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Therefore We derogate from the Apostolic","box":{"x":112,"y":1406,"width":910,"height":31}},{"text":"letters above recited of Our Predecessors concerning the erection","box":{"x":113,"y":1433,"width":907,"height":32}},{"text":"and limits of the dioceses of Cranganore, Cochin, and Mylapore","box":{"x":113,"y":1461,"width":905,"height":34}},{"text":"or St. Thomé, and likewise from that published by Paul IV, on the","box":{"x":115,"y":1488,"width":904,"height":32}},{"text":"4th day of February 1557, beginning Pro excellenti, concerning the","box":{"x":111,"y":1516,"width":908,"height":35}}]},"140":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00164-c7a55276e77274841597.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"140","box":{"x":143,"y":165,"width":52,"height":17}},{"text":"HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA","box":{"x":362,"y":168,"width":472,"height":20}},{"text":"erection of the Bishopric of Malacca; and moreover, We derogate","box":{"x":140,"y":216,"width":911,"height":32}},{"text":"also from the Apostolic letter of Our Predecessor Paul IV, of happy","box":{"x":144,"y":242,"width":908,"height":35}},{"text":"memory, of the 4th day of February 1557, beginning Etsi sancta,","box":{"x":144,"y":272,"width":908,"height":32}},{"text":"concerning the erection of the Archbishopric of Goa-so that the","box":{"x":141,"y":300,"width":912,"height":31}},{"text":"Archbishop of Goa cannot in future exercise any jurisdiction, under","box":{"x":137,"y":328,"width":915,"height":34}},{"text":"any title whatsoever, even worthy of special mention, in the countries","box":{"x":146,"y":357,"width":905,"height":29}},{"text":"of which we speak.","box":{"x":144,"y":384,"width":259,"height":28}},{"text":"These things being thus determined, We consider that We have","box":{"x":190,"y":439,"width":862,"height":32}},{"text":"fully provided for the proper government of religion throughout","box":{"x":144,"y":467,"width":908,"height":34}},{"text":"those places; and we confidently hope that it will come to pass that,","box":{"x":141,"y":497,"width":907,"height":36}},{"text":"God Almighty blessing the design commenced by Us, these things","box":{"x":139,"y":519,"width":912,"height":35}},{"text":"may greatly tend to the increase of the Church. 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Finally, We doubt not that those who hitherto have","box":{"x":140,"y":661,"width":910,"height":31}},{"text":"resisted Our will, will be susceptible of more wholesome counsel,","box":{"x":146,"y":689,"width":904,"height":32}},{"text":"and become sincerely averse to the most grievous evil of schism.","box":{"x":144,"y":716,"width":844,"height":32}},{"text":"For besides that duty peculiar to every Catholic, by which he is","box":{"x":189,"y":773,"width":862,"height":32}},{"text":"bound to obey Peter speaking through Us, We are persuaded that","box":{"x":137,"y":800,"width":912,"height":34}},{"text":"they will now have realised, that those reasons which they have","box":{"x":139,"y":827,"width":911,"height":34}},{"text":"alleged in defence of their dissension can by no means excuse their","box":{"x":141,"y":857,"width":908,"height":29}},{"text":"opposition.","box":{"x":139,"y":886,"width":155,"height":28}},{"text":"For it is well known to all that the Apostolic See, in conceding","box":{"x":188,"y":940,"width":862,"height":34}},{"text":"that patronage to the Most Faithful Kings of Portugal, never","box":{"x":139,"y":967,"width":910,"height":35}},{"text":"intended to place an impediment to its providing for religion in","box":{"x":140,"y":993,"width":910,"height":36}},{"text":"those countries, nor to its having the power to decree those things","box":{"x":137,"y":1023,"width":911,"height":32}},{"text":"which, in consideration of the necessity of the times, the salvation","box":{"x":134,"y":1049,"width":914,"height":32}},{"text":"of the Christian people might afterwards demand.","box":{"x":140,"y":1080,"width":677,"height":29}},{"text":"We think that they will also see how greatly different, and","box":{"x":182,"y":1133,"width":865,"height":32}},{"text":"distinct from the present state of things, the times were in which","box":{"x":136,"y":1161,"width":911,"height":32}},{"text":"that privilege was granted and observed. 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