{"id":10472,"date":"2025-07-04T15:53:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T10:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpura.org\/blog\/?p=10472"},"modified":"2025-07-04T15:57:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T10:27:08","slug":"1977-the-church-i-love-placid-j-podipara-tribute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpura.org\/blog\/1977-the-church-i-love-placid-j-podipara-tribute\/","title":{"rendered":"1977 – The Church I Love – A Tribute To Rev . Placid J Podipara"},"content":{"rendered":"

Through this post, we are releasing the digital scan of the book The Church I Love – A Tribute To Rev . Placid J Podipara\u00a0 <\/strong>published in the year 1977\u00a0 .<\/p>\n

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“1977 \u2013 The Church I Love<\/em>” by Fr. Placid J. Podipara<\/strong> is a small but significant theological and ecclesiological work that reflects the deep personal and spiritual attachment of Fr. Placid to the Catholic Church, especially the Syro-Malabar Church<\/strong>. Fr. Placid Podipara, a pioneering Syro-Malabar theologian, uses this book to express his love and vision for the Church.The book opens with reflections on why the author loves the Church, drawing from his life as a priest, scholar, and member of the Syro-Malabar Church. He speaks not just of institutional loyalty but of spiritual belonging and identity.<\/p>\n

Fr. Placid emphasizes that his love is not just for the universal Catholic Church but also for the Eastern heritage<\/strong> of the Syro-Malabar Church. He defends its East Syriac liturgy, theology, and traditions<\/strong> as authentic and valuable expressions of Catholicism.<\/p>\n

He expresses deep commitment to the unity of the Catholic Church<\/strong>, while also highlighting the richness of diversity in rites. He argues for equal respect for Eastern Catholic Churches, which often faced Latinization and marginalization.<\/p>\n

He concludes with a call to faithfulness<\/strong>, inviting all members of the Church to love it with understanding, commitment, and critical faithfulness, not blind acceptance, but informed and sincere devotion.<\/p>\n

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This document is digitized\u00a0as part of the Dharmaram College Library digitization<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Metadata and link to the digitized document<\/h3>\n

Metadata and link to the digitized document are provided below. A facility to read the document online is provided in the item page.<\/p>\n