{"pages":{"313":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00337-076964ebbb5749cbc8ec.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"SOURCE MATERIALS","box":{"x":487,"y":178,"width":251,"height":17}},{"text":"313","box":{"x":1022,"y":174,"width":55,"height":21}},{"text":"150. COMMISSION GRANTING V. S. AZARIAH","box":{"x":234,"y":253,"width":759,"height":25}},{"text":"EPISCOPAL POWERS (1912 A.D.)","box":{"x":350,"y":288,"width":523,"height":28}},{"text":"The elevation of V. S. Azariah to the episcopate, as bishop of the","box":{"x":238,"y":344,"width":785,"height":29}},{"text":"newly formed diocese of Dornakal, was an important step in the","box":{"x":203,"y":370,"width":820,"height":27}},{"text":"development of Indian leadership in the Anglican communion. He","box":{"x":199,"y":394,"width":823,"height":29}},{"text":"was the first Indian bishop of that tradition. The following is the","box":{"x":199,"y":419,"width":826,"height":25}},{"text":"notice of commissioning issued by the Rt. Rev. Henry Whitehead,","box":{"x":200,"y":443,"width":823,"height":29}},{"text":"Bishop of Madras. Cited in C. J. Grimes, Towards an Indian Church,","box":{"x":196,"y":469,"width":826,"height":28}},{"text":"Appendix XI, pp. 242-243.","box":{"x":196,"y":494,"width":318,"height":27}},{"text":"I, Henry (Whitehead), by divine permission Bishop of Madras,","box":{"x":197,"y":552,"width":873,"height":32}},{"text":"hereby commission the Right Reverend. Vedanayakam Samuel","box":{"x":148,"y":578,"width":925,"height":32}},{"text":"Azariah to exercise full episcopal powers, oversight and jurisdiction","box":{"x":146,"y":606,"width":928,"height":34}},{"text":"in that part of the dominions of His Highness the Nizam","box":{"x":151,"y":631,"width":919,"height":36}},{"text":"of Hyderabad which lies East of the seventy-ninth degree of longi-","box":{"x":148,"y":661,"width":924,"height":32}},{"text":"tude, and in some adjoining portions of British territory; the","box":{"x":148,"y":691,"width":921,"height":32}},{"text":"boundaries of this area on the South and South East being identical","box":{"x":148,"y":717,"width":922,"height":31}},{"text":"with the present boundaries of the Khammamet Mission District","box":{"x":141,"y":746,"width":931,"height":29}},{"text":"now occupied by the Church Missionary Society, as shown on the","box":{"x":150,"y":776,"width":921,"height":29}},{"text":"accompanying map; and within the area I, Henry, Bishop of","box":{"x":148,"y":803,"width":924,"height":32}},{"text":"Madras, will exercise such authority and jurisdiction as the","box":{"x":144,"y":828,"width":925,"height":32}},{"text":"Metropolitan of the Province exercises within the dioceses of the","box":{"x":146,"y":857,"width":924,"height":31}},{"text":"suffragan Bishops of the Province of India and Ceylon and such","box":{"x":146,"y":885,"width":922,"height":32}},{"text":"only; provided always that in accordance with Resolution 6 of","box":{"x":146,"y":913,"width":922,"height":31}},{"text":"the Synod of 1912 such authority and jurisdiction. be delegated to","box":{"x":146,"y":941,"width":922,"height":32}},{"text":"me by the Metroplitan.","box":{"x":146,"y":972,"width":318,"height":28}},{"text":"151. J. R. MOTT ON THE SYRIAN CHURCH","box":{"x":251,"y":1088,"width":703,"height":25}},{"text":"UNITY CONFERENCE, SERAMPORE (1913 A.D.)","box":{"x":224,"y":1123,"width":754,"height":29}},{"text":"John R. Mott here describes the circumstances under which he was","box":{"x":228,"y":1180,"width":782,"height":22}},{"text":"asked to convene a conference of representatives of the Jacobite, Mar","box":{"x":190,"y":1204,"width":820,"height":27}},{"text":"Thoma and Anglican Syrian Christians, and also briefly describes its","box":{"x":189,"y":1229,"width":820,"height":25}},{"text":"results. Cited in Addresses and Papers of John R. Mott, vol. II,","box":{"x":190,"y":1255,"width":817,"height":25}},{"text":"pp. 399-400.","box":{"x":189,"y":1282,"width":148,"height":20}},{"text":"Let me tell you briefly about another important experience not","box":{"x":185,"y":1336,"width":875,"height":32}},{"text":"referred to in my general letter. As you know, the. Syrian Church","box":{"x":140,"y":1364,"width":917,"height":32}},{"text":"of Travancore is the oldest and one of the largest Christian Com-","box":{"x":139,"y":1392,"width":922,"height":29}},{"text":"munions in India. It has for a long period been seriously rent into","box":{"x":136,"y":1420,"width":919,"height":32}},{"text":"divisions which have stood aloof from one another. Some of","box":{"x":137,"y":1448,"width":922,"height":29}},{"text":"the younger and more progressive members of different parties","box":{"x":139,"y":1477,"width":918,"height":31}},{"text":"asked me whether, before leaving India, I would not as chairman","box":{"x":137,"y":1505,"width":919,"height":32}},{"text":"of the (Edinburgh) Continuation Committee consent to meet:","box":{"x":137,"y":1528,"width":926,"height":34}}]}}}