Matthew Vellanickal
{{Short description|Indian theologian}}
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| birth_date ={{birth date|df=yes|1934|09|25}}Biblical Archaeology Society, Who's who in biblical studies and archaeology, 1993. p. 309. [https://books.google.com/books?cd=1&id=e7rYAAAAMAAJ&dq=]
| birth_place = Arpookara, Kerala
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- 1964 - Pontifical Urbaniana University, Rome (L.Th.)
- 1970 - Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome (S.S.D.)Matthew Vellanickal, The Divine Sonship of Christians in the Johannine Writings, Volume 72 of Analecta Biblica - Investigationes scientificae in Res Biblicas, Pontificium Institutum Biblicum, Roma, 1977. [https://books.google.com/books?id=4p5-bZuvvw4C&dq=]
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Matthew Vellanickal (born 25 September 1934Ravi Bhushan, Reference India: Biographical notes about men & women of achievement of today & tomorrow, Volume 3, Rifacimento International, 2005. p.72. [https://books.google.com/books?cd=4&id=xmJmAAAAMAAJ&dq=]) is a New Testament scholar and a vicar general of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Changanassery.[http://www.archdiocesechanganacherry.org/archdiocesechanganacherry-archdiocese.php?id=6 Vicars general] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100426090504/http://www.archdiocesechanganacherry.org/archdiocesechanganacherry-archdiocese.php?id=6 |date=26 April 2010 }}
Studies and work
Matthew Vellanickal pursued doctoral studies in the discipline of New Testament at the Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome under the Belgian New Testament Exegete Ignatius de la Potterie and was awarded the doctoral degree in 1970 based on his dissertation The Divine Sonship of Christians in the Johannine Writings. He was a member of the Pontifical Biblical Commission from 1978 to 1984, and President of the Paurastya Vidyapitham (Pontifical Oriental Institute of Religious Studies), KottayamGörres-Gesellschaft, Oriens Christianus, Volume 67, O. Harrassowitz., 1983. p.191. [https://books.google.com/books?id=qFbYAAAAMAAJ&q=mathew+vellanickal+pontifical+biblical+commission&dq=] from 1982Xavier Koodapuzha, Oriental churches: an introduction, Issue 180 of Oriental Institute of Religious Studies, Kottayam, 1996. pp. 4 & 52. [https://books.google.com/books?id=2x7kAAAAMAAJ&q=] to 1994.Jose Poovannikunnel, The role of the priest in the celebration of the Holy Qurbana in Issue 187 of Oriental Institute of Religious Studies, Kottayam, 1996. p. 8 & 9.[https://books.google.com/books?cd=5&id=tD3kAAAAMAAJ&dq=] He was also Professor of New TestamentM. V. Abraham, Book Review: Studies in the Gospel of John, Indian Journal of Theology, Volume 33, Issue 1-3, January-September 1984, pp.98-102. [https://biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/ijt/33-1-3_089.pdf] at St. Thomas Apostolic Seminary, Kottayam.St. Thomas Apostolic Seminary, Kottayam,
Chronicle.[https://santhom.org/chronicle.html]
Writings
- The Divine Sonship of Christians in the Johannine Writings
- Studies in the Gospel of JohnMatthew Vellanickal, Studies in the Gospel of John, Asian Trading Corporation, Bengaluru, 1982. [https://books.google.com/books?id=f6crPQAACAAJ&dq=]
- Biblical prayer experienceMatthew Vellanickal, Biblical prayer experience, St.Paul Publications, Mumbai, 1986. [https://books.google.com/books?id=_eh4NQAACAAJ&dq=]
- Church: Communion of Individual Churches - Biblico-Theological Perspectives on the Communion Ecclesiology of Vatican IIMatthew Vellanickal, Church: Communion of Individual Churches - Biblico-Theological Perspectives on the Communion Ecclesiology of Vatican II, St. Paul's Publications, Mumbai, 2009.
- Biblical Theology of EvangelizationMatthew Vellanickal, Biblical Theology of Evangelization in Evangelization, Dialogue and Development, documenta Missionalia 5, Rome, 1972.
- Biblical Theology of the Individual ChurchesMatthew Vellanickal, Biblical Theology of the Individual Churches in Christian Orient 1, Kottayam, 1980.
- Biblico-Theological Foundations of Ecclesial IdentityMatthew Vellanickal, Biblico-Theological Foundations of Ecclesial Identity in T. Vellilamthadam (Edited), Ecclesial Identity of the St. Thomas Christians, Kottayam, 1985.
- Ecclesial Communion: A Biblical PerspectiveMatthew Vellanickal, Ecclesial Communion: A Biblical Perspective in Bible Bhashyam 12, Kottayam, 1996.
- Evangelization in the Johannine WritingsMatthew Vellanickal, Evangelization in the Johannine Writings in Good News and Witness, Bengaluru, 1973.
- The Christian Community as a Bearer of the Good NewsMatthew Vellanickal, The Christian Community as a Bearer of the Good News, in VDJR 45, Kottayam, 1979.
- The Pauline Doctrine of Christian SonshipMatthew Vellanickal, The Pauline Doctrine of Christian Sonship, Bible Bhashyam 5, Kottayam, 1979.
- Understanding of Evangelization in the context of present-day IndiaMatthew Vellanickal, Understanding of Evangelization in the context of present day India, Kolkata, 1974.
References
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{{s-ttl|title=President,Fr. Max Gonsalves (Edited), Society for Biblical Studies in India Directory 1998.
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{{s-aft|after=K. David, CBCNC
1978-1979}}
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St. Thomas Apostolic Seminary,
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Category:New Testament scholars
Category:Indian Christian theologians
Category:Indian biblical scholars