Holy Father and You
By – Fr. P. A. Philip
- What is the Church?
- Why should the Church meddle in the life of the Christian?
- Is the individual significant in the Church?
- What is faith?
- Why do we need faith?
- Is ‘faith in God’ the same as the ‘faith of the Church’?
- Are we saved by faith or works? Does James contradict Paul doctrinally?
- What is the Trinitarian doctrine?
- How do we confess God as the Holy Trinity?
- Since God is one, does it mean that the one God has three names?
- If they are three persons, are they not also three Gods?
- What other inference can we draw from the affirmation that God is triune?
- What is the Orthodox Church?
- What is so special about the Orthodox Church?
- How did different Churches originate?
- What are the main differences between the Churches?
- What are the differences between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches?
- What are the main differences between the Orthodox and Protestant Churches?
- Why is it that our Church is called the Malankara Orthodox Church?
- What is the Indian (Malankara) Orthodox Church?
- What is the fundamental character of Eastern Christianity?
- How does the Eastern Christian character impact Church administration?
- What do the words ‘autocephalous’ and ‘autonomous’ mean?
- Were all autonomous Churches autocephalous and vice-versa?
- What is the status of our Church – autonomous, autocephalous or both?
- Should we strive to be autonomous, changing the pattern of worship?
- How come the teaching concerning Jesus Christ led to divisions in the Church?
- What are these groupings?