03-22-2011, 05:22 PM
Yeah, Jacobite and Orthodox Churches in Kerala teach every student at Sunday School about Coonen Cross Oath.
One of the things that bother me is the use of God in Today's Kerala. In Malayalam, the word for God is Daywam. Notice the similarity between Aramaic "Daywa" and Malayalam word Daywam. This Malayalam word for God was borrowed from Sanskrit. This word bothers me a lot. So I use Alaha for God. Orthodox Church use Western Aramaic "Aloho" for God. But nowadays they also use Malayalam word for God. I think that is a major problem.
I think all of these problems started developing since the destruction of Peshitta in Kerala. Although Western Peshitto is available in Malayalam, still there are lots of people who need to understand the importance of it. Because of Portuguese, Greek ended up in Kerala. So Many denominations teach Greek. I think Jacobites and Orthodox are the only denominations who are familiar with Peshitta and Peshitto. But even Jacobites and Orthodox are ignoring Peshitta now a days. That's the sad part.
One of the things that bother me is the use of God in Today's Kerala. In Malayalam, the word for God is Daywam. Notice the similarity between Aramaic "Daywa" and Malayalam word Daywam. This Malayalam word for God was borrowed from Sanskrit. This word bothers me a lot. So I use Alaha for God. Orthodox Church use Western Aramaic "Aloho" for God. But nowadays they also use Malayalam word for God. I think that is a major problem.
I think all of these problems started developing since the destruction of Peshitta in Kerala. Although Western Peshitto is available in Malayalam, still there are lots of people who need to understand the importance of it. Because of Portuguese, Greek ended up in Kerala. So Many denominations teach Greek. I think Jacobites and Orthodox are the only denominations who are familiar with Peshitta and Peshitto. But even Jacobites and Orthodox are ignoring Peshitta now a days. That's the sad part.