TY - BOOK AU - Pallath, Paul AU - Pallath,Paul TI - Vicariate Apostolic of Verapoly and the St Thomas Christians in 1867: Kuriakose Elias Chavara Unworthy of Episcopate? SN - 9789384964122 U1 - J63 PY - 2018/// CY - Bangalore PB - Dharmaram Publications N1 - includes index and biblioraphy; Section One KURIAKOSE ELIAS CHAVARA AS VICAR GENERAL OF VERAPOLY FOR THE ST THOMAS CHRISTIANS Introduction 15 1. Appointment of Kuriakose Elias Chavara as Vicar General for the Fight against Rokos 17 2. Letter of Vicar Apostolic Bernardino to the Prefect of Propaganda Fide Informing Him of the Appointment of Chavara as Vicar General 3. Letter of Vicar General Chavara and His Companions to Pope Pius IX for Ascertaining the Truth about the Mission of Rokos 21 4. Reply of Pope Pius IX to Chavara and Companions Declaring the Illegitimacy of the Mission of Rokos 23 Section Two KURIAKOSE ELIAS CHAVARA UNWORTHY OF EPISCOPATE? Introduction 25 5. Letter of Vicar Apostolic Bernardino to the Prefect of Propaganda Fide concerning the Conversion of Antony Thondanatt 32 6. Letter of the Prefect of Propaganda Fide Seeking the Opinion of Vicar Apostolic Bernardino on the Episcopal Consecration of Chavara 7. Opinion of Fr. Marcelline of St Therese OCD to Vicar Apostolic Bernardino against the Episcopal Consecration of Chavara 41 8. Opinion of Fr. Leopold of St Joseph OCD to Vicar Apostolic Bernardino against the Episcopal Consecration of Chavara 45 9. Letter of Vicar Apostolic Bernardino to the Prefect of Propaganda Fide against the Episcopal Consecration of Chavara 51 Section Three THE SITUATION OF THE ST THOMAS CHRISTIANS IN THE VICARIATE APOSTOLIC OF VERAPOLY IN 1867 Introduction 53 10. Report of Vicar Apostolic Bernardino on the State of St Thomas Christians in the Vicariate of Verapoly in 1867 ....54 11. List of Parishes and Respective Chapels, Priests, Faithful and Schools Belonging to Syro-Malabar Christianity in the Vicariate Apostolic of Verapoly 91 12. List of Suriani Books, of Which Very Few Copies Are Found in Malabar 108 13. List of Moral and Devotional Books Translated into Malabar Language and Printed 110 ER -