John Mathews (theologian)
| John Mathews | |
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| Born |
18 December 1952[1] Kerala |
| Education |
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| Parent(s) | Father: Samuel Mathews |
| Church | Indian (Malankara) Orthodox Church |
| Writings |
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| Title | Reverend Father Doctor |
John Mathews (born 18 December 1952) is a New Testament scholar and Metropolitan of the Indian (Malankara) Orthodox Church.[3]
John Mathews is the Secretary of the St.Thomas Orthodox Vaideeka Sangam, the Association of all Priests of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church[4] as well as the publisher of Purohithar, a magazine published by the St. Thomas Orthodox Theological Group from Kottayam.[5] He is the Co-Secretary of the joint commission between the Catholic Church and the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church.[6]
He teaches New Testament at the Orthodox Theological Seminary in Kottayam.[7] He pursued doctoral studies in New Testament at the Fordham University, New York City. His doctoral dissertation was titled The Spirit-Paraclete in the testament of Jesus according to Saint John's Gospel.[8] He was President of the Society for Biblical Studies in India from 2002 to 2004.
References
- Notes
- ↑ Malankara Orthodox Church. List of Candidates for Bishopric
- ↑ John Mathews, The Ecumenical Ideal and the New Testament Reality, Volume 114, National Council of Churches Review, Nagpur, 1994.
- ↑ "7 priests elected as Metropolitans". Express Buzz. The New Indian Express Group. 18 February 2010. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
- ↑ Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. List of Organisations
- ↑ Indian Orthodox Mercy Fellowship, Kuwait. List of Publications
- ↑ Centro Pro Unione.
- ↑ Orthodox Theological Seminary, Kottayam
- ↑ John Mathews, The Spirit-Paraclete in the testament of Jesus according to Saint John's Gospel, (1 January 1993). ETD Collection for Fordham University. Paper AAI9313766.
- Further reading
- National Council of Churches in India (2006). "National Council of Churches Review". 126.
- Aloysius Xavier (Edited) (1994). "Indian Theological Studies". 31.