A Roman Catholic View of the Church of South India

Proceeding from autobiography, this chapter analyses the multiple dimensions that influenced the formation of the Church of South India. Such a post-Anglican ecumenical movement was prompted by drawing away from the receding shadow of the British Empire and moving towards other native communities emerging at the dawn of Indian Independence. Against this backdrop, the chapter examines the current realignments taking place within the Anglican Communion. The emergence of ‘transnational compactism’, in which collaborations are pursued with like-minded churches, are not the same as previous movements of ecumenism. What then are the directions open for the Anglican Communion? ‘Cosmo-transAnglicanism’ is offered as a model. Constructively working with Christology, a re-appropriation of Christ as the reconciling and compassionate One, is put forward as a challenge to both the Uniting Churches and the not-so-united churches within the Anglican Communion.

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Baptism in the Church of South India

Scottish Journal of Theology ◽

10.1017/s0036930600020251 ◽

1955 ◽

Vol 8 (4) ◽

pp. 385-391

Author(s):

T. S. Garrett

Keyword(s):

South India ◽

Lord's Supper ◽

Experimental Production ◽

Full Membership ◽

Present Essay ◽

Church Of South India ◽

The Church

Since the first Synod of the Church of South India elected a standing Liturgy Committee and assigned it as its first task the drafting of an order for the Lord's Supper, that committee has never been without work in hand. SJT has from time to time given the hospitality of its pages to reports of the committee's progress, the most recent being Doing Over a Liturgy by the Rev. J. R. Macphail, which appeared in the issue of December 1954 and gave an account of our revision of An Order for the Lord's Supper. This present essay may be regarded as continuing in the same series and reporting on our experimental production of An Order for Holy Baptism, which was the task we undertook and completed in 1954. Our intention is to revise it together with An Order for Reception into Full Membership of the Church or Confirmation after about five years of use, when we hope to have an adequate body of criticisms to guide us.

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THE INAUGURATION OF THE CHURCH OF SOUTH INDIA

International Review of Mission ◽

10.1111/j.1758-6631.1948.tb03607.x ◽

1948 ◽

Vol 37 (1) ◽

pp. 49-53 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

CAROL GRAHAM

Keyword(s):

South India ◽

Church Of South India ◽

The Church

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Catholic shrines in Chennai, India: the politics of renewal and apostolic legacy

10.26686/wgtn.17006194 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

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Thomas Charles Nagy

Keyword(s):

South India ◽

Large City ◽

Roman Catholic ◽

Hindu Nationalism ◽

Recent Past ◽

Church Hierarchy ◽

Wide Range ◽

Indian Christianity ◽

Catholic Churches ◽

The Church

<p>This thesis investigates the phenomenon of Catholic renewal in India by focussing on various Roman Catholic churches and shrines located in Chennai, a large city in South India where activities concerning saintal revival and shrinal development have taken place in the recent past. The thesis tracks the changing local significance of St. Thomas the Apostle, who according to local legend, was martyred and buried in Chennai. In particular, it details the efforts of the Church hierarchy in Chennai to bring about a revival of devotion to St. Thomas. In doing this, it covers a wide range of issues pertinent to the study of contemporary Indian Christianity, such as Indian Catholic identity, Indian Christian indigeneity and Hindu nationalism, as well as the marketing of St. Thomas and Catholicism within South India. The thesis argues that the Roman Catholic renewal and "revival" of St. Thomas in Chennai is largely a Church-driven hierarchal movement that was specifically initiated for the purpose of Catholic evangelization and missionization in India. Furthermore, it is clear that the local Church‘s strategy of shrinal development and marketing encompasses Catholic parishes and shrines throughout Chennai‘s metropolitan area, and thus, is not just limited to those sites associated with St. Thomas‘s Apostolic legacy.</p>

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Christianity In Kottar – A Study

Think India ◽

10.26643/think-india.v22i2.9514 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 22 (2) ◽

pp. 3266-3269

Author(s):

T. Brigit Hema ◽

D. Rani Mila

Keyword(s):

South India ◽

Salvation Army ◽

History Of ◽

Pentecostal Churches ◽

Church Of South India ◽

The Church

Christianity in Kottar is the history of Catholicism in the Diocese of Kottar. Christianity in this study area has many denominations such as Catholicism, the Church of South India and minor divisions such as Salvation Army and the Pentecostal churches. This study is limited to the history of Catholicism in the Diocese of Kottar

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Appendix 2. THE CHURCH OF SOUTH INDIA ORDINAL (1962)

Modern Anglican Ordination Rites ◽

10.31826/9781463219376-009 ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 59-60

Keyword(s):

South India ◽

Church Of South India ◽

The Church

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A Historical Survey of Southern African Liturgy: Liturgical Revision from 1908 to 2010

Journal of Anglican Studies ◽

10.1017/s1740355316000280 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

pp. 58-87

Author(s):

Andrew-John Bethke

Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

Catholic Church ◽

South India ◽

Church Of England ◽

Roman Catholic ◽

Roman Catholic Church ◽

Historical Survey ◽

Anglican Church ◽

The Usa ◽

The Church

AbstractThe article surveys liturgical developments in the Anglican Church of Southern Africa from 1908 to 2010. The author uses numerous source documents from several Anglican archives to analyse the experimental and fully authorized liturgies, detailing the theological and sociological shifts which underpinned any significant changes. The author includes several sources which, until this point, have not been considered; particularly in relation to the reception of newer liturgies. These include letters, interviews and newspaper articles. Influences from the Roman Catholic Church, the Church of South India, the Church of England, the Episcopal Church in the USA and the Church of New Zealand all contributed to the authorized rites in the local church. Furthermore, the article shows that local, traditionally disenfranchised voices are now beginning to be included with liturgical transformation.

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