{
  "bookName": "History of Christianity in India: Source Materials",
  "authorName": "M. K. Kuriakose",
  "publisherName": "Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge",
  "publicationYear": 2011,
  "chapterNumber": 4,
  "chapterName": "c.295-300. Bishop Dudi of Basra in India",
  "pageFrom": 3,
  "pageTo": 3,
  "pages": [
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      "pageNumber": 3,
      "ocrText": "SOURCE MATERIALS\n3\nmyself, for the king takes no action without me. For I have many\npossessions and am rich, one of the wealthy in India.\n159. And after these things Judas went to be imprisoned...\n164. During these words Misdaeus was considering in what\nmanner he should be put to death.... And arising he took Judas\nwith him outside the city; and a few armed soldiers followed him...\n168.\nAnd at once the four smote him and slew him. But\nall the brethren wept. And wrapping in fine robes and many fine\nlinen clothes they laid him in the tomb in which the kings of old\nwere buried..\n170. But after a long time had passed it befell that one of\nMisdaeus' sons was possessed by a demon; and since the demon\nwas stubborn no-one was able to heal him. But Misdaeus\npondered and said: 'I will go and open the tomb, and take (one\nof the bones of the apostle) of God, and fasten it upon my son,\nand I know that he will be healed. But Misdaeus did not find the\nbones; for one of the brethren had stolen them away, and carried\nthem to the regions of the west\n3. ORIGEN ON ST. THOMAS' MISSION IN PARTHIA\n(185-230-254 A.D.)\nIn his Church History, Eusebius (265-340 A.D.) quotes Origen's\nstatement concerning the mission of the apostles in different parts\nof the world (Commentary on Genesis, Vol. III) including reference\nto St. Thomas' preaching in Parthia. Eusebius, Book III, Chapter I.\nFrom Philip Schaff and Henry Wace, eds., Nicene and Post-Nicene\nFathers, Vol. I, p. 132.\nMeanwhile the holy apostles and disciples of our Saviour were\ndispersed throughout the world. Parthia, according to tradition,\nwas allotted to Thomas as his field of labour.\n4. BISHOP DUDI OF BASRA IN INDIA, 295-300 A.D.\nA brief reference to an evangelistic tour by Bishop Dudi (291-325)\nsuggests a close relationship between the Church in India and the\nChurch in the Persian Empire by the end of the third century. Mingana\ncities this passage from the Chronicle of Sa'ard. Cited in William\nG. Young, Handbook of Source Materials for Students of Church\nHistory, p. 27.\nDuring the Patriarchate of Shahlufa and Papa, Dudi (David),\nBishop of Basra on the Persian Gulf, an eminent doctor, left his\nsee and went to India, where he evangelised many people.",
      "status": "completed"
    }
  ]
}