{"pages":{"408":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00432-98ee3703bfbdc3947831.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"408","box":{"x":151,"y":146,"width":57,"height":18}},{"text":"HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA","box":{"x":381,"y":147,"width":477,"height":18}},{"text":"gifts from God and had borne special witness to certain elements of","box":{"x":154,"y":194,"width":929,"height":32}},{"text":"the truth; yet all believe that the perfecting of the whole Body","box":{"x":157,"y":222,"width":922,"height":32}},{"text":"requires the heritage of each, and also of every part of the Universal","box":{"x":160,"y":249,"width":917,"height":35}},{"text":"Church.","box":{"x":155,"y":281,"width":113,"height":24}},{"text":"(b) They also acknowledge one another's ministries to be","box":{"x":235,"y":323,"width":844,"height":35}},{"text":"real ministries of the Word and Sacraments and recognise the","box":{"x":158,"y":353,"width":922,"height":29}},{"text":"spiritual efficacy of Sacraments and ministrations which God has","box":{"x":158,"y":381,"width":918,"height":32}},{"text":"clearly blessed. Yet they believe that God who wills His Church","box":{"x":158,"y":409,"width":921,"height":32}},{"text":"to be one also wills that its ministry should be one ministry, acknow-","box":{"x":158,"y":438,"width":918,"height":31}},{"text":"ledged by every part of the Church. So long as the Churches are","box":{"x":158,"y":468,"width":922,"height":31}},{"text":"in separation, there can be no ministry which fully corresponds","box":{"x":160,"y":493,"width":917,"height":32}},{"text":"with the purpose of God: the ministry can only possess the fullness","box":{"x":154,"y":521,"width":925,"height":32}},{"text":"which God intends for it when all the parts of the Body are one.","box":{"x":154,"y":550,"width":862,"height":31}},{"text":"(c) In the light of these convictions we do not desire that any","box":{"x":231,"y":599,"width":848,"height":32}},{"text":"one Church shall absorb other Churches, nor that one tradition","box":{"x":160,"y":625,"width":918,"height":29}},{"text":"shall be imposed upon all; but rather that each Church shall bring","box":{"x":158,"y":654,"width":924,"height":36}},{"text":"the true riches of its inheritance into the united Church to which","box":{"x":158,"y":680,"width":921,"height":28}},{"text":"we look forward. We intend that it shall be a Church which, while","box":{"x":155,"y":710,"width":924,"height":31}},{"text":"holding to the fundamental Faith and Order of the Universal Church,","box":{"x":155,"y":738,"width":922,"height":29}},{"text":"shall assure to its members freedom of opinion in all other matters,","box":{"x":160,"y":769,"width":919,"height":27}},{"text":"and also freedom of action in such varieties of practice as are","box":{"x":160,"y":794,"width":919,"height":31}},{"text":"consistent with the life of the Church as one organic body.","box":{"x":158,"y":820,"width":798,"height":32}},{"text":"193. DECLARATION OF THE ALL-INDIA SEMINAR ON","box":{"x":157,"y":924,"width":922,"height":22}},{"text":"THE CHURCH IN INDIA TODAY (1969 A.D.)","box":{"x":256,"y":956,"width":668,"height":29}},{"text":"The Declaration of the Roman Catholic All India Seminar on","box":{"x":246,"y":1011,"width":785,"height":22}},{"text":"the Church in India Today, held at Bangalore in 1969, reflects the","box":{"x":207,"y":1035,"width":823,"height":28}},{"text":"influence in India of the ecumenical attitudes fostered by the Second","box":{"x":209,"y":1060,"width":822,"height":25}},{"text":"Vatican Council. Extracts are reproduced here. All India Seminar,","box":{"x":204,"y":1086,"width":823,"height":27}},{"text":"Church in India Today, Banaglore, 1969, pp. 240-241.","box":{"x":207,"y":1111,"width":662,"height":25}},{"text":"We Belong ng Together: Our commitment to Jesus far from","box":{"x":199,"y":1169,"width":882,"height":35}},{"text":"separating us from our brothers and sisters puts us at their service","box":{"x":157,"y":1197,"width":924,"height":31}},{"text":"after the example of the Master. The Christian fellowship is an","box":{"x":158,"y":1225,"width":922,"height":32}},{"text":"open fellowship, open to all men and open to every human value.","box":{"x":160,"y":1252,"width":919,"height":34}},{"text":"With the second Vatican Council we recognise the wealth of truth,","box":{"x":154,"y":1281,"width":924,"height":31}},{"text":"goodness and beauty in India's religious traditions; it is all God's","box":{"x":157,"y":1309,"width":924,"height":32}},{"text":"gift to our nation from ancient times. Moreover, we believe not","box":{"x":155,"y":1337,"width":924,"height":29}},{"text":"only that God is the source of the inspirations of the past, enshrined","box":{"x":158,"y":1365,"width":921,"height":32}},{"text":"in sacred writings and alive today in manifold spiritual traditions,","box":{"x":160,"y":1393,"width":922,"height":35}},{"text":"but that his saving love is manifest in the great movements of","box":{"x":157,"y":1420,"width":928,"height":34}},{"text":"renewal, of solidarity, of special responsibility and self-sacrifice","box":{"x":161,"y":1448,"width":922,"height":34}},{"text":"for the underprivileged, which cut across all barriers of caste and","box":{"x":158,"y":1477,"width":921,"height":32}},{"text":"creed and make us feel one in selfless dedication.","box":{"x":160,"y":1506,"width":669,"height":27}}]}}}