{"pages":{"43":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00067-0bb217cb1370a7475935.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"SOURCE MATERIALS","box":{"x":487,"y":131,"width":245,"height":18}},{"text":"43","box":{"x":1026,"y":122,"width":41,"height":20}},{"text":"considering how difficult it is for the people inhabiting the Serra,","box":{"x":155,"y":176,"width":910,"height":36}},{"text":"to have recourse to the tribunal at Goa; neither can it be otherwise,","box":{"x":154,"y":205,"width":912,"height":32}},{"text":"considering that they live in the midst of infidels, but that such","box":{"x":154,"y":233,"width":912,"height":34}},{"text":"necessary cases will sometimes happen, and especially to rude and","box":{"x":157,"y":262,"width":910,"height":32}},{"text":"ignorant people.","box":{"x":161,"y":294,"width":220,"height":31}},{"text":"39. THE RAMBAN SONG (THE THOMA PARVAM) (1601 A.D.)","box":{"x":158,"y":391,"width":912,"height":31}},{"text":"The Ramban Song, said to be originally written by a disciple of","box":{"x":248,"y":450,"width":774,"height":28}},{"text":"St. Thomas, is said to be a redaction of the original in modern languages","box":{"x":210,"y":476,"width":808,"height":28}},{"text":"by Thomas Ramban, the forty-eighth priest of the Maliekal family.","box":{"x":206,"y":499,"width":813,"height":31}},{"text":"The text of the redaction is kept at the Mannanam Monastery,","box":{"x":206,"y":525,"width":813,"height":29}},{"text":"Kottayam. It describes the coming of St. Thomas to Malabar and","box":{"x":203,"y":550,"width":816,"height":27}},{"text":"his activities there. A portion of the document, in translation, is cited","box":{"x":207,"y":573,"width":815,"height":29}},{"text":"in P. Thomas, Christians and Christianity in India and Pakistan, pp.","box":{"x":209,"y":601,"width":812,"height":28}},{"text":"17-18.","box":{"x":209,"y":631,"width":71,"height":20}},{"text":"Mar Thoma, who had established the Way in several countries","box":{"x":203,"y":681,"width":868,"height":34}},{"text":"and regions of the earth, and whose laws were faithfully followed","box":{"x":158,"y":708,"width":914,"height":36}},{"text":"by the leaders and followers of the communities he had founded,","box":{"x":158,"y":736,"width":914,"height":35}},{"text":"was, in the early hours of the 3rd day of July 72, going on a journey","box":{"x":154,"y":765,"width":921,"height":36}},{"text":"and happened to pass by the Mount in Mylapore. Here stood a","box":{"x":158,"y":793,"width":918,"height":34}},{"text":"temple of Kali, and the priests of the temple, the bitter enemies of","box":{"x":160,"y":820,"width":917,"height":35}},{"text":"the Apostle, furiously issued forth from the temple and stopped the","box":{"x":157,"y":848,"width":915,"height":34}},{"text":"saint.","box":{"x":158,"y":883,"width":76,"height":25}},{"text":"'No man' said they, shall pass this way without worshipping","box":{"x":206,"y":924,"width":868,"height":35}},{"text":"at the shrine; hence you come with us and worship the goddess.","box":{"x":161,"y":953,"width":908,"height":32}},{"text":"If you do this, not only shall he let you pass this way unmolested","box":{"x":162,"y":979,"width":912,"height":35}},{"text":"but shall feed you sumptuously on delicacies.'","box":{"x":158,"y":1009,"width":623,"height":36}},{"text":"What?' replied Mar Thoma, Am I to sell my soul for a","box":{"x":221,"y":1059,"width":854,"height":35}},{"text":"morsel of rice, and worship the devil? But if you insist I shall do","box":{"x":161,"y":1087,"width":912,"height":36}},{"text":"your bidding and you shall see how your goddess will run away","box":{"x":161,"y":1114,"width":914,"height":34}},{"text":"from her shrine and the temple itself be destroyed by fire.'","box":{"x":160,"y":1143,"width":789,"height":35}},{"text":"Do not utter blasphemy', cried the priests, and they forced him","box":{"x":217,"y":1190,"width":855,"height":34}},{"text":"to go to the temple.","box":{"x":160,"y":1221,"width":272,"height":31}},{"text":"As the saint approached the temple, a splendrous light shone","box":{"x":197,"y":1265,"width":875,"height":35}},{"text":"forth and Kali ran out of the temple and the temple itself was","box":{"x":161,"y":1293,"width":910,"height":32}},{"text":"consumed by fire. Thereupon, the infuriated priests fell upon Mar","box":{"x":158,"y":1321,"width":914,"height":35}},{"text":"Thoma like mad animals. And one of them taking a long spear","box":{"x":160,"y":1348,"width":911,"height":32}},{"text":"thrust it cruelly into the heart of the Apostle. After doing this evil","box":{"x":160,"y":1374,"width":911,"height":36}},{"text":"deed, they ran away from the place for fear of the people.","box":{"x":160,"y":1407,"width":791,"height":31}},{"text":"Mar Thoma then knelt on a stone and prayed. Angels on wings","box":{"x":204,"y":1452,"width":866,"height":34}},{"text":"carried news of the tragedy to the king and worthy Bishop Poulose.","box":{"x":160,"y":1481,"width":912,"height":34}}]}}}