History of the Catholicate

What is the origin of the Catholicate in the Persian Church?

• AD 290

• AD 1876

• May 5, 1911

• June 13, 1912

Who was considered equal to the Patriarch in the Persian Empire?

• Mar Ivanios

• Mathan Malpan

• Maphrian

• Catholicos

When was Mar Ivanios consecrated as Catholicos in Malankara?

• May 5, 1911

• June 13, 1912

• February 1913

• September 15, 1912

What was the title given to Mar Ivanios after consecration?

• Mathan Malpan

• Mar Baselius Paulose

• Mar Dionysius VI

• Abded Meshiha

What was the main reason for establishing the Catholicate in Malankara?

• Desire for freedom and liberation

• Foreign domination

• Synod of Mulanthuruthy

• Protestant Reformists

Who demanded the reinstatement of the Maphrianate in Malankara?

• Abded Meshiha

• Mar Ivanios

• Saint Vattasseril Dionysius

• Mathan Malpan of Konattu

What was the title of the leader of the Church, family, clan, or tribe?

• Catholicos

• Mar Baselius Paulose

• Patriarch

• Maphrian

What event took place on February 1913 regarding the Catholicos?

• Issuance of orders regarding rights and authority

• Arrival of Patriarch Abded Meshiha

• Synod of Malankara Church

• Consecration of Mar Ivanios

What was the misconception that led to the establishment of the Catholicate being known as a reinstatement?

• Catholicate of Tigris ceased to exist

• Malankara Church was part of Church of Tigris

• Maphrianate of Tigris was transplanted

• Catholicos was a Maphrian

What was the administrative mechanism for Syrian members in the Church of Tigris?

• Autocephalous Church

• Maphrianate

• Catholicate

• Patriarchate