Rumblings of Babu Paul -Part II

This is in continuation of my posting on the same subject a couple of days ago.This part I am dealing with his statements on the name PauloseII which has been given to the newly consecrated Catholicose.He states that there were two other Cathlicose of the East who were named PauloseI and Paulose II and therefore the present Catholicose should have been named PauloseIII.

Although Catholicate in Malankara is a continuation of the Throne of St.Thomas which was in existence in the erstwhile Persian Empire,it has many characteristics of its own too.The relationship between the ancient Persian Church is one of the cornerstones of the Catholicate in India.It is a re establishment of the throne of St.Thomas which fell vacant consequent upon the position of Catholicose and Mafriana becoming defunct in Baghdad and Tigris respectively.Moreover it is a continuity of the titular head of the Church in Malankara which underwent quiet a few metamorphoses with the passage of time and development of the Church.From the position of Arch Deacon or Archadiackhon or Jathikku Karthavian,to that of Metropolitan to that of Malankara Metropolitan,to that of the Catholicose of the east,the metamorphoses that has taken place to the Head of the Church is in line with the development of the Church.This stream also occupies its place in the foundation of the Catholicate.


Therefore the Catholicate in India has a distinct character of its own.Hence the Catholicose of east in Malankara has some characteristics in common with Persian Catholicate and the Mafrianate in Thigris.It also has the characteristics of the ancient Malankara Church.Therefore the name Paulose II is most appropriate for the new Catholicose

Problem with persons with similar mindset as being expressed by Babu Paul is that they can see things only from the point of view of a slave who cannot even dream of leading a liberated life.The slave thinks that he will not be able to face the world without his master's patronage.He enjoys being exploited AND EVEN BEING TORTURED.People with such mindset can never be liberated and are eternally condemned to suffer slavery.At times they may try to liberate themselves,but will become uncomfortable after a while.I find no other explanation to the oscillating stances of Babu Paul on Church matters.

He at one point of time stated that patriarch ZachausI has consecrated Mafrian ThomasI as the Catholicose of a Society headquartered at Puthen Cruz.Now he has expanded the Mafrian's jurisdiction a little more.He now says that ThomasI is Catholicose of India!!!!!,a good promotion.He says Zaka I also promoted St.Thomas as an Apostle in the line of St.Peter and St.Paul.So by one stroke of pen,the patriarch of Antioch has promoted St.Thomas a mind boggling number of steps in Church hierarchy.Yakoob III had with one stroke of pen demoted St.Thomas to the level of a Sexton.....his successor promotes the same St.Thomas to the status of the leaders of the Apostolic Community....by another stroke of pen.

WHAT AN ABSURDITY MY COUNTRYMEN.OUR DEPARTED ARE LUCKY THAT THE WERE NOT PART OR WITNESSES TO THESE ABSURD DRAMAS