The story of the conflict between the Jacobite and Orthodox factions of what was originally called the Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church and now is referred to as the Malankara Church goes back about a century. Christians on the Malabar coast, especially the St. Thomas Christians, lived as one single entity. The St. Thomas Christians still believe that their ancestors were baptized by St. Thomas, the apostle of Jesus in the first century common era. The resolution was that a large group of the St. Thomas Christians would not walk into the Roman church leadership. The direction was that the Malankara church members should meet to decide on the differences.

Source: The Hindu September 26, 2019 15:00 UTC