Grade 7 Lesson 10 Draft
Textbook
Learning Outcomes
- G7.LO34 - Identify major historical periods.
- G7.LO35 - Explain the Coonan Cross Oath of 1653.
- G7.LO36 - Describe the struggles Malankara Orthodox Church endured to preserve faith in front of the Protestant Reformation initiatives.
- G7.LO37 - Analyze the leadership of important personalities in the modern period of MOSC including formation and growth of the American Dioceses
Talmido Resources
Vocabulary
- Didymus: (“twin”) Thomas the Apostle
- Malankara: Another name for Kerala
- Orthodox: “Correct glory”; Right doctrine; Right worship
- Traditions: Doctrine believed to have divine authority though not in the scriptures
- Papal authority: Authority of the Pope
- Coonan Cross Oath: Bent Cross Oath, Koonan Kurish Sathyam
- Catholicos: “the general head” or “universal bishop”
