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The Portuguese started a Latin diocese in Goa (1534) and another at Cochin (1558), in the
Saint Thomas Christians. The Portuguese padroado was extended over them, and from
1599 until 1896, they were under Latin bishops. Divisions within the Saint Thomas Christians
arose between those who accepted the Latinization and those who chose to adhere to the
Syriac church.
Every attempt to resist the latinization process was branded by the Portuguese as heretical.
The Saint Thomas Christians resisted, under the leadership of their indigenous archdeacon,
under the leadership of archdeacon Thoma, when a section of the Saint Thomas Christians
publicly took an oath that they would not obey the Portuguese bishops and the Jesuit fathers.
In 1665 an Antiochean bishop called Mar Gregorios arrived in India and the dissident group
under the leadership of the archdeacon welcomed him.
Though most of the Thomas Christians gradually relented in their strong opposition to 1665
marked the beginning of a formal schism among the Syrian Christiansin Kerala, who until
then had been one Church. Those who accepted the West Syrian theological and liturgical
tradition of Mar Gregory became known as Jacobites (Malankara Jacobite Syrian Church,
Syriac Orthodox Church). Those who continued with East Syrian theological and liturgical
tradition are known as Syro Malabar Church in communion with the Catholic Church.
Through this process, Saint Thomas Christians were divided into East Syrians and West
Syrians.
In 1912 a further split occurred in the West Syrian community when a section declared itself
an autocephalous church and announced the re-establishment of the ancient Catholicosate
of the East in India. This was not accepted by those who remained loyal to the Syrian
Patriarch. The two sides were reconciled in 1958, but differences developed again in 1975.
Today the community is divided into Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church (in Oriental
Orthodox Communion), and the Jacobite Syriac Orthodox Church (in Oriental Orthodox
Communion).
In 1772 West Syrians under the leadership of Kattumangattu Abraham Mar Koorilose,
Metropolitan of Malankara, formed the Malabar Independent Syrian Church (Thozhiyur
Sabha).
Saint Thomas Christians. The Portuguese padroado was extended over them, and from
1599 until 1896, they were under Latin bishops. Divisions within the Saint Thomas Christians
arose between those who accepted the Latinization and those who chose to adhere to the
Syriac church.
Every attempt to resist the latinization process was branded by the Portuguese as heretical.
The Saint Thomas Christians resisted, under the leadership of their indigenous archdeacon,
under the leadership of archdeacon Thoma, when a section of the Saint Thomas Christians
publicly took an oath that they would not obey the Portuguese bishops and the Jesuit fathers.
In 1665 an Antiochean bishop called Mar Gregorios arrived in India and the dissident group
under the leadership of the archdeacon welcomed him.
Though most of the Thomas Christians gradually relented in their strong opposition to 1665
marked the beginning of a formal schism among the Syrian Christiansin Kerala, who until
then had been one Church. Those who accepted the West Syrian theological and liturgical
tradition of Mar Gregory became known as Jacobites (Malankara Jacobite Syrian Church,
Syriac Orthodox Church). Those who continued with East Syrian theological and liturgical
tradition are known as Syro Malabar Church in communion with the Catholic Church.
Through this process, Saint Thomas Christians were divided into East Syrians and West
Syrians.
In 1912 a further split occurred in the West Syrian community when a section declared itself
an autocephalous church and announced the re-establishment of the ancient Catholicosate
of the East in India. This was not accepted by those who remained loyal to the Syrian
Patriarch. The two sides were reconciled in 1958, but differences developed again in 1975.
Today the community is divided into Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church (in Oriental
Orthodox Communion), and the Jacobite Syriac Orthodox Church (in Oriental Orthodox
Communion).
In 1772 West Syrians under the leadership of Kattumangattu Abraham Mar Koorilose,
Metropolitan of Malankara, formed the Malabar Independent Syrian Church (Thozhiyur
Sabha).
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