{"pages":{"32":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00056-f4b87fb6503a818fa434.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"32","box":{"x":134,"y":113,"width":45,"height":20}},{"text":"HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA","box":{"x":357,"y":123,"width":472,"height":21}},{"text":"and horrible to look at. To all these questions I was able to reply","box":{"x":137,"y":170,"width":905,"height":35}},{"text":"so as to satisfy them entirely. But when I came to the point at","box":{"x":137,"y":199,"width":905,"height":35}},{"text":"last, and urged them to embrace the religion which they felt to be","box":{"x":137,"y":225,"width":905,"height":35}},{"text":"true, they made that same objection which we hear from many","box":{"x":133,"y":252,"width":908,"height":36}},{"text":"Christians when urged to change their life, that they would set","box":{"x":134,"y":281,"width":908,"height":35}},{"text":"men talking about them if they altered their ways and their religion,","box":{"x":131,"y":311,"width":908,"height":35}},{"text":"and besides, they said that they should be afraid that, if they did","box":{"x":134,"y":339,"width":907,"height":34}},{"text":"so, they would have nothing to live on and support themselves","box":{"x":133,"y":366,"width":905,"height":35}},{"text":"by","box":{"x":127,"y":394,"width":43,"height":25}},{"text":"Here, then, I will leave off writing, begging of God that since","box":{"x":171,"y":450,"width":869,"height":35}},{"text":"in His goodness He has united us in a common way of life, and then","box":{"x":130,"y":478,"width":907,"height":35}},{"text":"has separated us so widely for the good of the Christian religion,","box":{"x":130,"y":505,"width":905,"height":36}},{"text":"so also He will be pleased to bring us together again in the abode","box":{"x":127,"y":533,"width":910,"height":32}},{"text":"and home of the blessed. That He may grant us this grace, let us,","box":{"x":127,"y":559,"width":908,"height":36}},{"text":"if you will, plead the prayers, among others, of the infants and","box":{"x":127,"y":589,"width":910,"height":35}},{"text":"children whom I have baptized with my own hand, here, and whom","box":{"x":126,"y":615,"width":908,"height":35}},{"text":"God has called away to His mansions in heaven before they had","box":{"x":119,"y":643,"width":915,"height":35}},{"text":"Host their robe of innocence. They are, I think, more than a thou-.","box":{"x":124,"y":671,"width":917,"height":34}},{"text":"sand in number, and I pray to them over and over again, begging","box":{"x":123,"y":699,"width":908,"height":35}},{"text":"that they will obtain for us from God that for what remains of this","box":{"x":122,"y":725,"width":912,"height":32}},{"text":"life, or rather of this time of exile, He will teach us to do His will,","box":{"x":123,"y":755,"width":907,"height":32}},{"text":"and to do it so completely as to accomplish all that He requires of","box":{"x":120,"y":782,"width":912,"height":36}},{"text":"us exactly as He himself desires it to be done.","box":{"x":119,"y":808,"width":669,"height":34}},{"text":"From Cochin, December 31, 1543.","box":{"x":199,"y":865,"width":466,"height":32}},{"text":"33. FRANCIS XAVIER'S LETTER OF JANUARY 1545","box":{"x":161,"y":975,"width":820,"height":28}},{"text":"Xavier's experience in","box":{"x":711,"y":1040,"width":265,"height":29}},{"text":"It also makes reference","box":{"x":715,"y":1067,"width":259,"height":27}},{"text":"The Hand of Xavier","box":{"x":733,"y":1089,"width":241,"height":29}},{"text":"This letter, written from Cochin, tells of","box":{"x":204,"y":1037,"width":501,"height":29}},{"text":"Travancore and the condition of the converts.","box":{"x":165,"y":1062,"width":526,"height":27}},{"text":"'to persecution by the Raja of Jafanapatam.","box":{"x":155,"y":1086,"width":530,"height":29}},{"text":"in the Pearl Fishery Coast', Pro Deo et Partia, Series No. XXV, pp.","box":{"x":168,"y":1113,"width":803,"height":31}},{"text":"104-106.","box":{"x":165,"y":1138,"width":102,"height":18}},{"text":"Now I speak of what I know you are most anxious to hear","box":{"x":215,"y":1195,"width":806,"height":31}},{"text":"about the state of religion in India. In this region of Travancore,","box":{"x":106,"y":1221,"width":915,"height":38}},{"text":"where I now am, God has drawn very many to the faith of His","box":{"x":106,"y":1251,"width":912,"height":32}},{"text":"Son Jesus Christ. In the space of one month I made Christians","box":{"x":106,"y":1278,"width":914,"height":35}},{"text":"of more than ten thousand. This is the method I have followed.","box":{"x":108,"y":1306,"width":914,"height":35}},{"text":"As soon as I arrived in my heathen village where they had sent for","box":{"x":105,"y":1335,"width":914,"height":34}},{"text":"me to give baptism, I gave orders for all, men, women and children,","box":{"x":106,"y":1364,"width":918,"height":41}},{"text":"to be collected in one place. Then, beginning with the first elements","box":{"x":106,"y":1390,"width":912,"height":36}},{"text":"of the Christian faith, I taught them there is one God Father,","box":{"x":105,"y":1418,"width":914,"height":38}},{"text":"'Son, and Holy Ghost; and at the same time, calling on the three","box":{"x":96,"y":1447,"width":922,"height":36}},{"text":"divine Persons and one God, I made them each make three","box":{"x":103,"y":1477,"width":914,"height":34}}]},"33":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00057-af2d5ab2141a3499c218.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"SOURCE MATERIALS","box":{"x":458,"y":147,"width":249,"height":21}},{"text":"33","box":{"x":1002,"y":143,"width":41,"height":17}},{"text":"times the sign of the cross; then, putting on a surplice, I began","box":{"x":132,"y":195,"width":910,"height":35}},{"text":"to recite in a loud voice and in their own language the form of","box":{"x":130,"y":223,"width":910,"height":34}},{"text":"general Confession, the Apostles' Creed, the Ten Commandments,","box":{"x":129,"y":252,"width":907,"height":35}},{"text":"the Lord's Prayer, the Ave Maria, and the Salve Regina. Two","box":{"x":129,"y":281,"width":907,"height":34}},{"text":"years ago I translated all these prayers into the language of the","box":{"x":130,"y":307,"width":907,"height":34}},{"text":"country, and learned them by heart. I recited them so that all","box":{"x":129,"y":335,"width":908,"height":34}},{"text":"of every age and condition followed me in them. Then I began","box":{"x":132,"y":365,"width":905,"height":34}},{"text":"to explain shortly the articles of the Creed and the Ten Command-","box":{"x":130,"y":394,"width":907,"height":31}},{"text":"ments in the language of the country. Where the people appeared","box":{"x":130,"y":420,"width":905,"height":35}},{"text":"to be sufficiently instructed to receive baptism, I ordered them all","box":{"x":132,"y":447,"width":905,"height":34}},{"text":"to ask God's pardon publicly for the sins of their past life, and to do","box":{"x":132,"y":477,"width":903,"height":32}},{"text":"this with a loud voice and in the presence of their neighbours still","box":{"x":132,"y":501,"width":908,"height":36}},{"text":"hostile to the Christian religion, in order to touch the hearts of","box":{"x":130,"y":532,"width":910,"height":34}},{"text":"the heathen and confirm the faith of the good. All the heathen","box":{"x":132,"y":557,"width":905,"height":34}},{"text":"are filled with admiration at the holiness of the law of God, and","box":{"x":132,"y":587,"width":905,"height":31}},{"text":"express the greatest shame at having lived so long in ignorance of","box":{"x":130,"y":615,"width":910,"height":32}},{"text":"the true God. They willingly hear about the mysteries and rules","box":{"x":132,"y":641,"width":905,"height":36}},{"text":"of the Christian religion, and treat me, poor sinner as I am, with","box":{"x":133,"y":671,"width":903,"height":32}},{"text":"the greatest respect. Many, however, put away from them with","box":{"x":133,"y":697,"width":904,"height":35}},{"text":"hardness of heart the truth which they well know. When I have","box":{"x":127,"y":725,"width":908,"height":32}},{"text":"done my instruction, I ask one by one all those who desire baptism if","box":{"x":128,"y":753,"width":912,"height":35}},{"text":"they believe without hesitation in each of the articles of the faith.","box":{"x":132,"y":782,"width":903,"height":32}},{"text":"All immediately, holding their arms in form of the cross, declare","box":{"x":128,"y":809,"width":910,"height":35}},{"text":"with one voice that they believe all entirely. Then at last I baptise","box":{"x":128,"y":837,"width":910,"height":35}},{"text":"them in due form, and I give to each his name written on a ticket.","box":{"x":130,"y":865,"width":907,"height":35}},{"text":"After their baptism the new Christians go back to their houses","box":{"x":128,"y":894,"width":908,"height":32}},{"text":"and bring me their wives and families for baptism. When all are","box":{"x":132,"y":921,"width":904,"height":35}},{"text":"baptized I order the temples of their false gods to be destroyed","box":{"x":129,"y":949,"width":908,"height":35}},{"text":"and all the idols to be broken in pieces. I can give you an idea of the","box":{"x":129,"y":978,"width":907,"height":34}},{"text":"joy I feel in seeing this done, witnessing the destruction of the idols","box":{"x":128,"y":1005,"width":908,"height":34}},{"text":"by the very people who but lately adored them. 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