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HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA : M. M. NINAN Divanyous I translated the gospels into Malayalam which Buchanan got printed in Bombay. In 1807 he translated four Gospels into Malayalam. One Tamil Pandit by name Thimappa pillai and Manangnaziyathu Philiphose Rabban helped him. It was printed in kuriyar press Bombay. In 1917 Benjamin Bialy started to translate full Bible into Malayalam. For his help Moses, Vaidhyanatha Iyer and Chanthu Menon joined with him. It happened that Chanthu Menon belongs to Ottapalam and his two sons Padmanaba Menon and Govindan kutty Menon received baptism before the completion of translation. They received the name Joseph Fen, Bialy Fen and Baker Fen respectively. In 1824 Bialy printed the Gospel of “Mathew” in CMS press Kottayam. Baily translated the New Testament by 1829 it was printed. In 1835 the Old Testament in Malayalam was complete printed and the whole Bible was available in Malayalam by 1841. Benjamin Bailey and the CMS Press – 1821 The Word of God in the hand of the people in Malayalam The first assignment given to Benjamin Bailey on his arrival in Kottayam was that Superintendent (Principal) of the ‘Kottayam College’ which was established and run by the Church Missionary Society (CMS) for the education of the Syrian Christians and the general public of Travancore under the package of the ‘Mission of Help’. During his tenure as Principal from 1817 to 1819 Bailey laid the foundation for modern education modeled on western education. For this purpose he formulated curricula and syllabi. He started to teach English language also in the College. Thus B. Bailey became the founder of English education in Kerala. Benjamin Bailey was the progenitor of printing and book publishing in Malayalam, the native language (mother-tongue) of Kerala. It was he who established the first printing press (the Kottayam CMS press) and started printing Malayalam in Kerala. He was the first lexicographer in the language. Besides this, he was a well versed author and translator. John 3:16 Syriac Manuscript of Four Gospels and Acts, copied about 140 years ago by Ramban (Monk) Phillippos who in 1806-7 translated it into Malayalam. On the left is an exact translation from the Syrian version. 142
HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA : M. M. NINAN The word of God in the hands of the common people made an impact and a surge of revival and reformation took place. This was accelerated by the presence of the British Missionaries. Among those was Dr. Hermen Gundort (Bassel Mission) who studied Malayalam and wrote the first grammar book for Malayalam. The effect of dissociation with the Syrian Churches by the mission had far greater impact on the Evangelization of India and in particular Kerala than it would have been if the association continued. Dr. Hermen Gundort He came to Kerala as a private tutor in 1836. He was appointed School Inspector of Kanara and Malabar by the British colonial administration in 1857. Joining as a missionary with the Basel Mission in 1838, Gundert worked in Kerala for 23 years. Gundert lived in Tellicherry, now named Thalassery The European Missionaries opened up several Missions fields. They Included: • the Danish Mission in Tamil Nadu under the leadership of Berthealonmese Segan Balgue; • Baptist Mission in Calcutta under the leadership of William Carey (who started the Serampore University); • London Mission Society (LMS) under the leadership of Tingle Tob in Trivandrum area, Tamil Nadu; and Bengal; 143
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