The Synod of Diamper
When the Portuguese came to India they found that the Church order and customs of the Syrian Christians, (who are believed to be the converts of St. Thomas, the disciple of Jesus Christ and hence they are also called St. Thomas Christians or Marthoma Christians- on the South-Western coast of India), were not in tune with the western church to which the Portuguese belonged. They wanted to westernise the Syrian Christians and their attempt at the Synod of Diamper held in 1599 A.D is now part of history. By the decrees of the Synod, the marriage disciplineontained in the Tametsi decree of the Council of Trent came to be imposed on the Syrian Christians.
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