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      "chunk_data": "200. RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE JOINT C.S.I., C.N.I., MAR THOMA THEOLOGICAL COMMISSION (1975 A.D.)\nA theological commission representing the Church of South India, the Church of North India and the Mar Thoma Syrian Church met at Madras on 16th January 1975 and at Bangalore on the 3rd and 4th June 1975 to discuss the question of their closer unity. The following recommendations were adopted for consideration of the respective churches. The most notable feature of this document is the proposal for the establishment of an all-India United Church to be known as 'The Bharath Christian Church'. Minutes of the Joint Theological Commission of the Church of South India, the Church of North India and the Mar Thoma Syrian Church, Appendix VI, pp. 41-42.",
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      "chunk_data": "1. Our relationship of full communion is basically a relationship in and through Jesus Christ, expressed in the theological agreements on Scripture, the two great Sacraments of the Gospel, the historic Creeds as witness to the Faith, and an episcopate which is both 'historic' and 'constitutional'.",
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        "event": "The three churches affirmed that their full communion was grounded in Jesus Christ and expressed through shared theological principles and episcopal structures.",
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      "chunk_data": "2. The present theological agreement on the above topics among the three Churches is sufficient to warrant further growing together in unity. There is, however, need for a continuing discussion of the historic Faith and Order of the Church in the context of Christ's Mission to India today, and of the unity of the Church in the wider setting of the unity of mankind as a whole.",
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        "event": "The commission stated that existing theological agreement justified further unity while calling for continued discussion of faith, church order, and human unity.",
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        "event": "The commission recommended structures for mutual learning, joint service, social justice, human dignity, and Christian witness in India.",
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        "event": "The commission introduced structural recommendations for closer unity among the three churches.",
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        "event": "The commission recommended a conference of all bishops to consider and implement the Advisory Council's proposals at every level.",
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      "chunk_data": "(b) that when all the three Churches have accepted this recommended scheme each of them should take steps according to their own constitutional procedures to declare themselves part of the Bharath Christian Church.",
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