CANONICAL FACET OF THE MISSIONARY THRUST OF THE SYRO-MALABAR CHURCH

Authors

  • Sebastian Payyappilly Dharmaram Vidhya Kshetram, Banglaore, Rome

Keywords:

apostolate, evangelization, ecclesial, mission policy, commission, dialogue

Abstract

The evangelical mission of the Church, theologically and canonically, is a complex reality comprised of various forms of the apostolate. Each Church sui iuris must fulfill the missionary task that obliges the universal Church. Today, the Syro-Malabar Church is a major archiepiscopal Church with a global presence. However, as a whole, the Syro-Malabar Church does not possess a missionary thrust as such towards the new evangelization which must have become part of the mission of the Commission for Evangelization.

Author Biography

Sebastian Payyappilly, Dharmaram Vidhya Kshetram, Banglaore, Rome

Sebastian Payyappilly CMI has secured a doctorate in Canon Law from St Paul University Ottawa, Canada, and holds a PhD in Canon Law from Ottawa University, Ottawa, Canada. His field of research is in Marriage Law and the research work has been published under the title Mixed Marriage in the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches and the Particular Law of the Syro-Malabar Church. He was the Director of the Institute of the Oriental Canon Law, DVK (2012-2015) and served as judge of the Archdiocesan tribunal of Bengaluru. At present he continues as the resident faculty at the Institute of Oriental Canon Law, DVK, and serves as a judge at the eparchial marriage tribunal of Mandya functioning at DVK, Bengaluru. He is also a visiting faculty of Samanvaya Theologate, Rishikesh, Vidya Deep Theology College-CRI Brothers Unit, Bengaluru, and Centre of Canon Law Studies, St Peter’s Pontifical Institute, Bengaluru.

Downloads

Published

2020-08-02

Issue

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

Section

Articles