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The 2011 Indian census found a total of 6,411,269 Christians in Kerala, [1] with their various denominations as stated: Saint Thomas Christians (including multiple Catholic, Oriental Orthodox and Protestant bodies) constituted 70.73% of the Christians of Kerala, followed by Latin Catholics at 13.3%, Pentecostals at 4.3%, CSI at 4.5%, Dalit ...
The Saint Thomas Christians, also called Syrian Christians of India, Marthoma Suriyani Nasrani, Malankara Nasrani, or Nasrani Mappila, are an ethno-religious community of Indian Christians in the state of Kerala (Malabar region), [8] who, for the most part, employ the Eastern and Western liturgical rites of Syriac Christianity. [9]
Knai Thoma, a Syriac Christian merchant, brought a group of 72 Christian families from Mesopotamia to Kerala in the 4th century. [ 71 ] [ 85 ] He was granted copper-plates by the Chera Dynasty , which gave his party and all native Christians socio-economic privileges. [ 86 ]
Forming 65% of the Christians in the Thiruvananthapuram district, 36% of the Christians in the Kollam district, 24% of the Christians in the Ernakulam district and 23% of the Christians in the Alappuzha district, they have significant populations in Trivandrum, Alleppey, Neyyantinkara, Parassala, Punalur, Quilon, Verapoly, Vypeen, Calicut ...
Kerala Catholic Bishops' Council; Kerala Council of Churches; Kerala State Development Corporation for Christian Converts from Scheduled Castes and the Recommended Communities; Kollam Orthodox Diocese; Kunukku
A History of Christianity in Kerala, from the Mission of St. Thomas to the arrival of Vasco Da Gama (A.D. 52-1498) (1973 ed.). Kerala Historical Society. - Total pages: 163 ; Church History Association of India (1969). Indian Church History Review, Volume 3 (1969 ed.). Church History Association of India. Menon, A. Sreedhara (1962).
The Church of South India as it exists today came into being with the perseverance and committed efforts of Rev. Vedam Santiago, [citation needed] who for a long period of time took leadership of the SIUC, the South Indian United Churches, which later, with the joint efforts of Rev. V Santiago [citation needed] and Bishop Azariah became the ...
The Malankara Orthodox-Jacobite church dispute or the Schism of 1912 was the split in the Malankara Syrian Church that led to an ongoing series of church disputes in Kerala, India.