Jump to content

Delhi - A Novel


$ingh $oorma
 Share

Recommended Posts

Well, my forefathers believed that they are the descendents of the disciples and the first followers of Jesus Christ. Their rite and liturgy (of their church) was in Aramaic, a version of Hebrew spoken during the times of Christ. I think they were originally jewish who later became Christian and thus moved away from Judaism.

The Jacobite church was headquartered at a place called Antioch, which was part of Christendom during the crusades but nowadays is part of the Islamic Republic of Turkey. So nowadays the Eastern Jacobites are headquartered at Damascus in Syria, which too has a heavy population of Jacobite & Orthodox Christians.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Replies 103
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

really interesting bro

im in a course this year at uni 'women in religions' and just finished writing a paper on it.

we focused a lot on christianity but didnt come across this branch of christianity.. care to expand on the notion of equality for women as a Jacobite?

sorry to go off track .. u can start a new topic if u wish tongue.gif

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I think you know that I am a Syrian Jacobite Christian ! I have made that point on many occasions on this forum.

And I don't understand how that influences the topic at hand.

Brother, i am not one of the frequent visitor of this website for the past few months :D so i didn't know about you.. Secondly, it's not my way to discuss sikh issues with someone who doesn't belong to sikh dharam. It woldn't make any sense if i go to church to raise or discuss issues relating to christianity. Yeh?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

care to expand on the notion of equality for women as a Jacobite?

What exactly do you wish to know ? As far as India is concerned Christian & Muslim marriages and divorces come under a seperate set of laws. There were some changes in Christian marriage laws after the Mary Roy incident when she divorced her estranged Assamese Hindu husband.

Brother, i am not one of the frequent visitor of this website for the past few months smile.gif so i didn't know about you..

Veerje, this I had mentioned sometime last year when making my first post !

It woldn't make any sense if i go to church to raise or discuss issues relating to christianity. Yeh?

lol..but I really don't mind. Who knows it might help us become better people after you show us a mirror ?

Moreover in India both you and me are minorities. We wouldn't feel threatened by your presence in a Church...quite unlike some RSS-type who decided make his presence felt..lol

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

Loading...
 Share


  • advertisement_alt
  • advertisement_alt
  • advertisement_alt


  • Topics

  • Posts

    • The Mind is Jyot Saroop (Waheguru), but the mind is under the influence of five evils… Through Naam Simran( Rememberance), the mind will begin to detach from evil, and get back to its original form ( MANN TU JYOT SAROOP HEH)… Until the mind breaks free from the five evils, one will go through the cycle of paap and punn….which leads to Karma… Naam Simran destroys past karma, and prevents new karma coming into fruition… I did this, I did that… This non realisation of the Jyot Saroop gives rise to paap and Punn, which in turn gives birth to suffering and misery…
    • I agree we're not born with sin like the Christians think. Also I agree we have effects of karma. But Gurbani does state that the body contains both sin and charity (goodness): ਕਾਇਆ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਪਾਪੁ ਪੁੰਨੁ ਦੁਇ ਭਾਈ ॥ Within the body are the two brothers sin and virtue. p126 Actually, we do need to be saved. Gurbani calls this "udhaar" (uplift). Without Satguru, souls are liable to spiritual death: ਜਿਨਾ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਨ ਭੇਟਿਓ ਸੇ ਭਾਗਹੀਣ ਵਸਿ ਕਾਲ ॥ p40 Those who have not met Satguru Purakh are unfortunate and liable to death. So, yeah, we do need to be saved, and Guru ji does the saving. The reason Satguru is the one to save is because God has given Satguru the "key" (kunji): ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਹਥਿ ਕੁੰਜੀ ਹੋਰਤੁ ਦਰੁ ਖੁਲੈ ਨਾਹੀ ਗੁਰੁ ਪੂਰੈ ਭਾਗਿ ਮਿਲਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੭॥ In the True Guru's hand is the key. None else can open the door. By perfect good fortune the Guru is met. p124
    • That's unfortunate to hear. Could you give any more information? Who was this "baba"? He just disappeared with people's money? Obviously, you should donate your money to known institutions or poor people that you can verify the need of through friends and family in Punjab.
    • Sangat ji,  I know a family who went Sevewal to do seva sometimes end of 2019. They returned last year in great dismay and heart broken.  To repent for their mistakes they approached panj pyaare. The Panj gave them their punishment / order to how t make it up which, with Kirpa, they fulfilled.  They were listening to a fake Baba who, in the end, took all the "Donations " and fled sometime over a year ago. For nearly 4 years this family (who are great Gursikhs once u get to know them) wasted time and effort for this fake Baba. NOT ONLY this one fam. But many, many did worldwide and they took their fam to do seva, in village Sevewal, city Jaitho in Punjab. In the end many families lost money in thousands being behind this Baba. The family, on return, had to get in touch with all the participants and told them to stop.  I am stating this here to create awareness and we need to learn from whom we follow and believe. It's no easy but if we follow the 3 S (Sangat, Simran and Seva) we will be shown the light. As I am writing this the family in question have been doing the same since 2008 onwards and they fell for this Baba... it is unbelievable and shocking.  This am writing in a nutshell as am at work on my break so not lengthy but it deserves a great length.  Especially the family in question, who shed light on youngsters about Sikhi 20 plus years!! 
    • Giani Kulwant Singh Jawaddi Kalan uses simple Punjabi.
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

Terms of Use