PALLIYOGAM

A LAUDABLE HERITAGE OF THE SYRO-MALABAR MAJOR ARCHIEPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE LIGHT OF CCEO C. 295

Authors

  • Varghese Palathinkal Paurastya Vidyapitham Vadavathoor, Kottayam, India

Keywords:

contribution, ancient, Hindu, ecclesial communion, assembly, heads of families, preservation, identity, background.

Abstract

Palliyogam is a unique heritage and contribution of the St. Thomas’ Christians to the universal Church. In this article, Fr. Palathinkal Varghese “attempts to make an appraisal of the ancient heritage, namely, Palliyogam of the church sui iuris, that is, Syro-Malabar Major Archiepiscopal Church.” He treats how the concept of palliyogam originated in the Hindu cultural and social background and what were the salient features of the same. Further, the nature and objectives of the Palliyogam, and the three kinds of yogam of the SMMAC are briefly but comprehensively discussed: “i) palliyogam (parish assembly or tharakoottam), ii) pradesika yogam (regional assembly or nattukoottam), and iii) mahayogam/desiyayogam/sabhayogam (general assembly or pothukoottam). Palliyogam - parish assembly was considered to be the basic unit of ecclesial communion. The heads of families and priests participated in this assembly” (2.1). By way of treating the CCEO c. 295 the author affirms, “The yogam is a canonical institute or an organ that assists the governance of the parish” (3.1).

Author Biography

Varghese Palathinkal, Paurastya Vidyapitham Vadavathoor, Kottayam, India

Varghese Palathinkal, born on 19 January 1960 and ordained priest on 26 December 1985 for the eparchy of Irinjalakuda in the SMMAC, has secured a licentiate and a doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical Oriental Institute, Rome (1987-1992) and a specialization in jurisprudence from the Roman Rota (1989-1992). His publications include authorship of Consortium totius vitae: Essence and Form of Marital Relationship in the Malabar Church, (STAR 1992); co-authorship of Patriarchal and Matrimonial Legislations in the Oriental Code (STAR 1992); and editorship of a symposium on Temporal Goods of the Church (QANONA series of OIRSI, 2017). Currently, he serves as a judge at the Syro-Malabar Major Archiepiscopal Ordinary Tribunal, Kochi and as a resident teacher at the Institute of Eastern Canon Law, Paurastya Vidyapitham, Vadavathoor, Kottayam.

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Published

2020-08-02

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 2 (2018): Iustitia: Dharmaram Journal of Canon Law

Section

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