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Ridsdale: I do not remember a case.","box":{"x":237,"y":823,"width":631,"height":28}},{"text":"7. Certain customs before and after marriage.","box":{"x":191,"y":867,"width":645,"height":32}},{"text":"(Questions L to XL and the answers by the missionaries contain","box":{"x":158,"y":922,"width":864,"height":31}},{"text":"information about the people employed by the mission in Kottayam,","box":{"x":116,"y":951,"width":905,"height":34}},{"text":"the trusteeship of the College and of Munro Island. Questions LXI","box":{"x":118,"y":975,"width":907,"height":36}},{"text":"to LXXVI mostly deal with financial and educational matters and are","box":{"x":118,"y":1005,"width":904,"height":34}},{"text":"not answered by the Missionaries, probably because these questions","box":{"x":116,"y":1035,"width":905,"height":35}},{"text":"had been touched upon earlier in the document.)","box":{"x":112,"y":1064,"width":633,"height":36}},{"text":"93. A MEMORIAL SUBMITTED TO COL. FRASER BY","box":{"x":143,"y":1148,"width":857,"height":25}},{"text":"TWELVE PRIESTS OF THE SYRIAN CHURCH (1836 A.D.)","box":{"x":139,"y":1177,"width":871,"height":29}},{"text":"This memorial was a protest against the allegedly evil practices of","box":{"x":207,"y":1224,"width":773,"height":28}},{"text":"the then Metropolitan of the Syrian Church, Mar Dionysius, sub-","box":{"x":168,"y":1249,"width":808,"height":29}},{"text":"mitted by twelve priests of the Syrian Church in Malabar. Cited in","box":{"x":170,"y":1276,"width":810,"height":28}},{"text":"K. K. Kuruvilla, A History of the Mar Thoma Church, pp. 15-17.","box":{"x":172,"y":1301,"width":791,"height":27}},{"text":"1. Of the ten commandments given in Exodus 20, the Second","box":{"x":165,"y":1345,"width":864,"height":32}},{"text":"is dropped out","box":{"x":827,"y":1370,"width":202,"height":32}},{"text":"Commandment, relating to the worship of images, is dropp","box":{"x":119,"y":1374,"width":819,"height":43}},{"text":"and, to make amends for this, the Tenth Commandment is split","box":{"x":123,"y":1400,"width":905,"height":36}},{"text":"into two.","box":{"x":123,"y":1443,"width":120,"height":25}},{"text":"2. It is necessary and proper that the baptism of an infant","box":{"x":170,"y":1474,"width":862,"height":35}},{"text":"should be made perfect through instruction and examination; and,","box":{"x":125,"y":1503,"width":908,"height":34}},{"text":"H.C.I.-9","box":{"x":223,"y":1552,"width":106,"height":22}}]},"130":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00154-1a67b9f11488066b9278.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"130","box":{"x":151,"y":134,"width":56,"height":18}},{"text":"HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA","box":{"x":374,"y":140,"width":472,"height":20}},{"text":"in utter disregard of this principle, marriages and similar rites are","box":{"x":154,"y":186,"width":903,"height":35}},{"text":"being conducted before this is done.","box":{"x":150,"y":213,"width":493,"height":29}},{"text":"3. 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Instead of this, it is taught that the performance of the","box":{"x":145,"y":466,"width":905,"height":32}},{"text":"last unction even when a man is unconscious is a guarantee of","box":{"x":147,"y":493,"width":907,"height":35}},{"text":"salvation.","box":{"x":148,"y":522,"width":130,"height":22}},{"text":"5. For forgiveness of sins and the grace of God, Holy Com-","box":{"x":190,"y":578,"width":857,"height":35}},{"text":"munion should be offered only to those who through confession","box":{"x":143,"y":605,"width":904,"height":32}},{"text":"have given evidence of repentance, but it is administered without","box":{"x":143,"y":631,"width":903,"height":36}},{"text":"giving adequate time for instruction and advice, in the anxiety to","box":{"x":143,"y":660,"width":903,"height":32}},{"text":"secure one chakram (about half an anna) per individual from those","box":{"x":145,"y":687,"width":900,"height":34}},{"text":"who come for Holy Communion.","box":{"x":139,"y":716,"width":456,"height":28}},{"text":"6. The Holy Fathers have enjoined on all who come for","box":{"x":187,"y":771,"width":858,"height":35}},{"text":"confession that they should ask for forgiveness with fasting and","box":{"x":141,"y":799,"width":903,"height":32}},{"text":"prayer. 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