Yuhanon Mar Dimithrios

John Mathews
Born (1952-12-18)18 December 1952[1]
Kerala
Education


Parent(s) Father: Samuel Mathews
Church Indian (Malankara) Orthodox Church
Writings


Title Reverend Father Doctor

John Mathews (born 18 December 1952) is a New Testament scholar and Metropolitan of the Indian (Malankara) Orthodox Church.[3]

John Mathews is the Secretary of the St.Thomas Orthodox Vaideeka Sangam, the Association of all Priests of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church[4] as well as the publisher of Purohithar, a magazine published by the St. Thomas Orthodox Theological Group from Kottayam.[5] He is the Co-Secretary of the joint commission between the Catholic Church and the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church.[6]

He teaches New Testament at the Orthodox Theological Seminary in Kottayam.[7] He pursued doctoral studies in New Testament at the Fordham University, New York City. His doctoral dissertation was titled The Spirit-Paraclete in the testament of Jesus according to Saint John's Gospel.[8] He was President of the Society for Biblical Studies in India from 2002 to 2004.

References

Notes
  1. ↑ Malankara Orthodox Church. List of Candidates for Bishopric
  2. ↑ John Mathews, The Ecumenical Ideal and the New Testament Reality, Volume 114, National Council of Churches Review, Nagpur, 1994.
  3. ↑ "7 priests elected as Metropolitans". Express Buzz. The New Indian Express Group. 18 February 2010. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
  4. ↑ Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. List of Organisations Archived 15 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ Indian Orthodox Mercy Fellowship, Kuwait. List of Publications Archived 26 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ↑ Centro Pro Unione.
  7. ↑ Orthodox Theological Seminary, Kottayam
  8. ↑ John Mathews, The Spirit-Paraclete in the testament of Jesus according to Saint John's Gospel, (1 January 1993). ETD Collection for Fordham University. Paper AAI9313766.
Further reading
  • National Council of Churches in India (2006). "National Council of Churches Review". 126.
  • Aloysius Xavier (Edited) (1994). "Indian Theological Studies". 31.
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