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Card. de Gregorio.","box":{"x":687,"y":671,"width":301,"height":28}},{"text":"96. PADROADIST REACTION TO THE PAPAL BRIEF","box":{"x":143,"y":753,"width":900,"height":24}},{"text":"MULTA PRAECLARE (1838 A.D.)","box":{"x":351,"y":783,"width":490,"height":28}},{"text":"The representatives of the Padroado (those under the patronage","box":{"x":241,"y":837,"width":760,"height":24}},{"text":"of the Portuguese King) in India refused to recognise the validity of","box":{"x":189,"y":861,"width":815,"height":27}},{"text":"the brief of Pope Gregory XVI, Multa praeclare, and hence intensi-","box":{"x":193,"y":886,"width":806,"height":27}},{"text":"fied the conflict between the Padroadists and Propagandists that so","box":{"x":193,"y":910,"width":805,"height":27}},{"text":"weakened the Roman Catholic Church in India during the ninteenth","box":{"x":188,"y":937,"width":810,"height":21}},{"text":"century. The Padroadist position was put forward in a Pastoral by the","box":{"x":188,"y":962,"width":812,"height":25}},{"text":"Archbishop-elect of Goa, F. Antonio Feliciano de Santa Rita Carvalho,","box":{"x":185,"y":986,"width":815,"height":25}},{"text":"dated 8th October 1838. An English summation of the original Portu-","box":{"x":189,"y":1008,"width":809,"height":27}},{"text":"guese is found in Ernest R. Hull, The Bombay-Mission History","box":{"x":189,"y":1033,"width":810,"height":27}},{"text":"with a Special Study of the Padroado Question, Vol. I, pp. 245-249.","box":{"x":188,"y":1060,"width":813,"height":27}},{"text":"I. A rumour has been spread abroad on all sides by the","box":{"x":294,"y":1114,"width":756,"height":31}},{"text":"Propagandists about the recent arrival of an aposto-","box":{"x":344,"y":1142,"width":704,"height":31}},{"text":"lic brief issued by Pope Gregory XVI, abolishing the","box":{"x":348,"y":1169,"width":703,"height":34}},{"text":"patronage of the crown of Portugal in the dioceses","box":{"x":346,"y":1197,"width":703,"height":31}},{"text":"of Malacca, Mylapore, Cochin and Cranganore,","box":{"x":347,"y":1226,"width":701,"height":32}},{"text":"handing them over to certain Vicars-Apostolic, and","box":{"x":346,"y":1252,"width":704,"height":34}},{"text":"annulling in them the metropolitan jurisdiction of","box":{"x":346,"y":1282,"width":707,"height":31}},{"text":"Goa. They (the Propagandists) have also given","box":{"x":344,"y":1307,"width":707,"height":35}},{"text":"out that within a short time another apostolic brief","box":{"x":348,"y":1335,"width":704,"height":32}},{"text":"will be issued, separating from the metropolitan of","box":{"x":346,"y":1365,"width":707,"height":29}},{"text":"Goa, and giving over to the Vicar or the Great","box":{"x":344,"y":1390,"width":704,"height":31}},{"text":"Mogul, the churches situated in British territories","box":{"x":346,"y":1418,"width":703,"height":32}},{"text":"north of Goa on the ground that the Queen of","box":{"x":350,"y":1444,"width":701,"height":31}},{"text":"Portugal has lost her right of patronage in these","box":{"x":346,"y":1473,"width":704,"height":32}},{"text":"dominions for not maintaining the missionaries sent","box":{"x":347,"y":1500,"width":700,"height":31}},{"text":"to these parts.","box":{"x":348,"y":1532,"width":188,"height":29}}]},"142":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00166-e4bee457d023adce617d.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"142","box":{"x":115,"y":151,"width":55,"height":17}},{"text":"HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA","box":{"x":337,"y":156,"width":474,"height":20}},{"text":"II. It is quite conceivable that the propagators of this","box":{"x":256,"y":202,"width":768,"height":39}},{"text":"rumour are capable of forging such a document, or","box":{"x":322,"y":230,"width":701,"height":35}},{"text":"of extorting it from the Sovereign Pontiff by trickery","box":{"x":316,"y":260,"width":708,"height":32}},{"text":"and falsehood, in order to gratify their ambition,","box":{"x":318,"y":288,"width":704,"height":35}},{"text":"self-love and avarice.","box":{"x":319,"y":314,"width":284,"height":25}},{"text":"III. When a copy of this apostolic brief came into our","box":{"x":242,"y":364,"width":781,"height":32}},{"text":"hands through the Bishop of Mylapore, we could","box":{"x":315,"y":391,"width":708,"height":35}},{"text":"see at once from certain manifest signs that it deserved","box":{"x":318,"y":422,"width":704,"height":29}},{"text":"to be rejected from the very outset, either as apocry-","box":{"x":315,"y":450,"width":705,"height":34}},{"text":"phal, or else as having been obtained surreptitiously.","box":{"x":315,"y":476,"width":708,"height":35}},{"text":"And this for the following reasons:","box":{"x":309,"y":504,"width":484,"height":28}},{"text":"IV. First, it is contrary to the ordinary usage of the Holy","box":{"x":238,"y":553,"width":782,"height":34}},{"text":"See to treat of a matter of such importance in a mere","box":{"x":313,"y":581,"width":704,"height":31}},{"text":"brief and not in a bull.","box":{"x":312,"y":606,"width":311,"height":25}},{"text":"V. But passing this over, it is strange that we should","box":{"x":248,"y":655,"width":771,"height":32}},{"text":"depend on a stray copy coming in our way, and that","box":{"x":309,"y":684,"width":707,"height":32}},{"text":"it should not reach us in the official manner, accompa-","box":{"x":313,"y":710,"width":704,"height":34}},{"text":"nied by an apostolic letter to the metropolitans or","box":{"x":310,"y":739,"width":707,"height":32}},{"text":"ordinaries, and fortified by the royal consent, which","box":{"x":309,"y":766,"width":707,"height":32}},{"text":"is part of the prescriptive right of the crown.","box":{"x":313,"y":793,"width":613,"height":32}},{"text":"VII. The absence of this royal consent, certifying that the","box":{"x":220,"y":845,"width":796,"height":31}},{"text":"brief contains nothing contrary to the rights of the","box":{"x":306,"y":872,"width":707,"height":32}},{"text":"queen, is in itself a sufficient reason why it should","box":{"x":306,"y":900,"width":708,"height":32}},{"text":"be rejected at once.","box":{"x":302,"y":924,"width":266,"height":32}},{"text":"VIII. Besides these external arguments there are also","box":{"x":203,"y":977,"width":810,"height":35}},{"text":"several internal signs that it is surreptitious.","box":{"x":306,"y":1006,"width":579,"height":31}},{"text":"First, the document calls the patronage a privilege.'","box":{"x":302,"y":1045,"width":708,"height":34}},{"text":"This is manifestly false, since it is not a privilege but","box":{"x":301,"y":1072,"width":711,"height":35}},{"text":"a right (jus patronatus) resting on the titles of founda-","box":{"x":306,"y":1099,"width":710,"height":32}},{"text":"tion and endowment, and one which cannot be","box":{"x":304,"y":1129,"width":707,"height":31}},{"text":"abrogated without the express consent of the king.","box":{"x":303,"y":1158,"width":705,"height":32}},{"text":"XI. Secondly it is false to say that this 'privilege' had","box":{"x":226,"y":1206,"width":784,"height":34}},{"text":"for its object that the sees should not remain vacant","box":{"x":301,"y":1235,"width":710,"height":29}},{"text":"for long.","box":{"x":301,"y":1261,"width":119,"height":27}},{"text":"XII. The title by which the right of patronage was obtained","box":{"x":210,"y":1314,"width":799,"height":34}},{"text":"are, first, the fact of foundation and endowment, as","box":{"x":301,"y":1343,"width":705,"height":31}},{"text":"appears in the bulls by which those sees were estab-","box":{"x":299,"y":1370,"width":708,"height":32}},{"text":"lished; and secondly, prescription or pacific posses-","box":{"x":298,"y":1396,"width":710,"height":35}},{"text":"sion for over 300 years. It is a true ownership","box":{"x":299,"y":1427,"width":705,"height":32}},{"text":"legitimately obtained, legitimately maintained, and","box":{"x":302,"y":1454,"width":705,"height":35}},{"text":"possessed in good faith; nor can it be lost by reason","box":{"x":298,"y":1481,"width":707,"height":35}},{"text":"of the sees being left vacant.","box":{"x":299,"y":1508,"width":385,"height":29}}]},"143":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00167-ee40e03f0f55df2bcfd0.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"SOURCE MATERIALS","box":{"x":473,"y":167,"width":248,"height":20}},{"text":"143","box":{"x":999,"y":164,"width":50,"height":20}},{"text":"XIII. 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If the rights of the queen are guaranteed by the","box":{"x":256,"y":446,"width":794,"height":32}},{"text":"natural law, it follows that even the existing Pope","box":{"x":346,"y":474,"width":703,"height":34}},{"text":"cannot abrogate them without diametrically oppos-","box":{"x":340,"y":501,"width":708,"height":34}},{"text":"ing the will of Christ who came not to destroy but","box":{"x":346,"y":531,"width":703,"height":34}},{"text":"to fulfil and who said: 'Render to Caesar the things","box":{"x":343,"y":557,"width":705,"height":34}},{"text":"that are Caesar's.'","box":{"x":344,"y":587,"width":245,"height":22}},{"text":"XVI. It is impossible, therefore, that the Pope should","box":{"x":243,"y":643,"width":801,"height":35}},{"text":"attempt to violate the rights of the queen-rights","box":{"x":343,"y":670,"width":703,"height":35}},{"text":"obtained by legitimate titles and preserved and main-","box":{"x":341,"y":699,"width":704,"height":32}},{"text":"tained by immemorial possession-a possession","box":{"x":341,"y":726,"width":705,"height":34}},{"text":"purchased by the shedding of rivers of blood and the","box":{"x":341,"y":755,"width":705,"height":29}},{"text":"expenditure of copious treasure for the spread of the","box":{"x":341,"y":783,"width":705,"height":32}},{"text":"Gospel. It is unthinkable that the Pope should do","box":{"x":336,"y":810,"width":710,"height":35}},{"text":"this; and since he cannot be the author of the pre-","box":{"x":340,"y":836,"width":705,"height":34}},{"text":"tended brief, it must have been fabricated by sacrilegi-","box":{"x":344,"y":866,"width":700,"height":34}},{"text":"ous men.","box":{"x":344,"y":903,"width":119,"height":15}},{"text":"XIX. But these are not the only arguments. Besides this,","box":{"x":241,"y":954,"width":803,"height":32}},{"text":"the pretended brief fails to satisfy the 42nd rule of","box":{"x":341,"y":982,"width":707,"height":31}},{"text":"the Chancellary, which for the validity of a bull of","box":{"x":341,"y":1008,"width":707,"height":32}},{"text":"abrogation requires these four conditions :-first,","box":{"x":343,"y":1037,"width":700,"height":32}},{"text":"it must specify the time, etc., of the vacancy;","box":{"x":341,"y":1066,"width":703,"height":35}},{"text":"secondly, it must show that the time for presenta-","box":{"x":341,"y":1092,"width":703,"height":32}},{"text":"tion has expired; thirdly, it must have the consent","box":{"x":341,"y":1122,"width":703,"height":31}},{"text":"of the crown; and fourthly, it must specify the","box":{"x":341,"y":1150,"width":703,"height":34}},{"text":"previous bulls which are abrogated.","box":{"x":340,"y":1177,"width":480,"height":31}},{"text":"XX. 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Hence it fails in","box":{"x":340,"y":1492,"width":703,"height":31}},{"text":"the third condition.","box":{"x":340,"y":1521,"width":262,"height":24}}]},"144":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00168-d125988fb782a33c8d1d.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"144","box":{"x":118,"y":146,"width":56,"height":21}},{"text":"HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA","box":{"x":339,"y":150,"width":473,"height":18}},{"text":"XXIII.","box":{"x":197,"y":199,"width":92,"height":27}},{"text":"There is no mention of the bulls which it is intended","box":{"x":325,"y":199,"width":703,"height":27}},{"text":"to abrogate, and hence if fails in the fourth condition.","box":{"x":323,"y":228,"width":705,"height":29}},{"text":"(Here follows a list of 19 bulls ranging from 1442 to","box":{"x":318,"y":266,"width":707,"height":31}},{"text":"recent times, express mention of which ought to have","box":{"x":325,"y":293,"width":701,"height":32}},{"text":"been made in the derogation).","box":{"x":319,"y":322,"width":409,"height":31}},{"text":"XVI","box":{"x":218,"y":375,"width":62,"height":28}},{"text":". Another collection of falsities in the brief is, first,","box":{"x":283,"y":375,"width":740,"height":28}},{"text":"the alleged relaxation in faith, morals and discipline","box":{"x":320,"y":403,"width":705,"height":29}},{"text":"in the dioceses of the patronage through lack of","box":{"x":322,"y":431,"width":708,"height":31}},{"text":"proper pastors; secondly, the alleged unjust","box":{"x":318,"y":458,"width":707,"height":34}},{"text":"resistance shown to the Vicars-Apostolic by the","box":{"x":322,"y":486,"width":704,"height":31}},{"text":"Padroado bishops; and thirdly, the alleged change","box":{"x":319,"y":513,"width":707,"height":34}},{"text":"of circumstances due to these countries having passed","box":{"x":319,"y":542,"width":708,"height":31}},{"text":"under the dominion of a most powerful king, whose","box":{"x":320,"y":568,"width":705,"height":32}},{"text":"form of government is declared to be incompatible","box":{"x":319,"y":596,"width":707,"height":32}},{"text":"with the maintenance of the Padroado. 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Besides this, it would be a","box":{"x":325,"y":473,"width":711,"height":31}},{"text":"grievous injury to Great Britain to suppose that she","box":{"x":321,"y":501,"width":714,"height":31}},{"text":"should fail in fidelity to the treaties sworn between","box":{"x":325,"y":527,"width":710,"height":31}},{"text":"herself and Portugal, by which she is bound not to","box":{"x":322,"y":555,"width":712,"height":34}},{"text":"interfere with ecclesiastical jurisdiction-besides her","box":{"x":328,"y":582,"width":707,"height":32}},{"text":"principle of extending toleration to all religions","box":{"x":323,"y":610,"width":711,"height":35}},{"text":"alike.","box":{"x":326,"y":645,"width":73,"height":24}},{"text":"XL. 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It is well known that suitable subsidies were paid","box":{"x":216,"y":1115,"width":819,"height":31}},{"text":"out of the royal treasury without interruption down","box":{"x":325,"y":1144,"width":711,"height":34}},{"text":"to the year 1835, when the Prefect ordered them to","box":{"x":326,"y":1172,"width":707,"height":32}},{"text":"be suspended till a new and perhaps more regular","box":{"x":326,"y":1199,"width":708,"height":35}},{"text":"organisation should be given to the missions which","box":{"x":328,"y":1228,"width":708,"height":32}},{"text":"had previously belonged to the religious orders now","box":{"x":325,"y":1256,"width":711,"height":34}},{"text":"extinct. Secondly, it is well known that these","box":{"x":326,"y":1279,"width":711,"height":38}},{"text":"subsidies were, with some modification, reestab-","box":{"x":330,"y":1310,"width":705,"height":34}},{"text":"lished in June of the present year 1838. 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It is well known in canon","box":{"x":339,"y":317,"width":708,"height":29}},{"text":"law that failure of contribution on the part of a","box":{"x":343,"y":343,"width":704,"height":32}},{"text":"secular patron is not sufficient cause even to suspend,","box":{"x":341,"y":373,"width":707,"height":35}},{"text":"still less to abolish such a right.","box":{"x":343,"y":400,"width":424,"height":32}},{"text":"*XLV.","box":{"x":221,"y":450,"width":90,"height":27}},{"text":"Hence it is manifest how ill-founded are the views","box":{"x":343,"y":449,"width":701,"height":28}},{"text":"of the Propagandists in Bombay. Should they","box":{"x":339,"y":477,"width":707,"height":34}},{"text":"come forward with some brief passed by the Congre-","box":{"x":339,"y":508,"width":705,"height":32}},{"text":"gation of Propaganda favouring their unjust preten-","box":{"x":339,"y":535,"width":707,"height":32}},{"text":"sions, we have declared already that we cannot admit","box":{"x":339,"y":561,"width":705,"height":31}},{"text":"any such rescript unless it is fortified by the royal","box":{"x":336,"y":590,"width":707,"height":35}},{"text":"consent. Moreover, we shall make known to the","box":{"x":337,"y":618,"width":707,"height":31}},{"text":"Pope through competent channels that his Vicars","box":{"x":336,"y":645,"width":705,"height":31}},{"text":"in this part of the world have deceived him with","box":{"x":339,"y":671,"width":703,"height":31}},{"text":"their arbitrary and false informations; and that","box":{"x":337,"y":701,"width":705,"height":31}},{"text":"such briefs are obreptitious and subreptitious, and","box":{"x":334,"y":727,"width":707,"height":35}},{"text":"therefore he himself ought to approve of their","box":{"x":336,"y":754,"width":705,"height":34}},{"text":"rejection.","box":{"x":334,"y":784,"width":132,"height":28}},{"text":"*XLV.","box":{"x":214,"y":833,"width":88,"height":31}},{"text":"We have often made our profession of faith and","box":{"x":334,"y":832,"width":707,"height":32}},{"text":"obedience to the Holy See; but this is not incompa-","box":{"x":334,"y":861,"width":705,"height":32}},{"text":"tible with another oath which we have also taken,","box":{"x":333,"y":887,"width":704,"height":34}},{"text":"of equal force and solemnity, to maintain fidelity","box":{"x":332,"y":916,"width":708,"height":35}},{"text":"and obedience to our sovereign, and to maintain","box":{"x":336,"y":944,"width":704,"height":34}},{"text":"untouched the prerogatives of the royal patronage","box":{"x":332,"y":971,"width":707,"height":34}},{"text":"and of our metropolitan see. And as the supposed","box":{"x":334,"y":998,"width":703,"height":35}},{"text":"brief attacks these royal rights, and offends against","box":{"x":332,"y":1026,"width":707,"height":34}},{"text":"the ordinary rights of our suffragans as well as our","box":{"x":333,"y":1054,"width":705,"height":34}},{"text":"own, we feel bound to protest against and legally","box":{"x":334,"y":1082,"width":703,"height":36}},{"text":"to resist the execution of this or any similar brief-","box":{"x":334,"y":1110,"width":705,"height":31}},{"text":"which bears clear signs, external and internal, of","box":{"x":329,"y":1136,"width":711,"height":32}},{"text":"being supposititious and false. Moreover by a","box":{"x":330,"y":1164,"width":710,"height":34}},{"text":"similar right we protest against its acceptance by the","box":{"x":332,"y":1192,"width":705,"height":36}},{"text":"court of the British Government; from whom we","box":{"x":330,"y":1220,"width":704,"height":29}},{"text":"respectfully ask the necessary support for the mainte-","box":{"x":333,"y":1248,"width":698,"height":34}},{"text":"nance of our sacred rights, in the name of reason and","box":{"x":330,"y":1276,"width":704,"height":31}},{"text":"justice, and on account of the solemn treaties signed","box":{"x":327,"y":1304,"width":707,"height":34}},{"text":"between the crowns of Portugal and England.","box":{"x":326,"y":1331,"width":616,"height":36}},{"text":"XLVII. We order all our subjects not to admit or to give","box":{"x":197,"y":1383,"width":836,"height":34}},{"text":"effect to the brief referred to, unless it is fortified","box":{"x":329,"y":1411,"width":704,"height":32}},{"text":"by the royal consent of the queen-to whom we have","box":{"x":326,"y":1438,"width":705,"height":32}},{"text":"* In E. R. Hull's book the numbers are the same.","box":{"x":176,"y":1511,"width":598,"height":27}}]}}}