Creation
What fruit do Adam and Eve NOT eat from?
The tree of life
What sin did Cain do?
He killed Abel
How many of each animals did God take into the ark?
Two of each kind of animal
This Apostle arrived in Kerala in 52 A.D. to preach the Gospel and was later martyred in Mylapore
Who is St. Thomas?
In 1653, thousands of Christians gathered in Mattancherry and held a rope tied to a cross to take this oath, vowing never to submit to the Roman Church.
What is the Coonan Kurishu Sathyam (or Bent Cross Oath)?
Entered the world after Adam and Eve fell
What is death
What did Abel offer
What sin did Noah struggle with?
Drunkedness
Our Church is named "Malankara" after an ancient name for this region, which is also known as the "Cradle of Christianity in India."
What is Kerala?
Held in 1599, this Synod was the culmination of Portuguese efforts to bring the Indian Church under Rome and enforce a Latinized Liturgy.
What is the Synod of Diamper?
This is the remedy given to Adam and Eve after they fell
Adam - Toil, work for food, take care of family
Eve - Childbirth and husband make decision
Why did God not accept Cain's offering?
It was his leftovers
What was the promise that God made to Noah after the flood?
Hint: there is 2 things
He would never send another flood and you are allowed to eat meat
The existence of these settlements in South India before the Christian era serves as historical testimony to the active trade routes that allowed St. Thomas to travel to India.
What are Jewish settlements?
In 1665, the Church entered the "West Syrian Connection" phase when this Bishop of Jerusalem arrived to confirm the consecration of Mar Thoma I.
Who is Mar Gregorios Abdul Jaleel?
God created us in His image and likeness for 3 purposes
What is labor, love, leisure
What is the name of the line that came from Cain?
Daughters of men
Who are Noah's 3 kids
Ham, Japeth, and Shem
Established in 1912, this is the title of the primate (head) of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, signifying that the Church is autocephalous (self-headed).
Who is the Catholicos of the East?
During the "British Era," Anglican-inspired reformers broke away from the Church to form this denomination, which is now in communion with the Church of England.
What is the Mar Thoma Syrian Church?
Satan tempts and questions Eve about God's ____ and _____
God's authority and trustworthiness
Who is the line from which sprouted the sons of God?
Seth
What did Ham do?
He saw Noah's nakedness
Historical records show that a Bishop named John attended this famous gathering in 325 A.D., representing both Persia and India.
What is the First Ecumenical Council in Nicea?
The 84 churches that were reclaimed by the Carmelite missionaries after the Coonan Cross Oath became the ancestors of this specific denomination.
What is the Syro Malabar Church?