Indian Christian Theologians: V. C. Samuel (Paperback) - Paperback

2013, ISBN: 1156182506

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[EAN: 9781156182505], Neubuch, [PU: Books LLC, United States], Language: English. Brand new Book. Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Father V.C. Samuel (Vilakuvel Cherian Samuel) Great Servant of Lord (1912 - 1998), called Samuel Achen was an Indian Christian Philosopher, Theologian, Historian and Ecumenical Leader. He was a scholar, a university professor and a priest of the Indian Orthodox Church. He was the author of many doctrinal books and papers including The Council of Chalcedon Re-Examined: Historical Theological Survey. Samuel was born April 6, 1912, in the village Omallur, in Central Travancore, now Pathanamthitta, Kerala State, India. He was born to an Orthodox Syrian Christian (now Indian Malankara Orthodox) family Edayil, April 6, 1912 as the fifth of the nine children of E.I. Cherian and Annamma. E.I.Cherian was a schoolteacher and educationist and a Member of the Legislative Assembly Samuel's growth in religious scholarship was due to in part to the atmosphere of religious devotion and Christian commitment of his family. Samuel had his primary education in a school founded by his father in his village and the Government English Middle School, Pathanamthitta. Samuel obtained his secondary education at St.Thomas English High School, Kozhencherry. He received his English School Leaving Certificate (E.S.L.e in 1931 with distinction. In addition to his general education, Samuel learned the Syriac language, which was the ecclesiastical and liturgical language of the St. Thomas Christians of Kerala. Patriarch Mar Ignatius Elias III of Antioch visited India in 1932. Samuel had a sincere longing for the success of the patriarchal mission, and was deeply moved when the spiritual head of the Syrian Orthodox Church died at St.Ignatius Church, Manjanikkara, in the neighbourhood of his home in 1932. The place where the Patriarch had died, soon grew in stature as a cent. More: /?id=22053033<

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