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The Catholic Church in India is part of the worldwide Catholic Church under the leadership of the Pope. There are over 20 million Catholics in India, [ 1 ] representing around 1.55% of the total population, [ 2 ] and the Catholic Church is the single largest Christian church in India . [ 1 ]
Ecclesiastical polity is the government of a church. There are local ( congregational ) forms of organization as well as denominational . A church's polity may describe its ministerial offices or an authority structure between churches.
[2] The All India Catholic League was formed in 1930 (with C. J. Varkey, Chunkath as Secretary [3]) and sponsored the All India Catholic Congress at Pune in 1934. The body was named the Catholic Union of India in 1944, with Professor M. Ratnaswamy of Anna Malai University as the first National President. The Catholic Union of India was ...
The Indian Ecclesiastical Establishment was created in 1813 [1] to provide Anglican priests for that part of the British Empire.It initially operated under the auspices of the East India Company The Sees of Madras and Bombay were added to that of Calcutta in 1833.
Puthenkūr is the body from which present day Jacobite Syrian Christian Church, Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, CSI Syrian Christians, Mar Thoma Syrian Church, St. Thomas Evangelical Church of India, Syro-Malankara Catholic Church and Malabar Independent Syrian Church originate.
The constitution replaced the Government of India Act 1935 as the country's fundamental governing document, and the Dominion of India became the Republic of India. To ensure constitutional autochthony, its framers repealed prior acts of the British parliament in Article 395. [8] India celebrates its constitution on 26 January as Republic Day. [9]
India has a quasi-federal form of government, called "union" or "central" government, [45] with elected officials at the union, state and local levels. At the national level, the head of government , the prime minister , is appointed by the president of India from the party or coalition that has the majority of seats in the Lok Sabha .
The Catholic Church takes the position that the Church itself has a proper role in guiding and informing consciences, explaining the natural law, and judging the moral integrity of the state, thereby serving as check to the power of the state. [143] The Church teaches that the right of individuals to religious freedom is an essential dignity.