Matthew Vellanickal

Matthew Vellanickal (born 25 September 1934Ravi Bhushan, Reference India: Biographical notes about men & women of achievement of today & tomorrow, Volume 3, Rifacimento International, 2005. p.72. ) is a New Testament ScholarFr. Max Gonsalves (Ed.), Society for Biblical Studies in India Directory 1998. who was the past PresidentCf. Society for Biblical Studies in India of the scholarly Society for Biblical Studies in India, a Learned society, incorporating Biblical Scholars of the Protestant, Orthodox, Roman Catholic and Charismatic traditions.
==Writings==
* The Divine Sonship of Christians in the Johannine Writings
* Studies in the Gospel of JohnMatthew Vellanickal, Studies in the Gospel of John, Asian Trading Corporation, Bengaluru, 1982. 
* Biblical prayer experienceMatthew Vellanickal, Biblical prayer experience, St.Paul Publications, Mumbai, 1986. 
* Church: Communion of Individual Churches - Biblico-Theological Perspectives on the Communion Ecclesiology of Vatican IIMatthew Vellanickal, Church: Communion of Individual Churches - Biblico-Theological Perspectives on the Communion Ecclesiology of Vatican II, St. Paul's Publications, Mumbai, 2009. 
* Biblical Theology of EvangelizationMatthew Vellanickal, Biblical Theology of Evangelization in Evangelization, Dialogue and Development, documenta Missionalia 5, Rome, 1972.
* Biblical Theology of the Individual ChurchesMatthew Vellanickal, Biblical Theology of the Individual Churches in Christian Orient 1, Kottayam, 1980.
* Biblico-Theological Foundations of Ecclesial IdentityMatthew Vellanickal, Biblico-Theological Foundations of Ecclesial Identity in T. Vellilamthadam (Edited), Ecclesial Identity of the St. Thomas Christians, Kottayam, 1985.
* Ecclesial Communion: A Biblical PerspectiveMatthew Vellanickal, Ecclesial Communion: A Biblical Perspective in Bible Bhashyam 12, Kottayam, 1996.
* Evangelization in the Johannine WritingsMatthew Vellanickal, Evangelization in the Johannine Writings in Good News and Witness, Bengaluru, 1973.
* The Christian Community as a Bearer of the Good NewsMatthew Vellanickal, The Christian Community as a Bearer of the Good News, in VDJR 45, Kottayam, 1979.
* The Pauline Doctrine of Christian SonshipMatthew Vellanickal, The Pauline Doctrine of Christian Sonship, Bible Bhashyam 5, Kottayam, 1979.
* Understanding of Evangelization in the context of present-day IndiaMatthew Vellanickal, Understanding of Evangelization in the context of present day India, Kolkata, 1974.
==Studies==
Matthew Vellanickal pursued doctoral studies in the discipline of New Testament at the Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome under the Belgian New Testament Exegete Ignatius de la Potterie and was awarded the doctoral degree in 1970 based on his dissertation The Divine Sonship of Christians in the Johannine Writings.
 
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