{"pages":{"363":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00387-3b75627ad853ca587e85.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"SOURCE MATERIALS","box":{"x":456,"y":163,"width":248,"height":18}},{"text":"363","box":{"x":985,"y":164,"width":52,"height":20}},{"text":"the Bhagavat and so wanted to declare himself a Hindu, I should","box":{"x":126,"y":208,"width":911,"height":35}},{"text":"say to him: No. What the Bhagavat offers, the Bible also offers.","box":{"x":125,"y":238,"width":911,"height":32}},{"text":"You have not yet made the attempt to find it out. Make the","box":{"x":122,"y":264,"width":912,"height":35}},{"text":"attempt and be a","box":{"x":126,"y":294,"width":259,"height":29}},{"text":"good Christian.'","box":{"x":397,"y":294,"width":223,"height":29}},{"text":"C. F. Andrews: I don't know. If someone earnestly says that","box":{"x":168,"y":350,"width":866,"height":31}},{"text":"he will become a good Christian, I should say: You may","box":{"x":120,"y":377,"width":915,"height":32}},{"text":"become one', though you know that I have in my own life strongly","box":{"x":123,"y":402,"width":912,"height":36}},{"text":"dissuaded ardent enthusiasts who came to me. I said to them:","box":{"x":119,"y":433,"width":917,"height":28}},{"text":"Certainly, not on my account will you do anything of the kind.","box":{"x":140,"y":460,"width":893,"height":35}},{"text":"But human nature does require a concrete faith.'","box":{"x":119,"y":487,"width":697,"height":31}},{"text":"Gandhiji If a person wants to believe in the Bible, let him say","box":{"x":165,"y":545,"width":869,"height":35}},{"text":"so, but why should he disregard his own religion? This proselyti-","box":{"x":119,"y":570,"width":911,"height":34}},{"text":"zation will mean no peace in the world. Religion is a very personal","box":{"x":116,"y":599,"width":917,"height":32}},{"text":"matter. We should, by living the life according to our lights,","box":{"x":119,"y":626,"width":911,"height":35}},{"text":"share the best with one another, thus adding to the sum total of","box":{"x":113,"y":653,"width":921,"height":34}},{"text":"human effort to reach God.","box":{"x":116,"y":682,"width":425,"height":27}},{"text":"Consider, whether you are going to accept the position of mutual","box":{"x":159,"y":740,"width":871,"height":31}},{"text":"toleration or of equality of all religions. My position is that all","box":{"x":116,"y":765,"width":914,"height":36}},{"text":"the great religions are fundamentally equal. We must have the","box":{"x":115,"y":792,"width":914,"height":34}},{"text":"innate respect for other religions as we have for our own. Mind","box":{"x":119,"y":821,"width":910,"height":31}},{"text":"you, not mutual toleration, but equal respect.","box":{"x":113,"y":849,"width":670,"height":35}},{"text":"176. BISHOP AZARIAH ON THE INDIAN","box":{"x":239,"y":946,"width":661,"height":24}},{"text":"CHURCH (1936 A.D.)","box":{"x":409,"y":975,"width":320,"height":29}},{"text":"Writing in 1936, Bishop V. S. Azariah, reflects upon the develop-","box":{"x":196,"y":1032,"width":782,"height":28}},{"text":"ment and current condition of the Indian Church. In the passages","box":{"x":158,"y":1058,"width":820,"height":29}},{"text":"chosen here he reflects upon the divided character of that Church,","box":{"x":157,"y":1083,"width":820,"height":27}},{"text":"and of the need for the missions to turn over more responsibility to","box":{"x":158,"y":1108,"width":819,"height":28}},{"text":"Indian Christians. The matter is seen as especially urgent in light of","box":{"x":160,"y":1131,"width":820,"height":29}},{"text":"the national movement. V. S. Azariah, India and the Christian","box":{"x":160,"y":1157,"width":815,"height":28}},{"text":"Movement, pp. 81-82, 87-89.","box":{"x":157,"y":1185,"width":337,"height":22}},{"text":"But, alas, what we call the Indian Church is not one organic","box":{"x":153,"y":1240,"width":871,"height":32}},{"text":"entity. The divisions of Christendom make it impossible for the","box":{"x":108,"y":1268,"width":915,"height":34}},{"text":"indigenous Christians to belong to a visible 'One, Holy, Catholic","box":{"x":111,"y":1296,"width":912,"height":32}},{"text":"and Apostolic Church', and in consequence they belong to as","box":{"x":106,"y":1323,"width":914,"height":32}},{"text":"many Churches and sects as there are Churches and sects that","box":{"x":105,"y":1351,"width":918,"height":34}},{"text":"send out missionaries from the West. What we term the Indian","box":{"x":108,"y":1380,"width":912,"height":28}},{"text":"Church is the theoretical aggregate of the indigenous Christians","box":{"x":105,"y":1406,"width":914,"height":32}},{"text":"in all the Churches having different ecclesiastical loyalties,","box":{"x":108,"y":1432,"width":911,"height":35}},{"text":"following various forms of Church government and worshipping in","box":{"x":108,"y":1463,"width":914,"height":36}},{"text":"many differing ways in numerous churches and chapels throughout","box":{"x":102,"y":1489,"width":917,"height":35}},{"text":"the length and breadth of this vast continent. There are few things","box":{"x":106,"y":1517,"width":910,"height":34}}]},"364":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00388-6ce0410520fbe3217033.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"364","box":{"x":130,"y":181,"width":62,"height":20}},{"text":"HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA","box":{"x":357,"y":181,"width":479,"height":21}},{"text":"that may be said to be common to them all: they are all nominally","box":{"x":134,"y":228,"width":921,"height":34}},{"text":"Indian Christians, and enumerated as such for all civil purposes","box":{"x":136,"y":257,"width":897,"height":32}},{"text":"they are connected with one or other of these numerous Christian","box":{"x":134,"y":285,"width":921,"height":32}},{"text":"Churches in the land; and at least in theory are all responsible","box":{"x":133,"y":313,"width":924,"height":31}},{"text":"for bringing India to the feet of Christ.","box":{"x":137,"y":343,"width":592,"height":31}},{"text":"Strictly speaking, therefore there is no Indian Church in the","box":{"x":182,"y":397,"width":876,"height":32}},{"text":"singular; there are, in the plural. 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One of its Resolutions recorded the conviction 'that","box":{"x":137,"y":704,"width":922,"height":34}},{"text":"whenever capable and spiritually minded men and women are","box":{"x":133,"y":733,"width":925,"height":34}},{"text":"discovered, Churches and Missions should make a real and un-","box":{"x":139,"y":759,"width":922,"height":32}},{"text":"mistakable advance by placing Indians on a footing of complete","box":{"x":141,"y":788,"width":919,"height":34}},{"text":"equality, in status and responsibility, with Europeans and thus open","box":{"x":140,"y":819,"width":921,"height":32}},{"text":"for them the highest and most responsible positions in every depart-","box":{"x":140,"y":842,"width":921,"height":35}},{"text":"ment of missionary activity.'","box":{"x":140,"y":875,"width":395,"height":29}},{"text":"In this connection the Conference also emphasised the principle","box":{"x":188,"y":926,"width":873,"height":35}},{"text":"that the work carried on by Foreign Missionary Societies should","box":{"x":140,"y":956,"width":921,"height":32}},{"text":"be gradually transferred, as opportunities offered, to the Indian","box":{"x":141,"y":985,"width":919,"height":32}},{"text":"Church, and that suitable plans and modifications of existing","box":{"x":140,"y":1011,"width":922,"height":34}},{"text":"organizations should be adopted, wherever necessary, so that this.","box":{"x":143,"y":1040,"width":918,"height":32}},{"text":"principle might be carried out by missionary bodies.","box":{"x":140,"y":1069,"width":726,"height":32}},{"text":"The last twenty years have seen an enormous development in","box":{"x":189,"y":1124,"width":873,"height":34}},{"text":"such indigenization as is contemplated in the above Resolution.","box":{"x":143,"y":1151,"width":918,"height":32}},{"text":"In many areas, charges of mission districts once held by missionaries","box":{"x":143,"y":1178,"width":922,"height":34}},{"text":"have now been handed over to suitable Indians. 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