{"pages":{"346":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00370-0e38f36863d7481200ea.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"346","box":{"x":133,"y":148,"width":59,"height":21}},{"text":"HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA","box":{"x":357,"y":159,"width":481,"height":21}},{"text":"of the spirit of Tertullian, who could see in paganism nothing","box":{"x":131,"y":204,"width":921,"height":39}},{"text":"but the work of the devil, the second has the support of St. Paul","box":{"x":130,"y":231,"width":922,"height":38}},{"text":"and Origen, who recognized on every side signs of the preparation","box":{"x":133,"y":262,"width":921,"height":38}},{"text":"for the Gospel. St. Paul regarded the pagans as 'seeking after","box":{"x":133,"y":289,"width":921,"height":38}},{"text":"God if haply they might find Him.' His policy of being all things","box":{"x":129,"y":318,"width":925,"height":36}},{"text":"to all men is not the result of an ignorant opportunism. The same","box":{"x":131,"y":347,"width":922,"height":35}},{"text":"attitude is present in the Fourth Gospel, many of the Greek","box":{"x":133,"y":373,"width":919,"height":35}},{"text":"Fathers, the schoolmen of the Middle Ages and the Christian","box":{"x":134,"y":401,"width":918,"height":34}},{"text":"Platonits. It is argued that everything of value in the old religion","box":{"x":131,"y":429,"width":921,"height":35}},{"text":"is conserved in the new, for Jesus came to fulfil and not destroy.","box":{"x":134,"y":458,"width":919,"height":35}},{"text":"The series of volumes in The Religious Quest of India illustrates","box":{"x":130,"y":485,"width":921,"height":35}},{"text":"the second stage. But there is, right through, the imperialistic","box":{"x":133,"y":515,"width":921,"height":36}},{"text":"note that Christianity is the highest manifestation of the religious","box":{"x":134,"y":542,"width":919,"height":35}},{"text":"spirit; that it is the moral standard for the human race while","box":{"x":132,"y":568,"width":921,"height":32}},{"text":"every other religion is to be judged by it.","box":{"x":133,"y":597,"width":585,"height":34}},{"text":"In 1917, in the middle of the War-a war was necessary; cold","box":{"x":180,"y":654,"width":873,"height":34}},{"text":"metal never mixes; only when thrown into the fire its hardness","box":{"x":133,"y":681,"width":918,"height":31}},{"text":"melts-a new conception of the relations between Great Britain","box":{"x":130,"y":708,"width":921,"height":34}},{"text":"and India was announced, and India was told that she would be a","box":{"x":133,"y":737,"width":921,"height":29}},{"text":"member of the British Commonwealth of Free-governing Nations,","box":{"x":131,"y":766,"width":919,"height":36}},{"text":"an equal partner for imperial and international purposes. It is","box":{"x":133,"y":792,"width":922,"height":36}},{"text":"no more a question of exploitation as in the days of John Company,","box":{"x":130,"y":821,"width":924,"height":32}},{"text":"or domination as in those of the Empire, but one of free partnership.","box":{"x":130,"y":848,"width":922,"height":35}},{"text":"This goal is yet in the region of ideals and does not belong to the","box":{"x":129,"y":875,"width":925,"height":35}},{"text":"realm of achievement. The War was a great testing time for the","box":{"x":131,"y":904,"width":921,"height":34}},{"text":"Christian religion, which seemed to be identified during its conti-","box":{"x":127,"y":930,"width":926,"height":35}},{"text":"nuance with bloodshed on a gigantic scale. A mood of self-","box":{"x":131,"y":959,"width":921,"height":32}},{"text":"reproach and self-criticism supervened, and the new atmosphere","box":{"x":133,"y":987,"width":919,"height":35}},{"text":"gave greater scope for the understanding of the spirit and value","box":{"x":129,"y":1015,"width":925,"height":35}},{"text":"of other faiths.","box":{"x":132,"y":1043,"width":207,"height":24}},{"text":"169. ENGLISH METHODISTS ON THE SOUTH","box":{"x":217,"y":1133,"width":750,"height":27}},{"text":"INDIA UNION SCHEME (1930 A.D.)","box":{"x":319,"y":1166,"width":553,"height":29}},{"text":"Of all the church bodies negotiating church union in South India","box":{"x":221,"y":1224,"width":785,"height":27}},{"text":"the Wesleyan Methodists had the least difficulties accepting it, both in","box":{"x":179,"y":1249,"width":827,"height":29}},{"text":"India and in England. The following resolution of the Pastoral session","box":{"x":182,"y":1273,"width":820,"height":28}},{"text":"of the Wesleyan Methodist Conference held at Leeds in 1930 represents","box":{"x":180,"y":1300,"width":823,"height":29}},{"text":"a positive reaction to the First Edition of the Scheme of Union (1929).","box":{"x":183,"y":1326,"width":820,"height":29}},{"text":"Cited in A. J. Arangadan, Church Union in South India, its Progress","box":{"x":179,"y":1351,"width":824,"height":27}},{"text":"and Consummation, pp. 74-75.","box":{"x":183,"y":1375,"width":353,"height":27}},{"text":"1. The Conference has received with profound thankfulness","box":{"x":180,"y":1435,"width":871,"height":32}},{"text":"the Proposed Scheme of Union' prepared by the Joint Con","box":{"x":133,"y":1463,"width":910,"height":32}},{"text":"mittee of the Church of India, Burma and Ceylon the South","box":{"x":130,"y":1490,"width":924,"height":34}},{"text":"India United Church and the South India Provincial Synod of the","box":{"x":133,"y":1518,"width":922,"height":34}}]}}}