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    "book_name": "History of Christianity in India: Source Materials",
    "book_author": "M. K. Kuriakose",
    "publisher": "Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge",
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      "chunk_data": "188. ANGLICAN/MAR THOMA CONCORDAT\n(1957 A.D.)\nIn 1936 relations of occasional inter-communion had been established between the Mar Thoma Church and the Church of India, Burma and Ceylon. At a meeting held at Tiruvella on the 18th and 19th of August, 1957, a concordat was drawn up between the two churches which brought them into an even closer relationship. Cited in C. E. Abraham, ed., The Mar Thoma Syrian Church and The Church of India and the Church of South India, pp. 7-8.",
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        "event": "The Mar Thoma Church and the Church of India, Burma and Ceylon established occasional inter-communion relations in 1936, and representatives later drew up a concordat at Tiruvella in August 1957.",
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      "chunk_data": "1. On ecumenical occasions, and at other common gatherings when members of both Churches are present together at the Holy Communion, members of either Church may receive communion when the celebrant is of the other.",
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        "event": "The concordat permitted members of either Church to receive communion from a celebrant of the other Church at ecumenical and other common gatherings.",
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      "chunk_data": "2. Persons seeking to change their membership from the Mar Thoma Church to the Anglican Church or vice versa shall be admitted to such new membership only after they produce a certificate signed both by the Pastor of the congregation and by the Bishop of the Church to which they have belonged hitherto. Such certificates shall not ordinarily be issued until a period of at least three months has elapsed after it has been applied for.",
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        "event": "The concordat required people transferring between the Mar Thoma and Anglican Churches to provide certificates signed by both the congregation's Pastor and the Bishop of their former Church, normally after a three-month waiting period.",
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      "chunk_data": "3. The same procedure shall be followed in the case of those who may seek admission into the Anglican or Mar Thoma Church even from any other Church if they were members of the Anglican or Mar Thoma Church at any period within three years before applying for such admission.",
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        "event": "Bishops were required to obtain information about an applicant's recent membership in the Anglican or Mar Thoma Church when issuing admission certificates.",
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      "chunk_data": "4. Subject to rule (5) below, the pastors of either Church shall have authority and discretion to admit to the Holy Communion, communicant members of good standing in the other Church in places where they have no access to the ministrations of the Church to which they belong.",
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      "chunk_data": "5. A Pastor of either Church may require a certificate of good standing from a member of the other Church before admitting him regularly to Holy Communion. Such a certificate should be signed by a Pastor of the Church of the member concerned.",
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