"Christian missionaries should be careful to keep the true motivation. A shift in the orientation may reduce the mission of the Church merely to a social work of any other social activist. This situation leads to competition and triumphalism. In order to avoid these dangers, missionaries should be convinced that they are involved in a service rendered to God and to his Kingdom."
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- H.Exc. Most Rev. Geevarghese Mar DIVANNASIOS, Bishop of Battery of the Syro-Malankars (7 April 1998) Press Office of the Holy See
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Geevarghese Divannasios Ottathengil
Geevarghese Divannasios Ottathengil (1 November 1950 – 16 January 2018) was an Indian prelate of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church who served as the bishop of the Eparchy of Bathery and the Eparchy of Puthur.
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