{"pages":{"60":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00084-7aee81d5c541a29036e9.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"60","box":{"x":111,"y":154,"width":38,"height":18}},{"text":"HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA","box":{"x":333,"y":160,"width":473,"height":17}},{"text":"Reverend and Beloved - Your letters, dated the 20th of January","box":{"x":154,"y":207,"width":864,"height":31}},{"text":"of the present year, were most welcome to us; not only because","box":{"x":112,"y":232,"width":903,"height":35}},{"text":"the work undertaken by you, of converting the Heathen to the","box":{"x":113,"y":262,"width":903,"height":32}},{"text":"Christian faith, doth, by the grace gra of God, prosper; but also","box":{"x":109,"y":290,"width":907,"height":32}},{"text":"because that in this our kingdom, such a laudable zeal for the","box":{"x":113,"y":319,"width":905,"height":31}},{"text":"promotion of the Gospel prevails.","box":{"x":112,"y":347,"width":469,"height":31}},{"text":"We pray you may be endued with health and strength of body,","box":{"x":154,"y":396,"width":862,"height":32}},{"text":"that you may long continue to fulfil your ministry with good success;","box":{"x":112,"y":424,"width":904,"height":31}},{"text":"of which, as we shall be rejoiced to hear, so you will always find us","box":{"x":115,"y":451,"width":903,"height":31}},{"text":"ready to succour you, in whatever may tend to promote your work","box":{"x":116,"y":478,"width":903,"height":32}},{"text":"and to excite your zeal. We assure you of the continuance of our","box":{"x":116,"y":508,"width":901,"height":31}},{"text":"royal favour.","box":{"x":115,"y":536,"width":179,"height":25}},{"text":"George R.","box":{"x":812,"y":567,"width":144,"height":27}},{"text":"Given at our Palace of Hampton Court, the 23rd August,","box":{"x":189,"y":618,"width":830,"height":34}},{"text":"A.D. 1717, in the fourth year of our reign.","box":{"x":206,"y":646,"width":577,"height":32}},{"text":"54. MAR THOMA IV'S LETTER TO SCHAAF ON THE","box":{"x":118,"y":744,"width":903,"height":24}},{"text":"ST. THOMAS TRADITION (1721 A.D.)","box":{"x":294,"y":776,"width":556,"height":31}},{"text":"This letter, written by Mar Thomas IV to Carolus Schaaf, the","box":{"x":206,"y":832,"width":768,"height":27}},{"text":"Dutch scholar of Leiden, constitutes a reply to the latter's questions","box":{"x":161,"y":860,"width":813,"height":27}},{"text":"concerning the Indian tradition of St. Thomas and the history of Chris-","box":{"x":165,"y":885,"width":809,"height":24}},{"text":"tianity in India. The letter is reproduced in Land, ed., Anecdota","box":{"x":168,"y":910,"width":806,"height":25}},{"text":"Syriaca, and is dated 8 July 1721. Cited in Mingana, Early Spread of","box":{"x":167,"y":935,"width":813,"height":25}},{"text":"Christianity, pp. 48-50.","box":{"x":168,"y":960,"width":266,"height":24}},{"text":"O great and learned teacher Carolus, you asked me concerning","box":{"x":164,"y":1015,"width":858,"height":34}},{"text":"the one who preached to us the holy Gospel, and I answer thus:","box":{"x":118,"y":1042,"width":903,"height":31}},{"text":"There was a king called Pirmal Shoyin who ruled over India. He","box":{"x":116,"y":1071,"width":905,"height":29}},{"text":"had but one desire, and that was to build a very beautiful palace.","box":{"x":113,"y":1098,"width":907,"height":32}},{"text":"After many enquiries he learned that if he could call in the builders","box":{"x":111,"y":1127,"width":910,"height":28}},{"text":"who built for Solomon, his desire would be fulfilled. He sum-","box":{"x":112,"y":1151,"width":907,"height":31}},{"text":"moned, therefore, his majordomo who was called Habban, and","box":{"x":116,"y":1182,"width":904,"height":29}},{"text":"ordered him to proceed to Jerusalem and bring to him the builders","box":{"x":116,"y":1210,"width":903,"height":29}},{"text":"who worked for Solomon. After Shoyinpirmal despatched the","box":{"x":113,"y":1237,"width":907,"height":35}},{"text":"majordomo, our Lord appeared to the latter while he was walking","box":{"x":116,"y":1266,"width":905,"height":31}},{"text":"while","box":{"x":742,"y":1264,"width":62,"height":21}},{"text":"in the road, in the form of an artisan, and said to him: 'Where","box":{"x":118,"y":1294,"width":903,"height":29}},{"text":"art thou going to, and from where are thou coming?' And he","box":{"x":118,"y":1321,"width":901,"height":32}},{"text":"answered him: 'The king of India","box":{"x":118,"y":1350,"width":497,"height":31}},{"text":"the artisans who built for Solomon.'","box":{"x":116,"y":1378,"width":493,"height":27}},{"text":"'I am the head of all the builders.","box":{"x":115,"y":1407,"width":484,"height":31}},{"text":"an angel lifted Thomas from Edessa, and made him stand behind","box":{"x":119,"y":1431,"width":898,"height":32}},{"text":"our Lord, who made a sign to him and said to Habban: 'This will","box":{"x":116,"y":1463,"width":903,"height":29}},{"text":"erect all your buildings, and he sold him and delivered him to","box":{"x":116,"y":1488,"width":900,"height":31}},{"text":"Habban.","box":{"x":116,"y":1519,"width":118,"height":22}},{"text":"ordered me to go and bring","box":{"x":628,"y":1350,"width":392,"height":31}},{"text":"Our Lord then said to him:","box":{"x":642,"y":1378,"width":378,"height":27}},{"text":"While he was still speaking,","box":{"x":641,"y":1407,"width":378,"height":31}}]}}}