{"pages":{"34":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00058-cbc599bb3fc60abdcc60.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"34","box":{"x":130,"y":154,"width":38,"height":17}},{"text":"HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA","box":{"x":351,"y":160,"width":472,"height":18}},{"text":"death a large number of the converts, simply because they had","box":{"x":127,"y":204,"width":905,"height":39}},{"text":"become Christians. Let us give thanks to our Lord Jesus Christ","box":{"x":129,"y":231,"width":904,"height":34}},{"text":"that even in our time He does not let us lack martyrs and that while","box":{"x":129,"y":261,"width":903,"height":35}},{"text":"He sees so few souls avail themselves of all His divine mercy and","box":{"x":125,"y":289,"width":908,"height":34}},{"text":"indulgence to work out their salvation, He permits, in the mystery","box":{"x":130,"y":317,"width":901,"height":38}},{"text":"of His providence, th that human barbarity should fill up the destined","box":{"x":129,"y":345,"width":903,"height":32}},{"text":"ranks and number of the blessed.","box":{"x":129,"y":373,"width":481,"height":28}},{"text":"I have already written you word of how great a friend the","box":{"x":176,"y":435,"width":854,"height":32}},{"text":"Governor of India is to me and to all the Society. He was so angry","box":{"x":123,"y":463,"width":907,"height":34}},{"text":"and indignant at the horrible slaughter of the converts, that as","box":{"x":127,"y":490,"width":904,"height":35}},{"text":"soon as I began to speak to him about it, he ordered a powerful","box":{"x":127,"y":518,"width":900,"height":35}},{"text":"fleet to be fitted out for the destruction of the tyrant, and I was","box":{"x":127,"y":546,"width":901,"height":34}},{"text":"obliged myself to restrain the warmth of his most righteous indig-","box":{"x":127,"y":574,"width":900,"height":34}},{"text":"nation. This same Raja who has put the Christians to death has a","box":{"x":125,"y":602,"width":903,"height":32}},{"text":"brother, the legitimate heir of the crown, who lives in exile for","box":{"x":123,"y":629,"width":904,"height":34}},{"text":"fear of his brother's cruelty. This prince has promised that, if","box":{"x":125,"y":656,"width":904,"height":35}},{"text":"he is put in possession of his dominions by the Governor, he will","box":{"x":122,"y":683,"width":904,"height":34}},{"text":"become Christian as well as principal person of his kingdom. The","box":{"x":119,"y":711,"width":905,"height":35}},{"text":"Governor has given orders to his officers to restore him to the","box":{"x":117,"y":737,"width":908,"height":35}},{"text":"throne if he embraces the Christian religion, and to put to death","box":{"x":120,"y":768,"width":904,"height":31}},{"text":"the Raja who persecuted the converts, or to treat him as I shall","box":{"x":123,"y":794,"width":901,"height":34}},{"text":"think proper. I do not doubt that the prayers of the converts whom","box":{"x":122,"y":822,"width":900,"height":32}},{"text":"he has rendered martyrs may win for him the grace to acknowledge.","box":{"x":119,"y":849,"width":922,"height":34}},{"text":"his blindness, and that after doing a wholesome penance he may","box":{"x":119,"y":877,"width":905,"height":35}},{"text":"obtain pardon from God for so much crime and barbarity","box":{"x":117,"y":906,"width":838,"height":32}},{"text":"34. XAVIER'S LETTER TO KING JOAO III (1545 A.D.)","box":{"x":146,"y":1062,"width":852,"height":32}},{"text":"This letter was written from Amboina (Molucas) asking the king","box":{"x":200,"y":1140,"width":770,"height":29}},{"text":"of Portugal to establish the Inquisition in Goa. It is dated May 16,","box":{"x":164,"y":1166,"width":808,"height":29}},{"text":"1545. Silva Rego, Documentacao para a Historia das Missoes do","box":{"x":162,"y":1191,"width":808,"height":27}},{"text":"Padroado Portugues do Oriente, Vol. III, p. 351. Cited in","box":{"x":160,"y":1216,"width":809,"height":28}},{"text":"A. K. Priolkar, The Goa Inquisition, pp. 23-24.","box":{"x":161,"y":1241,"width":577,"height":28}},{"text":"The second necessity for the Christians is that your majesty","box":{"x":155,"y":1308,"width":864,"height":36}},{"text":"establish the Holy Inquisition, because there are many who live","box":{"x":112,"y":1338,"width":904,"height":34}},{"text":"according to the Jewish law, and according to the Mahamedan","box":{"x":112,"y":1367,"width":904,"height":31}},{"text":"sect, without any fear of God or shame of the world. And since","box":{"x":113,"y":1396,"width":901,"height":28}},{"text":"there are many who are spread all over the fortress, there is the","box":{"x":111,"y":1421,"width":903,"height":32}},{"text":"need of the Holy Inquisition and of many preachers. Your majesty","box":{"x":106,"y":1449,"width":905,"height":36}},{"text":"should provide such necessary things for your loyal and faithful","box":{"x":108,"y":1477,"width":904,"height":34}},{"text":"subjects in India.","box":{"x":112,"y":1503,"width":225,"height":32}}]}}}