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    "book_name": "History of Christianity in India: Source Materials",
    "book_author": "M. K. Kuriakose",
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      "chunk_data": "54. MAR THOMA IV'S LETTER TO SCHAAF ON THE ST. THOMAS TRADITION (1721 A.D.)\n\nThis letter, written by Mar Thomas IV to Carolus Schaaf, the Dutch scholar of Leiden, constitutes a reply to the latter's questions concerning the Indian tradition of St. Thomas and the history of Christianity in India. The letter is reproduced in Land, ed., Anecdota Syriaca, and is dated 8 July 1721. Cited in Mingana, Early Spread of Christianity, pp. 48-50.",
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      "chunk_data": "Our Lord then said to him: 'I am the head of all the builders.' While he was still speaking, an angel lifted Thomas from Edessa, and made him stand behind our Lord, who made a sign to him and said to Habban: 'This will erect all your buildings,' and he sold him and delivered him to Habban.",
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