Cyril Bernard Papali

Father Cyril Bernard Papali
Born	1902 Kara, Cochin, Kerala, India
Died	1981
Nationality	Indian
Known for	Peritus to Vatican II on the question of the laity
Title	Father, O.C.D. (Order of Carmel Discalced)

Father Cyril Bernard Papali OCD or "Fr. Cyril Bernard of the Mother of God OCD" (1902–1981) was a Carmelite monk of the Manjummel Province. He was born in Cochin, Kerala, India, in 1902.

Work as a monk

Father Bernard was the last monk to hold the position of TOCD in Manjummel. He was later called to Rome to serve in the Vatican, and was assigned peritus to the Second Vatican Council on the question of the laity and non-Christian religions. He also accompanied Pope Paul VI on his journey to the Philippines and India and wrote Hinduism: Religion and Philosophy.

In 1962, he was an Ordinary Professor of Missionology in the Urbanian University, Rome. In 1964, he was a Consultant of Vatican Secretariat for Non-Christians.

Selected publications

• Hinduism: Religion and Philosophy. Volume One: Vedic Religion. Philosophical Schools from Vedism to Hinduism. Alwaye 1977y / by Cyril Papali.http://itq.sagepub.com/content/47/2/158.1.extract
• De apostolatu laicorum / by Cyril Papali. Teresianum, 1962.
• Hinduismus. Two volumes. Rome 1953, 1960 / Cyrillus B. Papali
• Mother of God: Mary in Scripture and tradition December 1956. / by Cyril Papali
• The Advaita Vedanta of Çankaracarya Roma : Teresianum, 1964. / by Cyril Bernard Papali.
• How Does the Christian Confront the Old Testament? by Pierre Benoit, Cyril Papali et al. Paulist Press, Glen Rock, New Jersey, 1968. Volume 030.
• The funeral rites of the Hindus / by Cyril Papali
• Mission prospect in India. / by Papali, Cyril B. (Rev.) The Irish ecclesiastical record, 5th ser. Vol. LXXIX. April, May, 1953.
• Excursus on Hinduism Commentary on the Documents of Vatican II. / by Cyril Papali. Vol. 3. Ed. Herbert Vorgrimler, New York: Herder and Herder, 1969, 137-144.
• The Hindu Scriptures / by Cyril Papali. International Journal for Theology. 1967. (Vol 10: pp76–78)
• Hindu. / by Cyril Papali. International Journal for Theology. 1968. (Vol 2: pp 71–72)
• The Place of Non-Christian Religions in the Economy of Salvation / by CB Papali

See also

• Roman Catholicism in India
• Catholic Bishops Conference of India
• Saint Thomas Christians
• Saint Alphonsa

References

• Reforming the rites of death by Johannes Wagner. New York : Paulist Press, 1968.
• Father Cyril at the Urban University in Rome, p. 2