{"pages":{"52":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00076-86fc7760c8803fd944c2.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"52","box":{"x":144,"y":144,"width":39,"height":18}},{"text":"HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA","box":{"x":365,"y":151,"width":472,"height":22}},{"text":"thought he must consult Your Holiness by letters. The answer","box":{"x":141,"y":198,"width":910,"height":32}},{"text":"from Rome came to India two years ago, and when last year, 1618,","box":{"x":134,"y":228,"width":915,"height":34}},{"text":"a new Brief arrived urging a speedy settlement of this affair, I set","box":{"x":143,"y":255,"width":908,"height":31}},{"text":"out immediately with the Archbishop of Cranganore for Goa,","box":{"x":141,"y":282,"width":908,"height":35}},{"text":"where we arrived after a difficult journey which lasted one month...","box":{"x":138,"y":311,"width":910,"height":34}},{"text":"45. DECISION IN FAVOUR OF DE NOBILI ON THE","box":{"x":169,"y":427,"width":848,"height":27}},{"text":"ADAPTATION QUESTION (1623 A.D.)","box":{"x":317,"y":461,"width":560,"height":31}},{"text":"Pope Gregory XV appointed Peter Lombard, the Archbishop of","box":{"x":222,"y":524,"width":780,"height":28}},{"text":"Armagh, and the Lisbon Inquisition to study de Nobili's missionary","box":{"x":182,"y":547,"width":817,"height":31}},{"text":"methods for the purpose of officially putting to rest what had become","box":{"x":183,"y":572,"width":815,"height":31}},{"text":"a heated controversy. On 31 January 1623 the decision was made in","box":{"x":186,"y":600,"width":812,"height":25}},{"text":"favour of de Nobili in the Brief, Romanaee Sedis Antistites. Cited in","box":{"x":187,"y":621,"width":809,"height":27}},{"text":"Ferroli, The Jesuits in Malabar, Vol. II, pp. 400-401..","box":{"x":187,"y":646,"width":633,"height":28}},{"text":"Humanae infirmitati consulendo, taking into consideration","box":{"x":176,"y":704,"width":869,"height":31}},{"text":"human weakness quantum sine Dei offensione et populorum scandalo","box":{"x":131,"y":734,"width":911,"height":34}},{"text":"licet, in as much as it is permissible without sin and without scandal,","box":{"x":133,"y":760,"width":908,"height":35}},{"text":"desirous to favour the conversion of these peoples, who do not wish","box":{"x":128,"y":789,"width":912,"height":34}},{"text":"to give up the tuft of hair, the cord, the baths, the sandal, by which","box":{"x":131,"y":816,"width":911,"height":34}},{"text":"are indicated their nobility, caste and office, after diligent study","box":{"x":131,"y":843,"width":910,"height":34}},{"text":"and discussion, after having heard the opinion of various Cardinals,","box":{"x":131,"y":871,"width":907,"height":32}},{"text":"till we decide otherwise, by our apostolic authority, we allow to","box":{"x":130,"y":898,"width":908,"height":36}},{"text":"Brahmins and others to be converted, the use of the cord, and the","box":{"x":126,"y":926,"width":911,"height":34}},{"text":"tuft of hair, which serve to distinguish the various castes, and are","box":{"x":128,"y":953,"width":907,"height":34}},{"text":"a sign of nobility and social standing and office. Further the sandal,","box":{"x":130,"y":982,"width":908,"height":38}},{"text":"which is an ornament of the body, is permitted, and so are the baths,","box":{"x":123,"y":1009,"width":914,"height":35}},{"text":"for health and cleanliness. In order, however, that the least","box":{"x":128,"y":1037,"width":908,"height":34}},{"text":"semblance of superstition be removed:","box":{"x":128,"y":1062,"width":526,"height":32}},{"text":"The cord should not be received in the temple, or from one","box":{"x":200,"y":1116,"width":833,"height":35}},{"text":"of their priests, but from a Catholic priest, who, upon conferring","box":{"x":124,"y":1142,"width":910,"height":34}},{"text":"it, should recite the prescribed prayers.","box":{"x":126,"y":1166,"width":532,"height":35}},{"text":"The pagan prayers and mantrams which used to be learnt","box":{"x":200,"y":1220,"width":833,"height":32}},{"text":"upon receiving the cord, should not be learnt, but rather should","box":{"x":117,"y":1245,"width":914,"height":36}},{"text":"be confined to perpetual oblivion.","box":{"x":117,"y":1271,"width":462,"height":32}},{"text":"Similarly the prayers and sacrifices which used to be offered","box":{"x":200,"y":1326,"width":827,"height":32}},{"text":"upon conferring the cord, should not be performed.","box":{"x":114,"y":1351,"width":701,"height":35}},{"text":"The cord made up of three strands, should not be made so","box":{"x":194,"y":1400,"width":831,"height":32}},{"text":"in honour of the idols, but in honour of the Blessed Trinity.","box":{"x":120,"y":1424,"width":815,"height":39}},{"text":"The converts, who have already received the cord, should","box":{"x":191,"y":1473,"width":833,"height":35}},{"text":"burn the old one, and receive a new one from the Catholic priest.","box":{"x":113,"y":1499,"width":908,"height":39}}]}}}