Cyril Bernard Papali, OCD (1902–1981), in religion Cyril Bernard of the Mother of God, was an Indian Catholic priest, writer, academic and a

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at the

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. Belonging to the

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of the

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province in

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, Papali was known for his scholarship in Christian and Indian theologies and wrote a number of books.

Biography

Cyril Bernard Papali was born in

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, in the south Indian state of

on 26 September 1902. After opting the Third Order Discalced Carmelite (T.OCD) of the Archdiocese of Verapoly as the base of his vocation on 15 May 1924, he completed his vocational studies to be ordained as a priest on 30 May 1931. Eventually, he became the Prior General of the Congregation, a position he held until 1950, when he was called to Rome where he taught

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at the

Pontifical Urban University The Pontifical Urban University, also called the ''Urbaniana'' after its names in both Latin and Italian, is a pontifical university that was under the authority of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. The university's mission is to ...

. He worked at the university till his retirement in 1972. In between, he was a

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at the

on the question of

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which was in session from 1962 to 1965 and served as a Consultant of Vatican Secretariat for Non-Christians in 1964. Papali wrote several books and articles in the fields of theology, philosophy and religion. His book, ''Hinduism: Religion and Philosophy'' is considered by many scholars as a classical work in

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written by an Indian. ''The Advaita Vedanta of Sankaracarya'', a two-volume treatise on the Advaita philosophy of

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is another of his known books on

. He has also written a book on

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under the title, ''Mother of God: Mary in Scripture and tradition''. Papali died on 14 September 1981, aged 78 at the Pontifical Theological Faculty and Pontifical Institute of Spirituality Teresianum in Rome.

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