{"pages":{"423":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00447-e494826c988db6dfb1ca.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"SOURCE MATERIALS","box":{"x":474,"y":178,"width":249,"height":18}},{"text":"423","box":{"x":1002,"y":176,"width":59,"height":17}},{"text":"197. A COMMON STATEMENT FROM THE ORTHODOX-","box":{"x":143,"y":256,"width":912,"height":22}},{"text":"MAR THOMA CONVERSATIONS (1971 A.D.)","box":{"x":266,"y":289,"width":669,"height":28}},{"text":"Representatives of the Syrian Orthodox Church and the Mar","box":{"x":225,"y":347,"width":784,"height":27}},{"text":"Thoma Syrian Church held a series of unofficial conversations in","box":{"x":192,"y":372,"width":819,"height":22}},{"text":"which their differences as well as points of agreement were consi-","box":{"x":189,"y":395,"width":817,"height":27}},{"text":"dered. The Common Statement, reproduced here, indicates the points","box":{"x":192,"y":422,"width":816,"height":24}},{"text":"of agreement and was published in 1971. Fr. Paul Verghese and м.","box":{"x":195,"y":447,"width":812,"height":24}},{"text":"Thommen, Orthodox-Mar Thoma Conversations, pp. 5-7.","box":{"x":192,"y":472,"width":661,"height":25}},{"text":"A few of us belonging to the Syrian Orthodox Church and the","box":{"x":183,"y":532,"width":871,"height":29}},{"text":"Mar Thoma Syrian Church have been meeting together in the name","box":{"x":139,"y":558,"width":917,"height":31}},{"text":"of Christ, several times in the last three years. We want to place","box":{"x":140,"y":586,"width":914,"height":31}},{"text":"before our Christian Brethren this agreed d statement of some of the","box":{"x":141,"y":611,"width":914,"height":32}},{"text":"things which we hold in common with each other as Christians.","box":{"x":140,"y":643,"width":854,"height":28}},{"text":"1. Common History:","box":{"x":141,"y":710,"width":305,"height":27}},{"text":"Our two Churches shared a common history till the later half of","box":{"x":182,"y":753,"width":876,"height":29}},{"text":"the nineteenth century. This common history in one undivided","box":{"x":144,"y":782,"width":911,"height":29}},{"text":"Church for some eighteen centuries or more still exists as a strong","box":{"x":139,"y":809,"width":918,"height":28}},{"text":"bond between our two Churches.","box":{"x":140,"y":837,"width":455,"height":25}},{"text":"The demand for reform in the undivided Syrian Church was the","box":{"x":186,"y":893,"width":868,"height":28}},{"text":"occasion for our division. At least as early as the beginning of the","box":{"x":140,"y":920,"width":914,"height":32}},{"text":"19th century these demands were made both by Anglican missiona-","box":{"x":141,"y":948,"width":912,"height":32}},{"text":"ries and by Syrian Christian leaders. There were abuses in the","box":{"x":141,"y":974,"width":912,"height":29}},{"text":"Church; the priests were often uneducated and unable to give","box":{"x":140,"y":1002,"width":914,"height":29}},{"text":"spiritual leadership. The demands for reform were often justified;","box":{"x":140,"y":1029,"width":915,"height":32}},{"text":"sometimes they resulted from lack of understanding of Eastern","box":{"x":141,"y":1057,"width":910,"height":32}},{"text":"tradition.","box":{"x":137,"y":1086,"width":130,"height":22}},{"text":"The demand for reform was pressed by the missionaries. In","box":{"x":185,"y":1141,"width":869,"height":31}},{"text":"1836 the Mavelikara Synod unanimously rejected the demands,","box":{"x":140,"y":1169,"width":914,"height":29}},{"text":"except for a solitary voice of protest. Many of these demands","box":{"x":140,"y":1197,"width":911,"height":31}},{"text":"were subsequently complied with in both our Churches, but alas","box":{"x":137,"y":1224,"width":915,"height":32}},{"text":"only after the separation. The liturgy is celebrated by both our","box":{"x":139,"y":1253,"width":917,"height":31}},{"text":"Churches in Malayalam-one of the major demands of the reformers.","box":{"x":134,"y":1281,"width":918,"height":28}},{"text":"Many of the demands of that time we both find now irrelevant.","box":{"x":136,"y":1309,"width":917,"height":28}},{"text":"In major matters of faith we find ourselves substantially in","box":{"x":140,"y":1337,"width":915,"height":31}},{"text":"agreement.","box":{"x":139,"y":1368,"width":150,"height":24}},{"text":"2. Common Faith:","box":{"x":136,"y":1432,"width":277,"height":22}},{"text":"Much of the faith of the Christian Church we still hold in","box":{"x":182,"y":1474,"width":871,"height":28}},{"text":"common. The great ecumenical creed of Nicea and Constanti-","box":{"x":136,"y":1503,"width":915,"height":31}},{"text":"nople still remains fundamentally the formulation of our faith.","box":{"x":139,"y":1530,"width":912,"height":32}}]},"424":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00448-a2d4be7647c5e00462ff.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"424","box":{"x":129,"y":160,"width":62,"height":21}},{"text":"HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA","box":{"x":357,"y":159,"width":477,"height":21}},{"text":"Our common faith is in the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit,","box":{"x":132,"y":207,"width":919,"height":35}},{"text":"one God; in the Father, the creator of all; in the Son of God who","box":{"x":137,"y":236,"width":912,"height":31}},{"text":"became incarnate, was made man and was born of the Virgin Mary,","box":{"x":136,"y":265,"width":915,"height":32}},{"text":"who lived and taught and died on the cross on behalf of us all; who","box":{"x":133,"y":292,"width":918,"height":32}},{"text":"rose again from the dead, who sits at the right hand of the Father,","box":{"x":139,"y":321,"width":912,"height":32}},{"text":"and who will come in the fulness of his glory to judge the living and","box":{"x":136,"y":347,"width":917,"height":34}},{"text":"the dead; in the Holy Ghost, who spoke in the Old and New","box":{"x":134,"y":376,"width":918,"height":34}},{"text":"Testaments by the prophets and apostles, who proceeds from the","box":{"x":133,"y":402,"width":919,"height":39}},{"text":"Father alone, who is worshipped and adored with the Father and","box":{"x":137,"y":432,"width":915,"height":34}},{"text":"the Son; and in One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church. We","box":{"x":136,"y":460,"width":915,"height":34}},{"text":"confess one baptism for the remission of sins; we look for the resur-","box":{"x":136,"y":489,"width":917,"height":31}},{"text":"rection of the dead and life eternal in the world to come. These","box":{"x":140,"y":515,"width":915,"height":28}},{"text":"fundamental realities which we hold together give us a basis for","box":{"x":140,"y":543,"width":915,"height":32}},{"text":"common prayer and common labours for the glory of God in the","box":{"x":137,"y":571,"width":918,"height":35}},{"text":"service of man.","box":{"x":140,"y":603,"width":203,"height":22}},{"text":"3. The Bible :","box":{"x":136,"y":672,"width":209,"height":21}},{"text":"We both hold the Bible in high reverence as the Spirit-inspired","box":{"x":178,"y":710,"width":878,"height":32}},{"text":"Word of God, the Apostolic testimony to our Lord and Saviour","box":{"x":136,"y":736,"width":921,"height":34}},{"text":"Jesus Christ. Both Churches agree that while the Holy Scriptures","box":{"x":137,"y":766,"width":918,"height":32}},{"text":"are unique in their status and authority and that no other documents","box":{"x":137,"y":795,"width":918,"height":31}},{"text":"can be placed on the same level in the Church, it is also accepted","box":{"x":136,"y":820,"width":919,"height":32}},{"text":"that the Bible is not the sole authority for the whole faith and","box":{"x":137,"y":849,"width":921,"height":32}},{"text":"practice of the Church.","box":{"x":134,"y":880,"width":318,"height":29}},{"text":"4. The Church:","box":{"x":133,"y":948,"width":239,"height":22}},{"text":"We both believe that the Church is the body of Christ, the divine","box":{"x":176,"y":988,"width":879,"height":31}},{"text":"society into which members are incorporated by Baptism and","box":{"x":137,"y":1015,"width":919,"height":34}},{"text":"Chrismation. It is the communion of Saints in which members","box":{"x":134,"y":1045,"width":919,"height":28}},{"text":"united to Christ and to each other in Christ, share in one common","box":{"x":136,"y":1072,"width":921,"height":31}},{"text":"life by the Holy Spirit.","box":{"x":136,"y":1103,"width":313,"height":29}},{"text":"5. The Eucharist:","box":{"x":137,"y":1173,"width":266,"height":21}},{"text":"Both our Churches are agreed that the Eucharist is the central","box":{"x":182,"y":1212,"width":876,"height":29}},{"text":"act of worship of the Church in which we share in the one eternal","box":{"x":139,"y":1238,"width":917,"height":34}},{"text":"and unrepeatable sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross. We have","box":{"x":139,"y":1269,"width":919,"height":31}},{"text":"agreed that the Eucharist is a sacrifice, not in the sense that it","box":{"x":139,"y":1296,"width":919,"height":32}},{"text":"repeats the unique sacrifice of Calvary, but that it makes the sacrifice","box":{"x":143,"y":1326,"width":914,"height":34}},{"text":"of Calvary present in our time and enables us to participate in the","box":{"x":139,"y":1354,"width":918,"height":32}},{"text":"saving power of the cross and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.","box":{"x":140,"y":1382,"width":915,"height":31}},{"text":"We are also agreed that Jesus Christ gives himself his own body","box":{"x":136,"y":1408,"width":924,"height":34}},{"text":"and blood, in the Eucharist and that we partake truly of Christ's","box":{"x":137,"y":1437,"width":918,"height":34}},{"text":"body and blood. We are also agreed in rejecting the terminology","box":{"x":137,"y":1464,"width":922,"height":34}},{"text":"and underlying philosophical concepts of the Western doctrines of","box":{"x":137,"y":1494,"width":928,"height":35}},{"text":"transubstantiation and Consubstantiation. We have agreed that","box":{"x":137,"y":1521,"width":922,"height":29}}]},"425":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00449-c246bca1234dab4d8164.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"SOURCE MATERIALS","box":{"x":449,"y":160,"width":248,"height":18}},{"text":"425","box":{"x":1001,"y":160,"width":62,"height":18}},{"text":"in the Eucharist by the action of the Holy Spirit, the bread and wine","box":{"x":141,"y":209,"width":915,"height":31}},{"text":"after consecration, are the body and blood of our Lord, though we","box":{"x":141,"y":237,"width":914,"height":31}},{"text":"are unable to explain the precise sense in which that is so.","box":{"x":140,"y":263,"width":803,"height":31}},{"text":"6. 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The Place of the Departed :","box":{"x":133,"y":525,"width":418,"height":31}},{"text":"We both agree that belief in the communion of the saints belongs","box":{"x":175,"y":570,"width":875,"height":31}},{"text":"to the faith and practice of both our Churches; that all those who","box":{"x":136,"y":599,"width":912,"height":29}},{"text":"belong to Christ are united to Christ and to each other in the Body","box":{"x":132,"y":626,"width":919,"height":31}},{"text":"of Christ; that death does not separate the believer from Christ or","box":{"x":132,"y":655,"width":918,"height":29}},{"text":"his Body; that the living and the departed belong together to the","box":{"x":132,"y":682,"width":918,"height":31}},{"text":"same Body of Christ though in different ways that we should","box":{"x":132,"y":710,"width":919,"height":31}},{"text":"commemorate the faithful departed and especially those departed","box":{"x":130,"y":737,"width":919,"height":34}},{"text":"whose lives have been an inspiration to the Church. We are all","box":{"x":126,"y":766,"width":922,"height":31}},{"text":"agreed that Christ is the sole mediator between God and Man,","box":{"x":132,"y":792,"width":914,"height":31}},{"text":"but that asking the departed saints for their prayer on our behalf","box":{"x":127,"y":820,"width":919,"height":32}},{"text":"would be no more a violation of the sole mediatorship of Chrsit","box":{"x":126,"y":848,"width":921,"height":32}},{"text":"than asking our living Christian friends to pray for us. There are","box":{"x":126,"y":876,"width":921,"height":35}},{"text":"many significant disagreements among us in this field, but on the","box":{"x":127,"y":906,"width":919,"height":32}},{"text":"this","box":{"x":752,"y":902,"width":55,"height":24}},{"text":"points mentioned here, we find a remarkable area of agreement.","box":{"x":127,"y":932,"width":915,"height":35}},{"text":"The disagreement relates to the questions-firstly, whether our","box":{"x":125,"y":960,"width":918,"height":32}},{"text":"departed are in a state where they can pray to God or benefit from","box":{"x":126,"y":990,"width":918,"height":32}},{"text":"our prayer; secondly, whether we can communicate with them.","box":{"x":127,"y":1018,"width":854,"height":31}},{"text":"8. Practice :","box":{"x":122,"y":1088,"width":189,"height":21}},{"text":"There is much else that is common between us in practice. 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We both insist on celibacy of bishops and allow","box":{"x":125,"y":1349,"width":914,"height":35}},{"text":"married people to be priests. We are both members in the World","box":{"x":119,"y":1380,"width":918,"height":34}},{"text":"Council of Churches.","box":{"x":118,"y":1408,"width":293,"height":27}}]}}}