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the_supremacy_of_the_popes

smcc@undisclosed.example.com (Sandeep Kuriakose) — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 11:56:58 +0000

The Supremacy of the Popes The Church did not perish with Peter. It was ordained by Christ to endure until the consummation of time; and therefore, whatever official prerogatives were conferred upon Peter were not to cease with his death, but were to be

the_primacy_of_peter

smcc@undisclosed.example.com (Sandeep Kuriakose) — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 09:23:36 +0000

The Primacy of Peter The Catholic Church teaches that our Lord conferred upon St Peter the first place of honour and jurisdiction in the governance of His entire Church, and that the same spiritual supremacy has always resided in the Popes, or Bishops of Rome

the_church_and_the_bible

smcc@undisclosed.example.com (Sandeep Kuriakose) — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 08:43:04 +0000

The Church and the Bible The Church, as we have just seen, is the only Divinely constituted teacher of Revelation. Now, the Scripture is the great depository of the Word of God. Therefore, the Church is the divinely appointed Custodian and Interpreter of the Bible

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smcc@undisclosed.example.com (Sandeep Kuriakose) — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 05:25:53 +0000

Infallible Authority of the Church The Church has authority from God to teach regarding faith and morals, and in her teaching she is preserved from error by the special guidance of the Holy Ghost. The prerogative of infallibility is clearly deduced from the attributes of the Church already mentioned. The Church is

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smcc@undisclosed.example.com (Sandeep Kuriakose) — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 03:40:42 +0000

Perpetuity of the Church Perpetuity, or uninterrupted duration until the end of time, is one of the most striking marks of the Church. By perpetuity is not meant merely that Christianity, in one form or another, was always to exist, but rather that the

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smcc@undisclosed.example.com (Sandeep Kuriakose) — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 17:55:41 +0000

Apostolicity The true Church must be Apostolical. Thus, in the Creed formulated at the First Ecumenical Council of Nicæa in the year 325, we find the declaration: “I believe in the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church.” This attribute—or note—of the Church implies that the true Church must always teach the identical doctrines once delivered by the Apostles, and that her ministers must derive their powers from the Apostles by an unbroken succession.

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smcc@undisclosed.example.com (Sandeep Kuriakose) — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 17:30:01 +0000

Catholicity That Catholicity is a prominent note of the Church is evident from the Apostles' Creed, which declares: “I believe in the Holy Catholic Church.” The word Catholic, meaning universal, signifies that the true Church is not circumscribed in its extent like human empires, nor confined to one race of people as was the Jewish Church, but that she is diffused throughout every nation of the globe, and numbers among her children all tribes, peoples, and tongues of the earth.

start

smcc@undisclosed.example.com (Sandeep Kuriakose) — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 17:15:52 +0000

Welcome to the Syro Malankara Catholic Church Knowledge Hub Return To News Website Our History: The St. Thomas Christian Heritage and the Journey to Catholic Reunion Part 1: Apostolic Foundations, Growth, External Influences, and Early Schisms (AD 52–1665) *

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smcc@undisclosed.example.com (Sandeep Kuriakose) — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 17:13:40 +0000

The Holiness of the Church Holiness is also a mark of the true Church; for in the Creed we say, “I believe in the holy Catholic Church.” Every society is founded for a specific purpose. One society may be formed with a view to cultivating social intercourse among its members; a second may be organised to advance their temporal interests; and a third may exist for the purpose of promoting literary pursuits.

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smcc@undisclosed.example.com (Sandeep Kuriakose) — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 07:58:46 +0000

The Unity of the Church By unity is meant that the members of the true Church must be united in the belief of the same doctrines of revelation, and in the acknowledgment of the authority of the same pastors. Heresy and schism are opposed to Christian unity. By heresy, a man rejects one or more articles of the Christian faith. By schism, he spurns the authority of his spiritual superiors.

the_blessed_trinity_the_incarnation

smcc@undisclosed.example.com (Sandeep Kuriakose) — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 07:41:55 +0000

The Blessed Trinity, The Incarnation The Catholic Church teaches that there is but one God, who is infinite in knowledge, in power, in goodness, and in every other perfection; who created all things by His omnipotence, and governs them by His Providence.

introduction_by_cardinal_james_gibbons

smcc@undisclosed.example.com (Sandeep Kuriakose) — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 07:31:51 +0000

Introduction. MY DEAR READER: Perhaps this is the first time in your life that you have held a book in which the doctrines of the Catholic Church are expounded by one of her own sons. You have, no doubt, heard and read many things concerning our Church; but has not your information come from teachers justly liable to suspicion?

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smcc@undisclosed.example.com (Sandeep Kuriakose) — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 07:18:43 +0000

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smcc@undisclosed.example.com (Sandeep Kuriakose) — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 07:17:05 +0000

Foreword (Rendered from the original Malayalam Preface to the Translation) When news spread that Our Fathers’ Faith — a catechetical classic originally written by James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore, USA — was being translated into Malayalam by

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smcc@undisclosed.example.com (Sandeep Kuriakose) — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 14:14:28 +0000

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smcc@undisclosed.example.com (Sandeep Kuriakose) — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 14:11:36 +0000