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kerala 125px reverend father doctor father : samuel mathews 18 december 1952 john mathews -lrb- theologian -rrb-
 john mathews indian -lrb- malankara -rrb- orthodox church
john mathews -lrb- theologian -rrb-

john mathews -lrb- born 18 december 1952 -rrb- is a new testament scholar and metropolitan of the indian -lrb- malankara -rrb- 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 at the orthodox theological seminary in kottayam .
he pursued doctoral studies in new testament at the fordham university , new york city .
his doctoral dissertation was titled `` the spirit-paraclete in the testament of jesus according to saint john 's gospel '' .
he was president of the society for biblical studies in india from 2002 to 2004 .
