Whitehouse, Thomas

Lingerings of Light in a Dark Land Being Researches into the Past History and Present Condition of the Syrian Church of Malabar (1873) - London William Brown and Co. 1873 - 338p

includes index and biblioraphy

Introductory Sketch, Containing some leading outlines of the history of the syrian christians of malabar ................1 2. The tradition that st. thomas preached the gospel and died in India ...........22 The earliest settlements in south India .....23 Church parts and apostasies from the faith. Their Influence on the Christianity of Malabar ..........42 Knaye Thomas, or Thomas cana, and his Traditional Descendants. ............60 The Church of Malabar in the Dark Ages .............75 Rome`s Earlier efforts to subjugate the syrian church .............93 The synod of udlamparur , and the Visitation of the Churches Which followed .........107 The missions to the malleens and to the Todamala ..........123 The jesuits in Malabar ..........147 The decline of the jesuits................166 The barefooted Carmelite mission ........185 Insight into the Working of the Carmelite mission , Chiefly from the testimony of a member of Their order.............214 Church of England mission - work among the syrian christians ..................236 Syrian Churches not yet Particularly noticed. Mission operations in their vicinity, and Personal Recollections ............264

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