John Mathews (theologian)
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John Mathews (born 18 December 1952) is a
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scholar and
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of the Indian (Malankara) Orthodox Church. John Mathews is the Secretary of the St. Thomas Orthodox Vaideeka Sangam, the Association of all Priests of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church as well as the publisher of ''Purohithar'', a magazine published by the St. Thomas Orthodox Theological Group from Kottayam. He is the Co-Secretary of the joint commission between the Catholic Church and the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. He teaches
New Testament The New Testament grc, Ἡ Καινὴ Διαθήκη, transl. ; la, Novum Testamentum. (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus, as well as events in first-century Christ ...
at the Orthodox Theological Seminary in
Kottayam Kottayam () is a municipal town in the Indian state of Kerala. Flanked by the Western Ghats on the east and the Vembanad Lake and paddy fields of Kuttanad on the west. It is the district headquarters of Kottayam district, located in south-we ...
. He pursued doctoral studies in
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at the
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. His doctoral dissertation was titled ''The Spirit-Paraclete in the testament of Jesus according to Saint John's Gospel''.John Mathews, ''The Spirit-Paraclete in the testament of Jesus according to Saint John's Gospel'', (1 January 1993). ETD Collection for Fordham University. Paper AAI9313766

/ref> He was President of the Society for Biblical Studies in India from 2002 to 2004. He was consecrated in 2010 with the name Yuhanon Mar Demetrius.


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;Notes ;Further reading * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mathews, John 1952 births Living people New Testament scholars Indian biblical scholars Indian lecturers Christian clergy from Kottayam Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church bishops Fordham University alumni University of Kerala alumni 20th-century Oriental Orthodox bishops 21st-century Oriental Orthodox bishops