Ēḻarappaḷḷikaḷ: Perbedaan antara revisi

'''''Ēḻarappaḷḷikaḷ''''', juga disebut '''''Ezharappallikal''''', adalah tujuh gereja besar atau komunitas [[Kristen Santo Tomas]] di sepanjang [[Pesisir Malabar]], [[India]] yang diyakini didirikan oleh [[Rasul Tomas]] pada abad pertama.<ref name=rockliff>{{cite book |last=Hill |first= John|title=The Rockliff New Project - Illustrated Geography - The Indian Sub-Continent|year=1963 |publisher=Barrie & Rocklife |location=London|chapter=1-South India|page=28}}</ref> Menurut tradisi Kristen India, Rasul Tomas datang ke [[Muziris]] ([[Kodungallur]]) pada 52 [[Masehi]], mendirikan Ezharappallikal (tujuh gereja kerajaan atau tujuh setengah gereja) dan menginjil di Kerala dan [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref name="missick">{{cite journal|title=Mar Thoma: The Apostolic Foundation of the Assyrian Church and the Christians of St. Thomas in India|author=Stephen Andrew Missick|journal=Journal of Assyrian Academic Studies|url=http://www.jaas.org/edocs/v14n2/missick.pdf|access-date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080227170937/http://www.jaas.org/edocs/v14n2/missick.pdf|archive-date=27 February 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>Origin of Christianity in India&nbsp;– A Historiographical Critique by Dr. Benedict Vadakkekara. (2007). {{ISBN|81-7495-258-6}}.</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lZUBZlth2qgC|title=The Encyclodedia of Christianity|last=Fahlbusch|first=Erwin|date=2008-02-14|publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing|isbn=9780802824172|language=en}}</ref> Kebanyakan gereja tersebut dibangun di dekat pemukiman [[Yahudi Cochin|Yahudi]] dan [[Brahmin]]. Tempat-tempat tersebut berada di Maliankara ([[Kodungallur]]), [[Kollam]], [[Palayoor]], Kottakkayal ([[Paravur Utara]] atau Kottakkavu), [[Kokkamangalam]], [[Niranam]] dan [[Gereja Santo Tomas Nilackal|Nilackal]] (Chayal).{{sfnp|Whitehouse|1873}} Di antara gereja-gereja tersebut, gereja di Maliankara/Kottakavu dianggap sebagai gereja pertama. Gereja [[Thiruvithamcode Arappally|Thiruvithamcode]] di [[Kanyakumari]] dibangun di atas lahan yang diberikan oleh arachan (raja) dan sehingga sering disebut dengan nama Arappally (setengah gereja).{{sfnp|Department of Tourism}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.onlinekanyakumari.com/first-church-in-tamil-nadu/|title=The First Church in Tamil Nadu {{!}} Ara Palli, Thiruvithancode|website=Online Kanyakumari|date=7 August 2015|language=en-US|access-date=2016-03-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://stjosephsyrohvny.org/about/ |title = About Syro Malabar Church|website = St Joseph Syro Malabar Catholic Mission of Hudson Valley, New York.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.trcmst.org/seven-and-half-churches/ | title = St Thomas the Apostle and His Seven and a Half Churches | access-date = 2022-01-17 | archive-date = 2022-01-17 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220117055548/https://www.trcmst.org/seven-and-half-churches/ | dead-url = yes }}</ref> Gereja-gereja di Malayattoor dan Aruvithura juga disebut sebagai Arappallikal.{{sfnp|Department of Tourism}}

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