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Christianity in the state of Tamil Nadu, India is the second largest religion in the state. According to tradition, St. Thomas, one of the twelve apostles, landed in Malabar Coast (modern day Kerala) in AD 52. [ 1][ 2] In the colonial age many Portuguese, Dutch, British and Italian Christians came to Tamil Nadu.
Known for. founding Jesus Calls Ministries and Karunya University. Spouse. Stella Dhinakaran (married 1959-2008) Children. 2, including Paul Dhinakaran. Duraisamy Geoffery Samuel Dhinakaran (1 July 1935 – 20 February 2008) was an Indian evangelical preacher. He was the founder of Jesus Calls Ministries and Karunya University .
The history of Bible translations into the Tamil language commences with the arrival of Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg at Tranquebar in 1706. [ 1] Johann Philipp Fabricius, a German, revised Ziegenbalg's and others work to produce the standard Tamil version. Seventy years after Fabricius, at the invitation of Peter Percival a Saiva scholar, Arumuka ...
Sarah Navaroji. Sister Sarah Navaroji (12 May 1938 – 22 July 2014) was a South Indian evangelical preacher and the founder of the Zion Gospel Prayer Fellowship Church. [1] [2] She was one of the few influential women Christian leaders of South Indian Pentecostalism. [3]
The epic comprises 3,615 rhymed quatrains in Tamil with 90 variations, and M. Dominic Raj has translated it into English in unrhymed quatrains of free verse following the ‘Sprung Rhythm’ style of Hopkins. It comprises 3 Parts with 12 sections in each.
Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg monument in Tranquebar, Tamil Nadu, South India. The Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church is a Christian denomination in south India, which was established in 1919 [ 1] and has approximately 200,000 members. [ 2] Its headquarters is in Trichy, Tamil Nadu. [ 1] It is one of the prominent mainline Lutheran churches in Tamil ...
Aiyadurai Jesudasen Appasamy. Aiyadurai Jesudasen Appasamy (3 September 1891 – 1980) was an Indian Christian theologian, and bishop of the Church of South India in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. He was a member of the 'Rethinking Christianity Group', and sought to reconcile Christian with Hindu philosophies. He interpreted Christianity as 'bhaktimarga'.
Tamil Christian keerthanai. Tamil Christian Keerthanai or kīrttaṉai (Keerthanai meaning Songs of Praise) are devotional Christian songs in Tamil. They are also referred to as "lyrics" (a genre term) by Tamils in English. These are mostly a collection of indigenous hymns written by Protestant Tamil Christian poets.