsS \ap¡p e`n Words of Christ Prayer in Epiclesis KoXw ]mSp¶ kab¯v ImÀ½nI³ Xmgv¶kzc ¡ phm³ thnbmWv, ]cnip² Bßmhnt\mS ¯nÂ sNmÃp¶ {]mÀ°\bnÂ ‘dqlmZv t]£ n¡ p¶Xv. ‘My blood shed for the forgiveness of sins’ (Mt. 26:28) à May this Qurbana grant us remission of our debts, forgiveness of our sins. IÀ¯mhnsâ hN\§Ä {]mÀ°\bnse At]£ ‘I will raise him up on the last day’ (Jn. 6:44) à Great hope in the resurrection of the dead ‘]m]tamN\¯n\pthn à IS§ fpsS s]mdpXn¡pw ]m]§fpsS ‘Anyone who eats this bread will live for ever’ (Jn. 6:51) à New life in your heavenly Kingdom Nn´s¸Sp¶ càw’ (a¯m. 26:28) tamN\¯n\pw ImcWamIs«. à As we see, we pray in the Epiclesis that all the promises of Christ with regard to the Eucharist may be ‘AýZn\¯nÂ Rm\hs\ DbnÀ¸n¡pw’ acn¨hcpsS DbnÀ¸nepff henb {]Xymi¡pw. fruitful in us through the holy Communion. We receive all these effects and fruits of the Eucharist (tbml. 6:44) through the working of the Holy Spirit in the Qurbana. Holy Spirit makes the Eucharistic communion à ‘Cu A¸¯nÂ \n¶p `£ n¨mÂ kzÀ¤cmPy¯nÂ \hamb PohnX¯n\pw fruitful in us. Ah³ Ft¶¡pw Pohn¡pw.’ (tbml. 6:51) ImcWamIs«. ECCLESIAL NEWS 26 JANUARY | KALYAN LANTERN KALYAN LANTERN | JANUARY 27 KNOW YOUR FAITH

India: Cardinal says Cardinal Alencherry elected religion should not be Kerala Catholic Bishops criterion for citizenship Council president Cardinal GeorgeAlencherry was on Dec 6 elected the president of Kerala Catholic Bishops’ Council (KCBC), an association of the Catholic bishops of all three rites in the state. The head of Syro Malabar Catholic Church succeeds Archbishop Maria CalistSoosaPakiam of Trivandrum Latin archdiocese. Bishop What is the proper understanding of Varghese Chakkalakal of Calicut (Latin) will be Question: “Transubstantiation” or “Real Presence”? the new deputy chairman of the council. Bishop Joseph Thomas of Bathery (Syro- Malankara) is the new secretary general.KCBC Answer: comprises 32 dioceses. They include five Virtual v/s actual: Christ is present they are always united, it has no Since 9 December, violent protests have erupted archdioceses and eight dioceses of the Syro- “in spirit” in the case of the other secular significance. across India against a new law, the Citizenship Malabar, two archdioceses and ten dioceses of sacraments,butveryuniquelyinthe Transubstantiation: At or before Amendment Act (CAA), which allows non- Latin and two archdioceses and five dioceses of case of the Eucharist, he is also Muslim minorities from Pakistan, Bangladesh the Epiclesis, the substance of the the Syro-Malankara Churches. and Afghanistan who settled in India prior to present “in person”. Toillustrate the bread gets miraculously replaced 2015 to obtain Indian citizenship. difference, compare a dignitary by the substance of Christ’s body Critics say the exclusion of Muslims under the inaugurating a project via video link, while the accidents of the bread new law, is discriminatory and that the award of versus him coming physically to the continue. In other words, the citizenship based on religion is an attack on the site to cut the ribbon. The digital underlying reality of the bread secular constitution. mode makes him virtually present changes while all the appearances "Religion should never be the criterion for whereas the physical mode makes open to the senses or to scientific citizenship of a country. Nor is violence a him personally present (Real investigation are still those of solution when there is a difference of opinion." Presence).The word “Real” also bread, exactly as before. Similar Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of implies an ‘objective reality’, i.e. it Bombay and president of the Catholic Bishops' thing happens with the wine- is true irrespective of your belief or Conference of India (CBCI), said in a statement. blood. There have been many documented worthiness. “Eucharistic miracles” where the accidents also got Metaphysics: If Christ is truly present in the visibly transformed, but that was just to bolster our Married father-of-five approved for ordination Eucharistic species, how come we don’t see him as faith. Note also that the presence of Christ in the A former Pentecostal minister and married father he is (i.e. glorified)? Here a bit of philosophy comes in. Eucharist is entire: not as a lifeless corpse, but as of five has been approved for ordination by the Take a hat for instance. The hat’s shape is not the hat the whole Christ - body and blood, soul and divinity. Vatican. Deacon Drake McCalister will become the itself, nor is its colour the hat, nor is its size, nor its Ecumenism: One nice part is that most of the major first married priest to be ordained in Steubenville softness to the touch, nor anything else about it churches, viz. the Catholic Church, the Eastern Diocese, in Ohio in USA. perceptible to the senses. The hat itself (the Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodoxy, the Church of McCalister served as a Pentecostal pastor for 13 "substance") has the shape, the colour, the size, the the East, Lutheranism, Anglicanism and Methodism years but resigned his pastorate after he began to be softness and the other appearances, but is distinct accept the concept of Real Presence (with slight drawn to Catholicism. He was ordained to the from them. Whereas the appearances which are diaconate in 2018. Although clerical celibacy is the variations) and hence there is hope for future norm in the Catholic Church’s Latin rite, referred to by the philosophical term “accidents” are ecumenicalagreementonthistopic. exceptions are made on a case by case basis for perceptible to the senses, the substance is not. This distinction between substance and accidents is true For Team Lantern, married clergymen from other denominations who Mr. A.F. Thomas, decide to become Catholic. of all material things in the universe - however since Borivli Parish ECCLESIAL NEWS 26 JANUARY | KALYAN LANTERN KALYAN LANTERN | JANUARY 27 KNOW YOUR FAITH

India: Cardinal says Cardinal Alencherry elected religion should not be Kerala Catholic Bishops criterion for citizenship Council president Cardinal GeorgeAlencherry was on Dec 6 elected the president of Kerala Catholic Bishops’ Council (KCBC), an association of the Catholic bishops of all three rites in the state. The head of Syro Malabar Catholic Church succeeds Archbishop Maria CalistSoosaPakiam of Trivandrum Latin archdiocese. Bishop What is the proper understanding of Varghese Chakkalakal of Calicut (Latin) will be Question: “Transubstantiation” or “Real Presence”? the new deputy chairman of the council. Bishop Joseph Thomas of Bathery (Syro- Malankara) is the new secretary general.KCBC Answer: comprises 32 dioceses. They include five Virtual v/s actual: Christ is present they are always united, it has no Since 9 December, violent protests have erupted archdioceses and eight dioceses of the Syro- “in spirit” in the case of the other secular significance. across India against a new law, the Citizenship Malabar, two archdioceses and ten dioceses of sacraments,butveryuniquelyinthe Transubstantiation: At or before Amendment Act (CAA), which allows non- Latin and two archdioceses and five dioceses of case of the Eucharist, he is also Muslim minorities from Pakistan, Bangladesh the Epiclesis, the substance of the the Syro-Malankara Churches. and Afghanistan who settled in India prior to present “in person”. Toillustrate the bread gets miraculously replaced 2015 to obtain Indian citizenship. difference, compare a dignitary by the substance of Christ’s body Critics say the exclusion of Muslims under the inaugurating a project via video link, while the accidents of the bread new law, is discriminatory and that the award of versus him coming physically to the continue. In other words, the citizenship based on religion is an attack on the site to cut the ribbon. The digital underlying reality of the bread secular constitution. mode makes him virtually present changes while all the appearances "Religion should never be the criterion for whereas the physical mode makes open to the senses or to scientific citizenship of a country. Nor is violence a him personally present (Real investigation are still those of solution when there is a difference of opinion." Presence).The word “Real” also bread, exactly as before. Similar Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of implies an ‘objective reality’, i.e. it Bombay and president of the Catholic Bishops' thing happens with the wine- is true irrespective of your belief or Conference of India (CBCI), said in a statement. blood. There have been many documented worthiness. “Eucharistic miracles” where the accidents also got Metaphysics: If Christ is truly present in the visibly transformed, but that was just to bolster our Married father-of-five approved for ordination Eucharistic species, how come we don’t see him as faith. Note also that the presence of Christ in the A former Pentecostal minister and married father he is (i.e. glorified)? Here a bit of philosophy comes in. Eucharist is entire: not as a lifeless corpse, but as of five has been approved for ordination by the Take a hat for instance. The hat’s shape is not the hat the whole Christ - body and blood, soul and divinity. Vatican. Deacon Drake McCalister will become the itself, nor is its colour the hat, nor is its size, nor its Ecumenism: One nice part is that most of the major first married priest to be ordained in Steubenville softness to the touch, nor anything else about it churches, viz. the Catholic Church, the Eastern Diocese, in Ohio in USA. perceptible to the senses. The hat itself (the Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodoxy, the Church of McCalister served as a Pentecostal pastor for 13 "substance") has the shape, the colour, the size, the the East, Lutheranism, Anglicanism and Methodism years but resigned his pastorate after he began to be softness and the other appearances, but is distinct accept the concept of Real Presence (with slight drawn to Catholicism. He was ordained to the from them. Whereas the appearances which are diaconate in 2018. Although clerical celibacy is the variations) and hence there is hope for future norm in the Catholic Church’s Latin rite, referred to by the philosophical term “accidents” are ecumenicalagreementonthistopic. exceptions are made on a case by case basis for perceptible to the senses, the substance is not. This distinction between substance and accidents is true For Team Lantern, married clergymen from other denominations who Mr. A.F. Thomas, decide to become Catholic. of all material things in the universe - however since Borivli Parish KIDS CORNER 28 JANUARY | KALYAN LANTERN KALYAN LANTERN | JANUARY 29 KIDS CORNER

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