Placid J. Podipara

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Father Placid J Podipara or Placidachan (Malayalam: പലാസിഡചചന‍ ‍‍‍; October 3, 1899-April 27, 1985) is considered to be one of the greatest ecclesiastical luminaries of the 20th century in India. He was a member of the Syro Malabar Church and was ordained a priest from the Eastern Catholic religious order- Carmelites of Mary Immaculate. He was an eminent theologian, liturgist, orator, professor, ecumenist, prolific author and a caring pastor. He worked hard to remove the rampant liturgical latinisation of Syro Malabar Church and also was instrumental in bringing the Syro Malankara Church to the Catholic fold. He has authored more than thirty seven books and numerous articles on Saint Thomas Christians in many languages such as English, Malayalam, German and Latin. Some of the important offices which he held include Member of the Pontifical commission for codifying Canon Law, Syriac Language examiner of Kerala University, Consultant to the Congregation for the Oriental Churches, Member of Pontifical commission for restoring the Holy Qurbana of Syro Malabar Church, Professor of Pontifical Oriental Institute and Pontifical Urbaniana University, Rome, Consultant for preparing the agenda of Second Vatican Council. He also had doctorates in Philosophy, Theology and Canon Law which he acquired during his first stint in Rome. Dannoe izdanie predstavlyaet soboj kompilyatsiyu svedenij, nahodyaschihsya v svobodnom dostupe v srede Internet v tselom, i v informatsionnom setevom resurse "Vikipediya" v chastnosti. Sobrannaya po chastotnym zaprosam ukazannoj tematiki, dannaya kompilyatsiya postroena po printsipu podbora blizkih informatsionnyh ssylok, ne imeet samostoyatelnogo syuzheta, ne soderzhit nikakih analiticheskih materialov, vyvodov, otsenok moralnogo, eticheskogo, politicheskogo, religioznogo i mirovozzrencheskogo haraktera v otnoshenii glavnoj tematiki, predstavlyaya soboj isklyuchitelno faktologicheskij material. This book was created using print-on-demand technology.