{"pages":{"100":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00124-bde53a4d2102b56274fe.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"100","box":{"x":133,"y":141,"width":52,"height":18}},{"text":"HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA","box":{"x":350,"y":146,"width":473,"height":20}},{"text":"78. AN ACCOUNT OF THE EVENTS ASSOCIATED","box":{"x":188,"y":233,"width":791,"height":25}},{"text":"WITH THE MATTANCHERI OATH OF THE","box":{"x":248,"y":260,"width":676,"height":25}},{"text":"SYRIAN CHRISTIANS (1821 A.D.)","box":{"x":337,"y":289,"width":500,"height":29}},{"text":"The following is an account of the events leading upto the Mattan-","box":{"x":218,"y":351,"width":770,"height":27}},{"text":"cheri oath, when a portion of the Syrian Christians withdrew from","box":{"x":180,"y":375,"width":806,"height":27}},{"text":"the Roman communion. The author, a priest named Abraham,","box":{"x":180,"y":400,"width":805,"height":29}},{"text":"was writing from the Jacobite point of view. to W. H. Mill. Cited","box":{"x":176,"y":426,"width":812,"height":28}},{"text":"in A. Mingana, The Early Spread of Christianity in India, pp. 50-53.","box":{"x":183,"y":450,"width":803,"height":29}},{"text":"This is a translation of the original Syriac.","box":{"x":179,"y":474,"width":490,"height":25}},{"text":"In the year 52 of our Lord, the Apostle Thomas came to India","box":{"x":180,"y":533,"width":855,"height":31}},{"text":"and baptized many people. He built five churches, over which he","box":{"x":133,"y":559,"width":901,"height":35}},{"text":"set two men, and he went to Mailapore, where he evangelised,","box":{"x":134,"y":588,"width":900,"height":38}},{"text":"died, and was buried.","box":{"x":130,"y":615,"width":297,"height":28}},{"text":"In the year 345, a Christian merchant named Thomas came to","box":{"x":179,"y":670,"width":854,"height":34}},{"text":"India by order of our Father the Patriarch Mar Ignatious. With","box":{"x":133,"y":697,"width":903,"height":34}},{"text":"him came also bishops, priests, deacons, and Christian laymen,","box":{"x":130,"y":726,"width":903,"height":36}},{"text":"who inhabited this land, and preached to us the way of truth.","box":{"x":126,"y":753,"width":907,"height":36}},{"text":"They selected men from those who had previously received ordi-","box":{"x":130,"y":781,"width":903,"height":35}},{"text":"nation from the Apostle Thomas, placed them at the head of the","box":{"x":129,"y":808,"width":904,"height":34}},{"text":"diocese of India, and ordained them archdeacons.","box":{"x":129,"y":835,"width":677,"height":32}},{"text":"In the year 825 of our Lord, a merchant called Job came and","box":{"x":179,"y":894,"width":854,"height":31}},{"text":"dwelt in this land, with two Syrian bishops. We were orthodox","box":{"x":127,"y":920,"width":907,"height":34}},{"text":"Jacobites in our habits from the beginning of the preaching of the","box":{"x":130,"y":947,"width":903,"height":36}},{"text":"Apostle Thomas down to the year 1545. After that came a bishop","box":{"x":124,"y":977,"width":907,"height":35}},{"text":"named Abraham, by order of Mar Elijah, and brought many books","box":{"x":130,"y":1003,"width":900,"height":36}},{"text":"with him. We received ordination from him, because we were","box":{"x":127,"y":1031,"width":905,"height":34}},{"text":"deprived of bishops.","box":{"x":129,"y":1059,"width":284,"height":31}},{"text":"In that time the king of the Portuguese had under his command","box":{"x":175,"y":1111,"width":857,"height":34}},{"text":"the fortress of Cochin, where he conducted Mar Abraham by","box":{"x":131,"y":1140,"width":901,"height":39}},{"text":"force; after that he brought him to Rome and made him submit","box":{"x":132,"y":1169,"width":900,"height":34}},{"text":"to the Pope, who gave him power over all the dioceses of India.","box":{"x":131,"y":1196,"width":900,"height":34}},{"text":"He came back here and he preached to us the habits of the Franks.","box":{"x":127,"y":1224,"width":901,"height":34}},{"text":"After the death of Mar Abraham, Purgis, the Governor of Cochin,","box":{"x":122,"y":1251,"width":907,"height":45}},{"text":"gave much money to the King of Cochin who then greatly molested","box":{"x":129,"y":1279,"width":903,"height":38}},{"text":"the archdeacon and the faithful of the Syrian community. 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Two deacons went from Malabar to the church","box":{"x":124,"y":1475,"width":903,"height":34}},{"text":"of Mailapore, in order to worship before the grave of St. Thomas","box":{"x":126,"y":1502,"width":900,"height":35}}]},"101":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00125-085043d699e9ca17da42.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"SOURCE MATERIALS","box":{"x":458,"y":143,"width":244,"height":17}},{"text":"101","box":{"x":981,"y":134,"width":50,"height":20}},{"text":"the Apostle. When our Father Mar Ignatius saw the deacons,","box":{"x":130,"y":187,"width":903,"height":34}},{"text":"and recognised them, he wept, and they also wept with him. This","box":{"x":130,"y":214,"width":904,"height":35}},{"text":"scene having been noticed by the Franks, they set up matchmen","box":{"x":130,"y":243,"width":905,"height":34}},{"text":"over them, in order to impede the deacons from seeing and speaking","box":{"x":130,"y":271,"width":905,"height":32}},{"text":"to our Father Mar Ignatius; there was no bishop from our own","box":{"x":129,"y":298,"width":908,"height":34}},{"text":"race, and they were the masters of the dioceses of India. Once,","box":{"x":133,"y":327,"width":903,"height":34}},{"text":"however, our Father Mar Ignatius made a secret sign to the deacons,","box":{"x":130,"y":355,"width":904,"height":32}},{"text":"and granted them a letter of recommendation to elect bishop the","box":{"x":132,"y":382,"width":905,"height":31}},{"text":"Archdeacon Thomas, and gave them leave to depart. 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The king answered them:","box":{"x":132,"y":602,"width":907,"height":34}},{"text":"To-morrow I will summon him and deliver him to you.","box":{"x":146,"y":631,"width":787,"height":32}},{"text":"This,","box":{"x":973,"y":631,"width":66,"height":31}},{"text":"however, became known to the Franks who gave much money","box":{"x":136,"y":660,"width":905,"height":32}},{"text":"to the king of Cochin, and he permitted them to do as they wished.","box":{"x":137,"y":688,"width":904,"height":35}},{"text":"In that very night the Franks tied a large stone round the neck","box":{"x":181,"y":746,"width":859,"height":32}},{"text":"of the blessed Patriarch, and threw him into the depth of the sea.","box":{"x":134,"y":773,"width":904,"height":31}},{"text":"The moment the blessed Patriarch died, the pagan king also died.","box":{"x":133,"y":801,"width":910,"height":35}},{"text":"After these events all the Syrian parties assembled in the church","box":{"x":134,"y":827,"width":908,"height":35}},{"text":"of Mattancheri, and each one of them swore in the name of the","box":{"x":134,"y":858,"width":908,"height":31}},{"text":"Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, that they will have no more","box":{"x":134,"y":886,"width":907,"height":31}},{"text":"love for, nor union and communion with, the Franks, and they","box":{"x":134,"y":913,"width":908,"height":32}},{"text":"established Archdeacon Thomas the head of all the churches of the","box":{"x":136,"y":942,"width":907,"height":28}},{"text":"Syrians, in accordance with the order of our Father the Patriarch","box":{"x":136,"y":969,"width":908,"height":32}},{"text":"Ignatius. 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