Syro-Malabar Church

Christian community of India, formerly in communion with the [Assyrian] Church of the East; brought under the jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Church by Portuguese missionaries from the early 16th century; it is one of the 22 sui iuris Eastern Churches in Catholic Communion, with its own characteristics of worship, laws, and theology

HMML ID
313984349675
PURL
https://w3id.org/haf/organization/313984349675
LC name
Syro-Malabar Church
HMML name
Syro-Malabar Church
Library of Congress
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no00085368
VIAF
https://viaf.org/viaf/159198190

Variants

  • Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
  • Sīro Malabār Sabha

Organization information

Countries

Preferred citation

"Syro-Malabar Church." HMML Authority File. Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Last modified July 30, 2021. https://w3id.org/haf/organization/313984349675

Change notes

Date added
2021-07-30
Last edited
2021-07-30