{"pages":{"53":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00077-56cc2100ce7132eaa60c.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"SOURCE MATERIALS","box":{"x":437,"y":146,"width":246,"height":18}},{"text":"53","box":{"x":977,"y":144,"width":39,"height":20}},{"text":"The use of the sandal and the baths is permitted only for","box":{"x":182,"y":195,"width":830,"height":32}},{"text":"adornment, cleanliness and health's sake, rejecting all superstition,","box":{"x":109,"y":223,"width":904,"height":34}},{"text":"and avoiding the recitation of mantrams during the bath, and while","box":{"x":109,"y":251,"width":904,"height":32}},{"text":"smearing the sandal.","box":{"x":108,"y":279,"width":274,"height":27}},{"text":"All other things, which may have escaped the Cardinals,","box":{"x":178,"y":322,"width":836,"height":34}},{"text":"and which savour of superstition, to be avoided.","box":{"x":109,"y":350,"width":661,"height":32}},{"text":"Finally the new converts should guard themselves against","box":{"x":182,"y":393,"width":831,"height":35}},{"text":"superstitions of any kind, should not mix in superstitious practice,","box":{"x":109,"y":423,"width":905,"height":32}},{"text":"ceremonies, or sacrifices, lest their subsequent fault and sin be","box":{"x":108,"y":451,"width":907,"height":32}},{"text":"worse than the first.","box":{"x":106,"y":480,"width":269,"height":25}},{"text":"46. LETTER OF THE CATHANARS (Priests) AND PEOPLE","box":{"x":101,"y":560,"width":912,"height":34}},{"text":"TO THE CAPTAIN OF COCHIN (c. 1652 A.D.)","box":{"x":228,"y":594,"width":669,"height":29}},{"text":"In the 1650s there was much dissatisfaction among the Syrian","box":{"x":196,"y":647,"width":771,"height":25}},{"text":"Christians. A crisis was created when it was rumoured that a bishop","box":{"x":155,"y":671,"width":810,"height":25}},{"text":"from Syria, Ahathalla, had been killed by the Jesuits. This letter","box":{"x":154,"y":696,"width":815,"height":25}},{"text":"indicates the extent of the dissatisfaction, particularly with the Jesuits.","box":{"x":158,"y":721,"width":809,"height":25}},{"text":"Cited in Ferroli, The Jesuits in Malabar, Vol. II, p. 50.","box":{"x":153,"y":746,"width":658,"height":28}},{"text":"We beg your honour for the love of God, and of the Christian","box":{"x":148,"y":797,"width":866,"height":31}},{"text":"community that you now endeavour to bring back the Patriarch","box":{"x":104,"y":826,"width":912,"height":31}},{"text":"(Ahathalla) whom the Paulists (Jesuits) have taken from us, so that","box":{"x":105,"y":851,"width":908,"height":34}},{"text":"the truth may be known and we may obey and in case the Patri-","box":{"x":106,"y":881,"width":905,"height":32}},{"text":"arch cannot be produced, he having been killed by the Paulists, let","box":{"x":108,"y":910,"width":907,"height":31}},{"text":"any other person of any of the four religious orders come here, by","box":{"x":108,"y":938,"width":908,"height":31}},{"text":"order of the Supreme Pontiff, a man who knows Syriac and can","box":{"x":108,"y":966,"width":908,"height":29}},{"text":"teach us in our offices, except the Paulists, whom we do not at all","box":{"x":106,"y":994,"width":910,"height":31}},{"text":"desire, because they are enemies of us and of the Church of Rome;","box":{"x":106,"y":1022,"width":907,"height":31}},{"text":"with that exception let anybody come and we are ready to obey","box":{"x":105,"y":1049,"width":910,"height":32}},{"text":"without hesitation.","box":{"x":106,"y":1078,"width":252,"height":24}},{"text":"47. THE LETTER OF MAR AITHALAHA (AHATHALLA)","box":{"x":105,"y":1152,"width":911,"height":29}},{"text":"(1652 A.D.)","box":{"x":480,"y":1182,"width":162,"height":28}},{"text":"Mar Aithalaha (Ahathalla), an Eastern prelate who claimed to be","box":{"x":196,"y":1233,"width":775,"height":25}},{"text":"the Patriarch of India, arrived in Mylapore on 2nd August, 1652.","box":{"x":155,"y":1257,"width":812,"height":27}},{"text":"While there he established contact with Syrian Christians from Kerala","box":{"x":154,"y":1282,"width":815,"height":27}},{"text":"who were, at that time, under Roman Catholic (Portuguese) jurisdiction.","box":{"x":157,"y":1308,"width":813,"height":28}},{"text":"The letter reproduced here was written to Archdeacon Thomas","box":{"x":157,"y":1333,"width":812,"height":25}},{"text":"Palliveettil, leader of a dissident group of Syrian Christians who were","box":{"x":155,"y":1358,"width":815,"height":25}},{"text":"attempting to reestablish their traditional relationship with West Asia.","box":{"x":157,"y":1385,"width":812,"height":25}},{"text":"The Latin text of this letter is preserved in the Propaganda Archives","box":{"x":157,"y":1409,"width":810,"height":27}},{"text":"in Rome, Scritture Referite. Originali, vol. 232, fo. 2, 1. The","box":{"x":160,"y":1432,"width":808,"height":27}},{"text":"English translation is given by E. R. Hambye in a footnote to his","box":{"x":153,"y":1458,"width":815,"height":27}},{"text":"article, An Eastern Prelate in India, Mar Aithalaha, 1652-53', Indian","box":{"x":157,"y":1484,"width":813,"height":27}},{"text":"Church History Review, vol. II, No. 1, (June 1968), p. 2.","box":{"x":153,"y":1508,"width":700,"height":28}}]}}}