Ecclesial Relations

Malankara-Alexandria

Surveys the evidence for relations between Malankara and Alexandria between the second and nineteenth centuries, accompanied by notes. Sources consulted include: Eusebius of Caesarea, Jerome, Pseudo-Zachariah Rhetor, History of the Patriarchs of the Coptic Church, Pukadiyil Ittoop Writer, and Kandanad Granthavari.

Gregorios Abd al-Jalil and Mar Thoma I (?).

Malankara-Antioch

Reviews the claims made in recent literature about historical relations between Malankara and Antioch, and analyses the nature of these relations after the 1600s. Sources consulted include: Canons of Nicaea and Constantinople, Patriarch Dionysius of Tel-Mahre, Neilos Doxapatres, Dionysius Bar Salibi, Ms. Harvard Syr. 38 (Life of Philoxenus), and Canons of Mavelikkara and Mulanthuruthy.

Malankara-Armenia (Upcoming)

Multiple medieval Armenian sources which refer to the Indian Christians and identify them as Miaphysites are surveyed. Sources consulted include: Catholicos Sahak III / Vardapet Sahak, Catholicos Khatchik I, and Samuel Kamrjajorecʿi.

Malankara-Persia (Upcoming)

Surveys the evidence for relations between Malankara and Persia between the second and fifteenth centuries, accompanied by notes. Sources consulted include: Gelasius of Caesarea, Cosmas Indicopleustes, Ishoyahb of Adiabene, Chronicle of Seert, Ibn al-Tayyib, Rabban ‘Brahim of Beth Slokh, and Niranam Granthavāri.