TY - BOOK AU - Kochuvilayil, George Thomas. AU - Kochuvilayil,George Thomas TI - The Juridical Figure of Catholicos in the Catholic Church: A Historical-Juridical Study With Special Reference to the Catholicos of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church U1 - GT2014 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Romae PB - Pontificium Institutum Orientale N1 - includes index and biblioraphy; 1. Historical Analysis of the Evolution of the Title Catholicos Christian Church in the roman Empire ...........7 The Churches in the cities ..........................9 The Churches in the Persian Empire ..................................18 The maphrian ...............................26 The Establishment of Catholicate in the Malankara Church ...............33 The second catholicos and his Successors in the history ...........48 Catholicos of the srian jacobite Church of Kerala .................49 Catholicos of the Syro-Malankara catholic Church ...................52 Codification of the particular Canons of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church ............59 Approval and the recognitio to the CPCMCC..............64 Promulgation of CPCSMCC...............66 2. Juridical Analysis of the Titles: Catholicos and Maphrian Etymological Analysis of the Terms : Patriarch, Major Archbishop, Catholicos and Maphrian ............69 Catholicate ..........75 The Juridical Figure of Catholicos in the Councils of Armenia and Other Canonical Documents of the First Millennium .............75 The Figure of Catholicos in the general Synod of the Seleucian church .........................79 The Juridical Figure of Catholicos And Maphrian in the ancient Canons and synods of the syriach Orthodox Church ...................88 The Juridical Rights of the Catholicos According to the Sthathicons Given by Patriarch Abd-al Massiah II ............96 The Catholicos in the constitution of Malankara Orthodox church ..............99 Catholicos in the Syriac orthodox church of kerala ................108 2. Redaction Commission and Genesis of Cs Canons 335 ............113 Iter of CCEO Canon 151..................120 3. Major Archbishop- Catholicos of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church The Title catholicos and its usages in the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church .............144 Rights and Obligations of Catholicos .............153 The Ecumenical significance of the title ............168 ER -