a. s. mathew (November 9, 2011)
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The Marthoma Church is the off shot of the Jacobite Church. The Bishops bless
the believers in a totally different
style, by touching the forehead of the
believers by the backside of their palm.
Why the Bishops of both the Jacobite and
Marthoma can't bless the believers by
touching their heads with the palm as Jesus did?

If the believers are indeed showing love
and respect to the Bishops by kissing
their hands, that definitely will
stain the Bishop's hand by all kinds of
saliva, which none of the Bishops like
to suffer. Especially in the olden days when the old people used to chew a lot of tobacco. I am simply telling it
openly, how the feet washing was transformed to feet kissing-hand kissing-golden cross touching at the forehead to touching the forehead with the backside of the palm. Religious
traditions are formed like this, and
the laymen never ponder the roots

a. s. mathew (November 9, 2011)
Jesus washed the feet of His disciples to teach them a great lesson about humility, and the right step and direction to leadership. The zealous
(he was the member of such a party)
Peter objected to Christ's act of washing the feet. So, God who took the
form of a man washed the feet of the former
fisherman Peter, who is claimed to be the first Pope of the Catholic Church.
Nowhere in the Bible, we can read that
the believers kissed the feet of the
Apostles. Before the reformation, it was the format that the kings of England had to kiss the feet of the
Pope, and crawl backward on their knee.
After the reformation, feet kissing was
reformed to hand kissing of the Pope
by the kings.

In four hundred years, the kissing
format had many detours and modifications. While I was a young boy,
our family clan President was an Orthodox Bishop. Both the young and
old had to wait in line to get a bl

the praize (November 9, 2011)
@joy chembakasseril, usa,this community is unique in the sense they will listen to what they want to hear,a lot is primarily due to lack of education. Misinterpreting a subject conveniently with respect to the context and within the purview of been biased is something which you will find in abundance in this community and the beauty is they impress upon their ignorant subject matter expertise with impeccable authority,to go to think about it, u can spend sometime laughing your lungs out,think of the experiences u have encountered in the past with this community,or read all the comments and articles on this journal..cheers

joy chembakasseril, usa. (November 9, 2011)
@ the praise- thank you for your kind words of appreciation. It's much bigger than a medal and worth a million dollars ! I don't understand some people's " condamplication and colabrication " -- they are not reading right, they are not thinking right, and they are not doing right, and now they are trying to convince others too, about their doing's .

joy chembakasseril, usa. (November 9, 2011)
@ Vincent_ Njan "maadattharuvi case" neea kuricchum chinthicchhu ! ezhuthirikkunnathu vishadamaayi padicchhu prathikarikkaam, sahoodaran vishamikkunnathuu enikku kaanaam, njaan onnu vaayicchatheea ulluu,ennikku samayam kitttiyilla, njaan athnidakku chicago vareea pooyyi, prathikarrikkaam ketto, njaan evitundee anguum oodipooyittillaa !!!!

the praize (November 9, 2011)
@joy chembakasseril, usa,brother i have no words to commend your observation and comments on modern day pastors,preachers,appreciate you for exposing these false preachers,time these illiterate faithfuls stand up and stand against these show biz.

vincent (November 9, 2011)
Dear joy chembakasseril, usa
madatharuvi yude vishadeekaranam thannittu onnum paranjillallo

joy chembakasseril, usa. (November 9, 2011)
saddhya kazhinjhu paayisam vilambunnapoolaannu chila praasanghiyaarr roogasaanthhi vilambuneea, athupoolea thanneea anyya bhaashayum, ooroo sentence paranjhukazhinjaall oodan continuation aayyi aannyaa baashayum____ njaanum palappozhum chinthhikkaarull vishyam aannu! evarr yaaddaarrttha srusrushakarrkku -- naankkeedu varutthi vakkunnu ! these fake pretensions creating a fake ambience of spirituality among the audience is a disgrace to the churches ! the emergence or presence of true holy spirit can be really felt by a true believer ! most of us just say 'amen and amen' to what-ever we see on the stage just to please the prasanghiyaarr in front, thinking that, let god make the judgemnet. believers should exercise prudence in differentiating 'the fake and the real'! please don't say halleluya to everything that you see in front of you !!!!!

a. s. mathew (September 17, 2011)
"Nadan Swayips" like two western items.
The green dollar and the three pc suit, preferably dark colour:
very rarely use deodorants which is considered as a sin like wearing jewelry,
with the exception of eye glass-watch-
tie pin and dental works. The believers will be watching the greatly
blessed angel of God speaking in another
language.
It won't bother them to wear the woolen
suit in 110/40 heat and humidity, in front of a poor congregation. Some of them will preach only in English if the audience is totally alien to the English language. They are the modern
day blessed miracle workers.