Holy Father and You

By – Fr. P. A. Philip

The Sermon on the Mount Carl Bloch, 1890

  • What is the Church?
  • Why should the Church meddle in the life of the Christian?
  • Is the individual significant in the Church?
  • What is faith?
  • Why do we need faith?
  • Is ‘faith in God’ the same as the ‘faith of the Church’?
  • Are we saved by faith or works? Does James contradict Paul doctrinally?
  • What is the Trinitarian doctrine?
  • How do we confess God as the Holy Trinity?
  • Since God is one, does it mean that the one God has three names?
  • If they are three persons, are they not also three Gods?
  • What other inference can we draw from the affirmation that God is triune?
  • What is the Orthodox Church?
  • What is so special about the Orthodox Church?
  • How did different Churches originate?
  • What are the main differences between the Churches?
  • What are the differences between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches?
  • What are the main differences between the Orthodox and Protestant Churches?
  • Why is it that our Church is called the Malankara Orthodox Church?
  • What is the Indian (Malankara) Orthodox Church?
  • What is the fundamental character of Eastern Christianity?
  • How does the Eastern Christian character impact Church administration?
  • What do the words ‘autocephalous’ and ‘autonomous’ mean?
  • Were all autonomous Churches autocephalous and vice-versa?
  • What is the status of our Church – autonomous, autocephalous or both?
  • Should we strive to be autonomous, changing the pattern of worship?
  • How come the teaching concerning Jesus Christ led to divisions in the Church?
  • What are these groupings?