Churches in Kerala
The history of the whole church in Kerala is very complex. The Syrian churches are divided into seven different groups. Syrian Christians can also be found in the western churches.
The following chart tries to give some impression of the ecclesiological families:
| West Syrian | East Syrian | |||||
| Reformed | Orthodox | Eastern Catholic | Oriental | |||
| The Mar Thoma Syrian Church | The Malabar Independent Syrian Church | The Indian Orthodox Church | The Syrian Orthodox (Jacobite) Church | The Syro Malankara Church | The Syro Malabar Church | The Church of the East (Nestorian Church) |