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CONCLUSION…………………………………………………………………107
CHAPTER 3
THE CHRISTIAN FAMILY AND ITS TRADITIONS IN
THE CULTURAL MILIEU OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF
KOTTAYAM
INTRODUCTION………………………………………………...……………109
PART ONE
AN HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TRADITIONS
3.1 THE RICH HERITAGE OF THE ORIENTAL CHURCHES…......111
3.1.1 ONE FAITH, DIFFERENT TRADITIONS……………………..……...112
3.2 THE CHURCH IN INDIA…………………….………………..……..114
3.3 THE SYRO-MALABAR CHURCH AND ITS HERITAGE……….114
3.3.1 THE ORIGIN AND MEANING OF THE NAME “SYRO-MALABAR”
……………………………………………………………………….….115
3.3.2 THE DOUBLE ANCESTRY OF THE TRADITION……………….….116
3.3.2.1 The Chaldean (East Syrian) Influence…………………………………..116
3.3.2.2 The Indian Influence…………………………………………………….118
3.3.3 THE CULTURAL MILIEU OF THE SYRO-MALABAR CHURCH…121
3.3.3.1 The Socio-political life …………………………………………………122
3.4 THE ARCHDIOCESE OF KOTTAYAM……………………………123
3.4.1 ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE SOUTHISTS……………………...124
3.4.2 DIFFERENT NAMES…………………………………………………..126
3.4.2.1 Southists…………………………………………………………………127
3.4.2.2 Knānāya Community…………………………………………………....127
3.4.2.3 Owners of Five and Half Churches……………………………………...128
PART TWO
A PASTORAL AND MORAL ANALYSIS OF
THE SOUTHIST FAMILY TRADITIONS
3.5 CULTURAL HERITAGE OF THE SOUTHISTS…………………..129
3.6 RELIGIOUS AND MORAL TRADITIONS OF SOUTHIST
FAMILIES….…………………………………………………………………..129
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