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    "book_name": "History of Christianity in India: Source Materials",
    "book_author": "M. K. Kuriakose",
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      "chunk_data": "37. LETTER OF ARCHBISHOP MENEZES TO THE\nLATIN PATRIARCH OF JERUSALEM (1597 A.D.)\nIn this letter to the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem resident in Rome,\ndated December 19, 1597, the Archbishop of Goa, Aleixo de Menezes\nindicates his intention to change the language and doctrine of the\nMalabar Church. Cited in A.A. King, The Rites of Eastern Christen-\ndom, pp. 449-450.",
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