{"pages":{"395":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00419-ff8e87e108e950e5ff83.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"SOURCE MATERIALS","box":{"x":425,"y":145,"width":255,"height":18}},{"text":"395","box":{"x":961,"y":144,"width":59,"height":24}},{"text":"188. ANGLICAN/MAR THOMA CONCORDAT","box":{"x":193,"y":220,"width":717,"height":29}},{"text":"(1957 A.D.)","box":{"x":464,"y":254,"width":167,"height":29}},{"text":"In 1936 relations of occasional inter-communion had been estab-","box":{"x":179,"y":305,"width":785,"height":27}},{"text":"lished between the Mar Thoma Church and the Church of India,","box":{"x":141,"y":331,"width":823,"height":27}},{"text":"Burma and Ceylon. At a meeting held at Tiruvella on the 18th and","box":{"x":135,"y":355,"width":827,"height":29}},{"text":"19th of August, 1957, a concordat was drawn up between the two","box":{"x":135,"y":382,"width":827,"height":28}},{"text":"churches which brought them into an even closer relationship. Cited","box":{"x":135,"y":404,"width":827,"height":28}},{"text":"in C. E. Abraham, ed., The Mar Thoma Syrian Church and The Church","box":{"x":140,"y":432,"width":823,"height":28}},{"text":"of India and the Church of South India, pp. 7-8.","box":{"x":137,"y":453,"width":579,"height":28}},{"text":"1. On ecumenical occasions, and at other common gatherings","box":{"x":130,"y":507,"width":876,"height":35}},{"text":"when members of both Churches are present together at the Holy","box":{"x":82,"y":534,"width":926,"height":35}},{"text":"Communion members of either Church may receive communion","box":{"x":78,"y":562,"width":929,"height":35}},{"text":"when the celebrant is of the other.","box":{"x":77,"y":587,"width":525,"height":29}},{"text":"2. Persons seeking to change their membership from the Mar","box":{"x":126,"y":639,"width":879,"height":36}},{"text":"Thoma Church to the Anglican Church or vice versa shall be","box":{"x":77,"y":667,"width":928,"height":34}},{"text":"admitted to such new membership only after they produce a","box":{"x":84,"y":695,"width":924,"height":35}},{"text":"certificate signed both by the Pastor of the congregation and by","box":{"x":82,"y":724,"width":922,"height":34}},{"text":"the Bishop of the Church to which they have belonged hitherto.","box":{"x":79,"y":751,"width":922,"height":35}},{"text":"Such certificates shall not ordinarily be issued until a period of at","box":{"x":77,"y":779,"width":925,"height":34}},{"text":"least three months has elapsed after it has been applied for.","box":{"x":78,"y":806,"width":840,"height":36}},{"text":"In a place where there is no parish priest of one of the Chur-","box":{"x":123,"y":851,"width":878,"height":32}},{"text":"ches, the Bishop of the other shall inform the Metropolitan of the","box":{"x":75,"y":880,"width":926,"height":32}},{"text":"Church whose member wishes to change his membership, before","box":{"x":71,"y":907,"width":928,"height":35}},{"text":"allowing him to be received.","box":{"x":75,"y":931,"width":386,"height":29}},{"text":"3. The same procedure shall be followed in the case of those","box":{"x":119,"y":985,"width":880,"height":32}},{"text":"who may seek admission into the Anglican or Mar Thoma Church","box":{"x":70,"y":1014,"width":928,"height":32}},{"text":"even from any other Church if they were members of the","box":{"x":70,"y":1041,"width":929,"height":32}},{"text":"Anglican or Mar Thoma Church at any period within three years","box":{"x":67,"y":1068,"width":929,"height":34}},{"text":"before applying for such admission. In issuing certificates of","box":{"x":67,"y":1095,"width":932,"height":32}},{"text":"admission the Bishops will require information on this point.","box":{"x":71,"y":1124,"width":882,"height":38}},{"text":"4. Subject to rule (5) below, the pastors of either Church shall","box":{"x":109,"y":1173,"width":886,"height":34}},{"text":"have authority and discretion to admit to the Holy Communion,","box":{"x":67,"y":1202,"width":924,"height":32}},{"text":"communicant members of good standing in the other Church in","box":{"x":63,"y":1227,"width":931,"height":32}},{"text":"places where they have no access to the ministrations of the","box":{"x":66,"y":1256,"width":925,"height":34}},{"text":"Church to which they belong.","box":{"x":61,"y":1281,"width":420,"height":34}},{"text":"5. A Pastor of either Church may require a certificate of good","box":{"x":110,"y":1334,"width":879,"height":31}},{"text":"standing from a member of the other Church before admitting him","box":{"x":64,"y":1363,"width":925,"height":34}},{"text":"regularly to Holy Communion. Such a certificate should be signed","box":{"x":67,"y":1388,"width":921,"height":35}},{"text":"by a Pastor of the Church of the member concerned.","box":{"x":63,"y":1415,"width":724,"height":29}},{"text":"6. Even in places where a member has access to the ministra-","box":{"x":106,"y":1463,"width":878,"height":31}},{"text":"tions of his own Church he may on particular occasions be allowed","box":{"x":63,"y":1491,"width":922,"height":34}}]}}}