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Hinduism: What Really Happened in India – M. M. Ninan 241 Christianity in India by Moraes p. 33) Rev. R.A. Trotter, (Conference, February 1947, cited in Moraes) who had some contact with this group of Fakirs writes as follows: To support the contention that Apostle Thomas came to Sind, there is a Fakir community living in Tatta, which has occasionally revealed itself. This Fakir group, to all appearances Hindu, calls is small community by an Aramaix name something like Barthomai, the sons of Thomas, and claims that it is descended from Christians baptized by St.Thomas himself and that in their secret society they own books and relics to support their position. Unfortunately no outsider, either Indian or European, has had access to the activities of this society and individual members are hard as the Indian lion. Again as recently as 2000 AD Christian missions in OM and Campus Crusade have encountered these Fakirs who greeted them with “Jai Jesus” and bared their Cross hidded under their saffron robe. The book of Acta Thoma was written sometime in the third century AD by a Gnostic author in Edessa, Syria. Gospel of Thomas also came into existence around that period. Gospel of St. Thomas was discovered in Egypt in 1950 and is essentially Gnostic. Though the story of Thomas was disbelieved till 1930 because of the lack of historical evidence of a King called Gondaphorus and his brother Gad. Surprisingly in 1930 a collection of coins of AD 46 in the name of Gondopherne of Peshawar were discovered. Gad’s name also turned up thus corroborating the historical settting of the ministry of Thomas. We also know that there existed a powerful Christian Dynasty in Kerala – the Villarvattom Dynasty which lasted nearly a millennium from 510 to 1439 AD. Malankara (Kerala) always had the Christian presence which had been corroborated by visitors from abroad. Evidently Malankara Churches had direct connections with the rest of the Universal (Catholic) Churches in Middle East and Europe. The fact that the church was in existence in other parts of India are demonstrated by the historical fact of the arrival of Christians of Vellala origin from Kaverypoopatanam of Pulur District on the River Kaveri. In an old palm-leaf manuscript entitled, The Afairs of the Way is Kerala” the following statements are found.
Hinduism: What Really Happened in India – M. M. Ninan “AD 293. The Vallala converts to Christianity in Kaveri poopattanam (the famous Puhar at the mouth of the Northern baranch of the river Cauvery) were persecuted by their King. So 72 families embarked on a ship and came to Korakkeni (Kollam, Quilon), where there were Christians at that time.” 242 The interesting follow up is that the palm-leaf contains the following entry also: “AD 315 A certain sorcerer called Manikka Vachakar came (to Quilonn) and converted back to Hinduism 116 persons belonging to 8 of the 72 families from Puhar.” .Older history ( Moraes, A History of Christianity in India; White House, The Lingering Light; Ittup, History of the Malabar Sysrian Christian church ) also quotes the following: ‘In the third centuary a certain sorcerer called by them, Manikka Vachagar, arrived in the Chola country (on the East Cost of India), and having deceived and perverted many Christians by his wiles and sown seeds of heresy among them found his way round by land to the Malayalam country. At that time there were many Christians settled in the southern part of Travancore, between Wuilon and Kottar; and in this district he labored, and by his pretended miracles obtained much the same influence over them as Simon Magnus did over the people of Samaria. If anyone was taken ill with serious illness or there was disease among their cattle, the sorcerer was sent for to breathe over them and mutter his charms and apply his sacred ashes. He
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