1. Palakunnathu Abraham Malpan, was an Indian cleric and theologian known for the Reformation movement within the Malankara Church during the 19th century.
18 Facts About Abraham Malpan
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Abraham Malpan was born in the ancient Syrian Christian Palakunnathu family which practiced West Syriac Rite Oriental Orthodoxy after the Coonan Cross Oath of 1653.
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Abraham Malpan translated and revised the West Syriac liturgy, restoring the Church to what he considered to be its position before the Synod of Diamper in 1599.
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Abraham Malpan therefore strove for the abolition of auricular confession, prayers for the dead, intercession of saints, and veneration of sacraments.
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Abraham Malpan insisted on a high moral standard of conduct for laity and clergy.
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Abraham Malpan's fifth son was a celibate priest.
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Abraham Malpan was then sent to study Syriac and the worship orders under Malpan Korah Kathanar, eventually becoming an expert in the Syriac language.
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Abraham Malpan was one of the first of the priests to get married for getting the cash prize.
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Abraham Malpan obtained good fluency in Syriac and the Bible and acquired a sound knowledge of Christian theology.
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Abraham Malpan was ordained as a Semmasson in 1811, and received the priestly ordination as a Kassessa in 1815 from Mar Thoma VIII.
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Abraham Malpan was appointed as the Vicar of Maramon parish.
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On 6 September 1836, strategies were formed by a group of 12 senior clergy under the leadership of Abraham Malpan, to initiate reformation.
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On Monday 29 August 1836, the closing day of the 15 Day lent Abraham Malpan celebrated the Holy Qurbana Service in Malayalam directly translating from the Syriac Text at his home parish in Maramon.
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Marthoma XII, did not terminate or laicize Abraham Malpan as being a prelate, allowed him to keep the vicar position and suspended Abraham Malpan from religious duties; refused priesthood to the deacons trained under him as a casuistic measure.
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Abraham Malpan was a diabetic, for which there was no proper treatment at the time.
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Abraham Malpan was buried the next day at the Maramon Church.
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Abraham Malpan is generally viewed as either a conservative radical reformer or a harried schismatic in the annals of Indian Christianity.
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Abraham Malpan lived for the edification of the Syrian Church and loved it by disliking and questioning it and trying to redress it through reformation.