{"pages":{"35":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00059-d3eaa41beced62177d8f.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"SOURCE MATERIALS","box":{"x":466,"y":161,"width":248,"height":17}},{"text":"35","box":{"x":1009,"y":155,"width":38,"height":20}},{"text":"35. LETTER OF MIGUEL VAZ TO KING","box":{"x":266,"y":227,"width":644,"height":24}},{"text":"JOAO III (1545 A.D.)","box":{"x":430,"y":261,"width":322,"height":28}},{"text":"Miguel Vaz was the Vicar General stationed at Bassein. This","box":{"x":224,"y":315,"width":771,"height":24}},{"text":"letter, written in November, 1545, reveals the role played by the","box":{"x":186,"y":340,"width":810,"height":28}},{"text":"Portuguese king in ecclesiastical affairs. Documentacao para a Historia","box":{"x":183,"y":366,"width":815,"height":27}},{"text":"das Missoes do Padroado Portugues do Oriente, Vol. III, pp. 212-213.","box":{"x":186,"y":392,"width":810,"height":25}},{"text":"Cited in G. M. Moraes, A History of Christianity in India, p. 169.","box":{"x":186,"y":417,"width":788,"height":25}},{"text":"Bassein is among the best lands, if not the best, Your Highness","box":{"x":181,"y":473,"width":866,"height":29}},{"text":"possesses on the Indian coast. It has been yielding large revenue","box":{"x":137,"y":501,"width":914,"height":31}},{"text":"for many years. But there is not a single church there, nor yet","box":{"x":137,"y":529,"width":912,"height":32}},{"text":"in the entire territory extending over fifteen leagues or more.","box":{"x":139,"y":558,"width":912,"height":29}},{"text":"Neither are there any means by which we could disabuse our","box":{"x":136,"y":584,"width":915,"height":31}},{"text":"subjects of the errors in which they live; and impress upon them","box":{"x":141,"y":612,"width":908,"height":32}},{"text":"the necessity and obligation of accepting our Holy Faith. It seems","box":{"x":139,"y":638,"width":911,"height":35}},{"text":"but right that this work be undertaken by some men who, working","box":{"x":139,"y":669,"width":914,"height":31}},{"text":"in that region, could wean the people from idolatry and Islam","box":{"x":143,"y":697,"width":908,"height":31}},{"text":"both of which are flourishing there. The best way to achieve this","box":{"x":137,"y":725,"width":914,"height":31}},{"text":"is for Your Highness to build a church, granting the purposes of","box":{"x":139,"y":752,"width":918,"height":34}},{"text":"conversion, two thousand padraos a year from what comes through","box":{"x":140,"y":782,"width":910,"height":29}},{"text":"God's bounty in this territory. Placing this sum in the hands of","box":{"x":134,"y":808,"width":921,"height":31}},{"text":"reliable men to spend on this head and entrusting them with the","box":{"x":141,"y":836,"width":910,"height":35}},{"text":"work, they would be able to do much in your service as well as for","box":{"x":139,"y":861,"width":910,"height":32}},{"text":"the salvation of their neighbours. For until the present a sum","box":{"x":140,"y":892,"width":911,"height":31}},{"text":"of three thousand, which is raised in the name of the factories,","box":{"x":141,"y":919,"width":908,"height":31}},{"text":"is spent for the glory of Muhammad and for maintaining the","box":{"x":141,"y":948,"width":908,"height":31}},{"text":"mosques. This I know from the information which, I think, for","box":{"x":141,"y":976,"width":908,"height":31}},{"text":"the reasons they gave me, to be correct.","box":{"x":140,"y":1004,"width":581,"height":29}},{"text":"36. XAVIER'S LETTER TO THE KING OF PORTUGAL","box":{"x":141,"y":1120,"width":904,"height":27}},{"text":"(1548 A.D.)","box":{"x":505,"y":1155,"width":165,"height":29}},{"text":"In this letter, written from Cochin and dated January 20, 1548,","box":{"x":228,"y":1218,"width":771,"height":32}},{"text":"Xavier asks the king to instruct the Portuguese officials in India to","box":{"x":186,"y":1242,"width":813,"height":28}},{"text":"assume direct responsibility for supporting the work of the missions.","box":{"x":189,"y":1268,"width":810,"height":27}},{"text":"J. N. Ogilvie, The Apostles of India, Appendix II, pp. 437-440.","box":{"x":188,"y":1292,"width":771,"height":28}},{"text":"To come to a matter which concerns myself individually. I have","box":{"x":179,"y":1350,"width":871,"height":34}},{"text":"often pondered in my own mind, after carefully considering the","box":{"x":136,"y":1378,"width":914,"height":34}},{"text":"question on every side, what I could write to your Majesty, as to","box":{"x":134,"y":1406,"width":915,"height":34}},{"text":"the best means of spreading, and of firmly establishing, the Christian","box":{"x":136,"y":1432,"width":914,"height":36}},{"text":"faith in this country. I am impelled to this course, on the one hand,","box":{"x":137,"y":1458,"width":910,"height":36}},{"text":"from my desire to obey God and to promote his glory. I am","box":{"x":134,"y":1489,"width":915,"height":34}},{"text":"deterred from doing it, on the other hand, because I despair of ever","box":{"x":130,"y":1514,"width":921,"height":36}}]}}}