Book 2
Continuation .....................
Page4
97 Bishop Gregory carried his opposition so far as to consecrate the leader of the faction who thwarted Mar Thomas V and this bishop took the name Cyril. However, Mar Thomas had the upper hand and imprisoned Mar Cyril, who afterwards fled to the extreme north of the Cochin State and there founded the diminutive See of Anyur or Tholyur, which exists to this day, each bishop having consecrated a successor.
The succession of bishops is as follows:-
Cyril I.
Cyril II.
Philoxenos I.
Philoxenos II.
Cyril III and Cyril IV.
98 The Romo-Syrians have a tradition which was mentioned in note 84 that in 1777 Joseph Cariatil went to Europe with overtures to Rome from Mar Thomas VI. Eight years later, on December 22nd 1785, Father Paul visited the bishop. "When I entered his chamber, I saw an old man seated among his Cattanar priests, with a long white beard, holding in his hand a silver crozier curved at the top in the Greek style, wearing a Pontifical cope, on his head a round mitre, such as the Oriental bishops wear, bearing a cross worked on it Phrygian fashion, from which a white veil flowed from head to shoulders. I tried him in a long discourse. I found him shrewd enough, talking grandly of his house and dignity, the matter of his conversion putting by for some other occasion, and striving that his nephew may succeed him. I knew the beast by its horns and, having left it, hastened on my journey."
In a letter dated May 7th 1787 from the Carmelite Vicar Apostolic of Verapoly to Propaganda, it is stated that Mar Dionysius I was willing to make his submission on the condition that he be recognised as Metropolitan of all the Syrian Christians in Malabar, not only his own flock but also the Syrians in communion with Rome.
99 The circulation of the Christian Researches was immense, the first edition of seventeen hundred copies was soon exhausted and before the end of the year 1811 three other editions had been printed. Pearson’s Memories of Dr. Buchanan, 5th edition,348. In 1812 a ninth edition had been reached. The book is now very rare and it is difficult to find a copy in Southern India.
100 Exact information about the origin of the earliest endowments is not forthcoming, because in December 1808 the records of the Resident’s office were burned by the rebellious Travancore troops, but such information as can be obtained is here noted.
Three thousand Star Pagodas were invested with the Fast India Company at 8% interest in 1808 for the benefit of the Syrian Christians and a like sum at the same interest for the benefit of the Roman Catholic Mission at Verapoly. These investments remain to this day. The Roman Catholic Archbishop at Verapoly draws the interest on one fund. The interest on the other fund is claimed both by the Jacobites and by the Reformed Syrians and this dispute is now before the district Court of Trivandrum in the form of an interpleader suit by the Secretary of State as the stakeholder. Mar. Dionysius says that the money was the amount saved by the Syrian bishop in those days, that Colonel Macaulay, in the troublous times of the Revolt of 1808 borrowed this sum from the bishop and that instead of repaying the cash the money was thus invested. This suggestion does not seem likely. The fact that a like sum was invested for a Roman Catholic Mission is against it. Another story is that these two sums were the forfeited property of a wealthy Christian named Mathu Tharakan. Yet another surmise is that these two sums were the private monies of the Resident, Colonel Macaulay, given as a thank-offering when he escaped with his life in the revolt.
In 1816 the Travancore Darbar gave Rs. 8,000 to enable the Syrian Christians to prosecute the study of the Scriptures and in 1818 the Rani gave Rs. 20,000 through the Resident, Colonel Munro, for the support of the Syrian College at Kottayam. Next year, 1819, the Rani gave Munro’s island for the benefit of the Syrians and particularly for the education of the boys in the Kottayam Seminary.
The London Missionary Society in South Travancore also received several benefactions. In 1814 the Rani gave 88 cottahs of paddy fields at Thamarakulam and Vailakulam near Cape Comorin, to the Rev. Mr. Ringletaube and his successors in office for the feeding of the poor and for educational purposes connected with the mission. In 1818 abated the annual tax on 99 Cottahs of paddy given to the Rev. Mr. Meade and his successors in office for the same charitable purpose. The same year, 1818, there was a gift of Rs. 5,000 to Mr. Mead, with which he bought 21 Cottahs of paddy fields near Vellamadum for the support of the seminary. Next year, 1819, the Rani gave 34 Cottahs of paddy lands adjoining Puthiner near Kalimar, to the Rev. Mr. Mead and his successors for the benefit of the mission.
101 At the suggestion of Colonel Munro in May 1818 the Syrian bishop received a salary from the college funds. Proceedings of the Church Missionary Society, Nineteenth year, 1818-1819. 316.
102 See on this subject the Rev. Mr. Howard’s Christians of St. Thomas and their Liturgies, pages 96-108.
103 Proceedings of C.M.S. Nineteenth year, 1818-1819, 168, note. Hough, Christianity in India, IV. 326, speaks of "the design to raise this prostrate Church from its degraded condition and weed it of the errors and superstitions which the Church of Rome had introduced into it."
104 Howard’s Christians of St. Thomas and their Liturgies, 67.
105 Whitehouse, Lingerings of Light in a Dark Land, 252, and Howard, 83.
106 The note written on this by Mar Dionysius, the present Metropolitan of the Jacobites at Kottayam, says that the conditions imposed were that the Syrian bishop was not to ordain any candidate without a certificate of fitness from a C.M.S. missionary and that the accounts of the Syrian churches were to be audited by a person appointed by the Resident, these conditions imposing a bondage to which no Christian bishop ought to submit.
107 Part of the endowments were awarded to the C.M.S. to be managed by the C.M.S. and the Resident for the benefit of the Syrians. This system of control by the Resident is obsolete and now the Resident takes no part in the management of these funds.
108 Sherring’s History of Protestant Missions in India, 316.
109 Badger’s Nestorians and their Rituals.
110 The decision pronounced in this suit was followed in 1901 in a suit by Mar Dionysius to recover possession of the Cheriapalle church in Kottayam. Two Hindu judges repeated the judgment given by the majority in the Seminary case in 1889 and Mr. Justice Hunt gave a dissentient judgment on the lines of the judgment pronounced by Mr. Justice ormsby.
There has been much irrelevant criticism of these judgments because of a want of precision in language when speaking of the consecration of bishops, and an attempt may be made to clear up this point, without any discussion whatever of the merits of the decision.
There is a difference between an irregular and an invalid consecration. Speaking generally, every bishop, as such, has the power to consecrate any priest as bishop. But it is usual that such consecration be by permission of some authority. Thus in the Latin Church at a consecration is read the Pope’s Bull permitting the consecration. So at an Anglican consecration the Royal mandate is read. In Oriental Churches the consent of the patriarch is usual. But a consecration without such permission, although it may be irregular and blameworthy, may nevertheless be a valid consecration. That is to say, the consecrand may be a bishop, although with no lawful jurisdiction over any diocese. Again, the fact that one bishop consecrated another does not of itself give to the consecrator any authority over or any power to interfere in the diocese of the consecrand. All history is full of examples. Augustine of Canterbury went to France for consecration but the French bishop claimed no rights over England. Many an Archbishop is consecrated by one of his suffragans, as here in Travancore, where the Archbishop of Verapoly was consecrated by his suffragan, the Bishop of Quilon. Even the Pope, if not already a bishop before his election, is consecrated by his suffragan, the Bishop of Ostia. Thus the mere fact that episcopal orders came from Antioch was not relied on in this litigation.
The contention put forward by Mar. Dionysius was that this is part of the Patriarchate of Antioch and that the permission of the Patriarch is necessary for a regular consecration. That is an intelligible contention. The case put forward by the defendants is that this Church and the little sister Church of Tholyur are independent Churches with power to consecrate bishops without the license of any Patriarch. That also, is a clear and intelligible contention.
111 The Jerusalem Bishopric Act was passed in 1845 to enable the consecration of Anglican bishops for places beyond the King’s dominions. Bishop Gell of Madras was of opinion that the Madras diocese could be subdivided only by Act of Parliament and the Secretary of State was unwilling to introduce such a Bill. The difficulty was got over by regarding Cochin and Travancore as places outside the Queen’s dominions and by consecrating Bishops Speechly and Hodges under the Jerusalem Bishopric Act. Thus Cochin town, Tangacheri and Anjengo are still part of the diocese of Madras. Bishop Hodges receives no salary from the Crown but a contribution of Rs. 250 per mensem is paid by the Madras Government towards the salary of a minister for Trivandrum and Quilon.
112 This phrase is twice used by Hough, Christianity in India, iv. 67,254.
113 Hough, Christianity in India, iv. 283.
114 Hough, Christianity in India. iv. 285. Hence a legend has arisen among the Christians in South Travancore that Ringletaube did not die on Earth but went up to Heaven as did Elijah. Judging from the veneration in which his memory is held, Ringletaube seems to have been of the stuff of which Apostles are made and to have had something of the spirit of St. Francis Xavier, in whose country he worked.
115 In Oriente Conquistado, ii, pages 70-74, is a description of the customs of the Thomas-Christians in which the first point mentioned is that these Christians obeyed their Archbishop in things temporal as well as in things spiritual. This habit has come down to the present day and in the eye of an official the most noteworthy figure in statistics about the Christians in Travancore is the very small number of civil disputes that come before the courts. When such disputes arise they are usually decided by priest or bishop or missionary and do not reach the courts. There is no codified law of succession among Christians in Travancore and the Christians do not wish for any such legislation. When a case does come into court it is decided in accordance with what the court finds to be the custom of the class.
116 While these sheets were in the Press I received from two Romo- Syrian priests, the Rev. E.A. Nidiry of Kuravilangod and the Rev. Father Bernard of St. Thomas of the Mannanam monastery, a manuscript of 86 pages in which it is contended that the Thomas-Christians were never Nestorians but were Chaldeans in communion with Rome and that the Portuguese, in describing them as Nestorians, made a mistake which has been handed down from one author to another. Much that is said in this manuscript I have already mentioned in the text or notes above, but the following assertions were new to me and deserve attention:-
The names of the two bishops who landed at Quilon in the ninth century ought to be Mar Sabresius and Mar Protasius. They were pious catholic Chaldean bishops and Archbishop Menezes had no ground for his suspicion that these two bishops, held in veneration by all the Thomas-Christians, were Nestorians. The mistake which the Portuguese made was to call all these Christians Nestorians, even when they were Catholics. Thus Oriente Conquistado, ii. conq. i, div. ii, end of paragraph 14, divides the Nestorians into two bodies, one under the Patriarch at Mossul, the other giving obedience to the Roman Supreme Pontiff. This ambiguity is avoided if the nomenclature used at Rome is followed and the heretics are called Nestorians while the Catholics are called Chaldeans. Two paragraphs later, in paragraph 16, Oriente Conquistado speaks of these two bishops, mar Sabresius and Mar Protasius, and makes a surmise that they may have been Nestorian heretics and that, if they were heretics, the miracles attributed to them must be fabulous. This is not the way in which history ought to be written. There always was, even in the midst of the Nestorian country, a faithful remnant who held fast to the Holy See. Pope St. Gregory III (731-741) was a Chaldean from the province of Syria. (Guriel Elementa Linguae Chaldaicae, 168). Mar John, Archbishop of the Syrians and afterwards Patriarch, went with his suffragans to Rome and received the pallium from Pope Callixtus II in the twelfth century. That Pope reigned from 1119 to 1124. (Gesta Callixti ii, Papae. Vetera Analecta Mabilloni 468.) When pope Julius III on April 6th 1553 confirmed John Sulacca as Chaldean Patriarch, the Pope said that the discipline and liturgy of the Chaldeans had already been approved by his predecessors, Nicholas I (858- 867), Leo X (1513-1521) and Clement VII (1523-1534). This Papal letter also mentions the former Patriarch, Simon Mamma, of good memory, as Patriarch of the Christians in Malabar. This shows that there were from time to time Chaldean Patriarchs in communion with Rome and it is contended that the Thomas-Christians of Malabar were in communion with these Chaldean Patriarchs and not with the Nestorian Patriarch. When the Portuguese arrived here they inaccurately called the four bishops Nestorians but these bishops were Chaldean. Their report of 1504 was addressed to the Chaldean Patriarch, else how did it find its way into the Vatican Library? The Portuguese were startled by the absence of images and by the use of leavened bread, but these two points are in accordance with Chaldean usage. The Thomas-Christians paid the expenses of Marignoli because he was Papal Delegate. St. Francis Xavier in a letter from Cochin to St. Ignatius Loyola, dated 14th January 1549, asks for Indulgences for certain churches, saying, "This would be to increase the piety of the natives who are descended from the converts of St. Thomas and are called Christians of St. Thomas." In another letter dated 28th January 1549 to Rodriguez, St. Francis Xavier asks for indulgences for a church at Cranganore, "which is very piously frequented by the Christians of St. Thomas, to be a consolation for these Christians and to increase piety." As saints are notoriously keen in detecting heresy and as indulgences cannot be granted to schismatics, it is contended that these letters of St. Francis Xavier show that the Thomas-Christians were in communion with Rome, even before the arrival of Mar Joseph in 1555. Life and Letters of St. Francis Xavier, by H.J. Coleridge, S.J., ii. 74 90.
When the Portuguese deported Mar Joseph to Portugal it was not the Nestorian Patriarch but the Chaldean Patriarch who sent Mar Abraham to take his place. This appears from Action iii, Decree X of the third provincial council at Goa in 1585, which recites that Mar Abraham came as Archbishop of Angamale, with a letter from Pope Pius IV. Another point is that the letter which Pope Gregory XIII wrote on November 29th 1578 to Mar Abraham does not tell him to convert his flock, but to convert others, that is to say, those who were not Christians. The Passage is as follows:- Scis autem hoc esse firmissimum fundamentum salutis, episcopum vero non sua tantum salute contentum esse debere, sed etiam laborare, ut alios a fraude Satanae atque impietate ereptos. ad Catholicam ecclesiam atque ad Christum adjungat, inque eo ejusdem Christi adjutorem esse."
That is the theory put forward in the manuscript which these two Syrian priests have sent me. The tone is hostile to the Portuguese, but the arguments deserve consideration on their merits and, certainly, the attitude of St. Francis Xavier towards these Christians is a point which cannot easily be explained away.
From the revolt against Archbishop Garcia in 1653 the manuscript is bitterly hostile to the Carmelite missionaries. It says that Bishop Chandy brought back the greater part of the rebels and that if the Carmelite missionaries had listened to him and had selected his nephew Mattheus as Coadjutor instead of the Eurasian Raphael, all the malcontents would have returned to their obedience. When at last they got rid of Bishop Raphael, the Christians sent a message to the Chaldean Patriarch asking for a Bishop. In response to this message the Patriarch sent Mar Simon. The Carmelite missionaries made use of him to consecrate Father Angelus Francis and then sent him to Pondicherry to be out of the way.
Afterwards, in 1779, there was a golden opportunity to reconcile the separated Syrians. Mar Dionysius, their bishop, was honestly wishful for reconciliation and made repeated overtures which were rejected by the Carmelite missionaries who suspected his sincerity. The following is the text of the letter which Mar Dionysius in 1779 sent to Pope Pius VI by the hands of Dr. Joseph Cariaty:- "When I took charge, I understood from the Jacobites who came during the rule of my predecessors, as well as from the learned priests of the Roman Catholic Church, that I had not the true ordination and that the priesthood I received at the hands of my predecessors was not valid and so, ‘humbly hearkening to their admonition, in 1772 I received anew in the church of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Neranam all the holy orders from the tonsure to the Episcopal consecration, from the Jacobite Metropolitan, Mar Gregory. Further, I was convinced from the learned priests of the Catholic Church, as well as from the books of the Sacred Councils, that the creed I have received is not orthodox and also, that no one can be saved without the Catholic Faith, which from the days Our Lord to the present day remains spotless and immaculate. Through the medium of the abovesaid priests, I made an earnest prayer to Don Salvador dos Reis, Jesuit Archbishop of Cranganore, and to Fra Florentius of Jesus, the Carmelite Vicar Apostolic of Malabar, asking them to receive me, together with my people, into the communion of the Catholic Church and to absolve us from the excommunication which had befallen us in the days of our Fathers. And further, I asked them that in case they could not receive me, they would kindly send my request to the Apostolic See of Rome; but they refused to give attention to my prayer. So I sent for Father Joseph Cariaty, of our nationality, a student of the Propaganda College, and with tears in my eyes and with deep sorrow I revealed my mind to him and put the salvation of my soul into his hands, and he promised me, saying, ‘I shall go to Rome a second time for you, even at the risk of my life on the way.’ With him therefore I send eight other persons from among the Syrian people, of whom some are priests and others secular, to represent me before the Apostolic See and to inform the Sacred Congregation of the Propaganda of my petition. So far as it lies within my power, I with my people swear before the Omnipotent God and promise to embrace and believe with our whole strength what the Catholic Church embraces and believes." In addition to writing this letter, Mar Dionysius, on June 21st 1799, in the Thathampally Romo-Syrian church, signed a document pleading himself to abide by the decrees of the synod of Diamper. (Bishop Marcellinus’ History of the Catholic Religion in Malabar. 251.) These negotiations came to nought, because the Carmelite missionaries advised Rome that Mar Dionysius was not sincere. Thus the opportunity passed, never to return, because with the English Company came the Protestant missionaries who took possession of the flock of Mar Dionysius.
Such are the opinions expressed in this manuscript. Although these opinions are controversial and will be distasteful to some readers, they are printed in this note for the information of the student of this subject.
Translation of extract from the proceedings of the Third Provincial Council of Goa, A.D. 1585.
Third Session.
The matters of the Archbishopric of Angamale and the Christianity which is called of St. Thomas, in parts of Malabar.
Tenth Decree.
That those who come from Chaldea shall present letters to the Archbishop, Primate of India.
Forasmuch as Our Lord had said in His Holy Gospel that he who enters the sheepfold not by the door but by some other way is a thief and a robber, and forasmuch as some persons have come from Chaldea to this Church and this Christianity and have introduced themselves as bishops, although in truth they were not so, as afterwards appeared, and have caused in it schism and troubles and as the same thing may happen again; it appears to the Council that henceforth no man can be received as a bishop or Catholic prelate or approved, unless he first presents letters addressed to the Archbishop of Goa, as primate of India and the East, and unless these letters come from His Holiness, or from a Patriarch who is a Catholic and giving obedience to the Roman Church, and is approved by it, as formerly did the Archbishop D. Mar Abraham, when he came appointed Archbishop of Angamale by Pope Pius IV of happy memory, and he who does not present such letters will be regarded as an Intruder and as such will be dragged out of the church: and the Council humbly begs His Holiness to approve this and to order the Patriarch of Chaldea to whom this pertains to issue orders likewise as this is most important for the good of this Christianity and of the Holy Roman Church.
Taken from Bullarium Patronatus Portugalliae, Lisbon: The National Press. 1872.
INDEX
Abedjesus, Mar, Bishop of Xigar,..133
Abedjesus, Mar, Bishop at Trichur,..139
Abraham, Mar, Sent to India,..118
Abraham, Mar, Friendly with Jesuits,..119,131
Abraham, Mar, His death,..119
Abraham, Mar, Papal brief empowering Menezes to try,..131
Abraham, Mar, His relations with Nestorian Patriarch,..131
Abraham, Mar, Sent by Chaldean Patriarch,..142
Abuna, Title explained,..130
Adaeus, St., Apostle of the Chaldeans,..134
Adeodatus, Latin form of Ahatalla,..135
Ahatalla, Mar, Comes to India,..120
Ahatalla, Mar, His death,..120
Ahatalla, Mar, His case discussed,..132
Ahatalla, Mar, Note upon,..135
Ahatalla, Mar, Sent by Jacobite Patriarch,..139
Alfred the Great sends gifts,..114
Alleppey, a C.M.S. mission station,..124
Aloysius, Bishop,..121
Alvaeus, Andrew, His death,..122
Alvarez, Archbishop, Story of,..139
Alwaye, a C.M.S. mission station,..125
Ambalakada, Jesuits retire to,..121
Ambalakada, Seminary at,..136
Ambalakada, Printing Press at,..131
Ambrosian Rite at Milan,..127
Amsterdam, Hortus Malabaricus Printed at,..121
Amsterdam, Senate permits Carmelites to enter Malabar,..121
Amsterdam, Syrian letter wrongly delivered at,..122
Angamale, Mar Abraham, Archbishop of,..118
Angamale, Diocesan Synod of,..119
Angamale, Francis Roz appointed Bishop of,..120
Angamale, See shifted to Cranganore,..120
Angamale, Meeting of Syrian Christians at,..137
Angelus Francis, Bishop,..121
Angelus Francis, Bishop, His consecration,..136
Anglican missionaries arrive,..123
Anglican missionaries part company with Syrians,..123
Anjengo, Portuguese bishops reside at,..137
Antioch, Consecration of Mar Dionysius by Patriarch of,..124
Antioch, Decision in favour of Jacobite Patriarch of,..124
Antioch, The various Patriarchs of,..127
Antioch, Theory of Jacobites about jurisdiction of,..128
Antony Thondanattu, His story,..138
Anyur, See of,..140
Aquaviva, Father, writes to Mar Abraham,..131
Archdeacons, Note upon,..131
Archdeacon Thomas, His disputes with Archbishop Garcia,..135
Archdeacon Thomas, Note upon his revolt,..135
Askwith, C.M.S. missionary,..125
Asseman, Note upon,..129
Asseman answers La Croze,..134
Athanasius, Mar, meets Bishop Heber at Bombay,..123
Athanasius, Matthew, consecrated by Patriarch,..123
Athanasius, Matthew, Death of,..124
Attingal, Rani of persecutes Christians,..116
Attingal, A London Mission station,..126
Autonomous Church, Contention that Syrians are an,..124
Babylon, Nestorian Patriarch of,..114
Bailey, C.M.S. Missionary,..124
Baker, C.M.S. Missionary,..124
Baker, Henry, Junior, C.M.S. Missionary,..125
Baker, Mrs. and the Misses, Their work,..125
Baldaeus speaks of Jesuit library,..136
Baliartes, King of the Thomas Christians,..115
Banks, opened by the Salvation Army,..127
Basil, Bishop, Jacobite,..122
Basil, one of three Jabobite Bishops,..122
Basil, Archbishop, Description of,..140
Beliarte, King of the Thomas Christians,..115
Bellerby, C.M.S. Missionary,..125
Benziger, Bishop, Coadjutor, at Quilon,..138
Bernard of St. Thomas, Father, Syrian monk,..142
Bernardin, Archbishop,..121
Bishop, C.M.S. Missionary,..125
Bishop John at Council of Nicea,..114
Bishop Joseph from Edessa,..114
Bishops in partibus Infidelium,..134
Bishop, Consecration of, by one Bishop alone,..135
Bishops, Succession of among separated Syrians,..136
Bishops, Carmelite, report arrival to Dutch,..136
Blandford Miss, Her work in Trivandrum,..126
Bouttari, Father, baptises Nilakandan Pillai,..137
British Museum, Jesuit letters in,..132
Brito, Stephen de, Archbishop of Cranganore,..120,134
Brito, B. John de, The Madura martyr,..137
Buchanan, Dr. Claudius,..121
Buchanan’s Christian Researches,..123,124
Buchanan, His Life by Pearson,..130
Burnell, Dr., His Gnostic theory,..128
Cabral, Portuguese Admiral, visists Cochin,..116
Calcutta, Bishop of, had jurisdiction in Travancore,..125
Caley, Archdeacon, C.M.S. Missionary,..125
Callixtus II, Pope,..142
Cana, Thomas, Note upon,..128
Careatil, Joseph, Archbishop of Cranganore,..134,137
Carmelites sent to Malabar,..120
Carmelites, expelled by the Dutch,..120,121
Carmelites, Expulsion cancelled,..121
Carmelite bishops report arrival to Dutch,..136
Carmel, Mount, Bishop Francis retires to,..121
Carvalho, Father Simon,..137
Chaldean Patriarch asked to send a bishop,..121
Chaldeans, SS. Adaeus and Meris. Apostles of,..133
Chaldean Rite Permission to use refused,..134
Chaldean Patriarch, Syrian Christians look towards the,..137
Chaldean Patriarch, Note upon the,..138
Chaldean bishop comes to India,..138
Chaldean claim to jurisdiction rejected at Rome,..138
Chaldeans, Syrian Christians said to be,..141
Chandy, Bishop, alias Alexander a Campo,..120
Chandy, Bishop, appointed Vicar Apostolic,..120
Chandy, Bishop, His nephew Mattheus,..134
Chandy, Bsihop, His consecration discussed,..135
Chandy, Bishop, signs as Metropolitan of all India,..136
Chandy, Bsihop, His death,..136
Changanacheri, Vicar Apostolic of,..122
Chapman, C.M.S. missionary,..125
Chattiata church, Foundation of,..121
Chattiata church exempted from episcopal jurisdiction,..136
Cheamgurechil, Administrator of Cranganore,..134
Cheruman Perumal, Ruler of Cranganore,..114
Cheruman Perumal, Note upon,..128
Chorepiscopus, Meaning of title,..139
Christians, Syrian, where found,..113
Christians, Syrain, origin of name,..113
Christians, of St. Thomas,..113
Church Missionary Society, sends missionaries,..124
Cochin, Diocese of,..116,121
Coleridge, His Life of St. Francis Xavier,..130
College endowed at Kottayam,..124
Collins, C.M.S. missionary,..125
Comphocius, King, mentioned by Mar Thomas,..139
Concordat of 1886,..121
Consecration of Bishop Chandy by one bishop,..120
Consecration of Bishop Angelus by Chaldean bishop,..121
Consecration of Mar Dionysius I,..122
Consecration of Bishop Joseph discussed,..135
Consecration of Bishop Chandy discussed,..135
Consecration of Bishop Angelus discussed,..136
Consecration of Thondanattu Antony,..138
Consecration of Alvarez and Suarez,..139
Consecration of Mar Cyril,..140
Consecration of bishops discussed,..141
Consecration of Anglican bishop,..141
Copper plate grants at Kottayam,..114
Copper plate grants from Cheruman Perumal,..128
Copper plate grants now at Kottayam, Note upon,..129
Cosmas Indicopleustes visits this coast,..114
Councils, Church, in the C.M.S. mission,..125
Councils, Church, of the London Mission,..127
Cox, Rev. John,..126
Cranganore, St. Thomas lands at,..113
Cranganore, Thomas Cana arrives at,..114
Cranganore, Stone cross removed from,..114
Cranganore, Copper plate mentioning,..114
Cranganore, Mar Jacob translates testament at,..116
Cranganore, Seminary at,..116
Cranganore Seminary, Mar Joseph refuses to ordain at,..118
Cranganore made See of an Archbishop,..120
Cranganore, Archbishop of, Ad honorem,..122
Cranganore, New Testament translated at,..130
Cranganore, Archbishops of,..134
Cranganore, Jesuit library at,..136
Crosses on stone at Kottayam,..114
Croze, La, His Christianisme auae Indes,..134
Cullen, General, Resident,..123
Custodius, Bishop,..121
Cyril, Mar, sent by Patriarch of Antioch,..123
Cyril, Mar, Reappearance of,..124
Cyril, Bishops named,..140
Damaun, Bishop of, Archbishop of Cranganore,..122
Denha Bar Jona, Chaldean priest,..138
Denha, Bishop, killed by Kurds,..139
Deportation of Mar Athanasius,..123
Devasagayam, Martyrdom of,..137
Dhariyakal, Name explained,..128
Diamper, King of,..115
Diamper, Synod of,..120
Diamper, Synod of, Archdeacon Robinson upon the,..127
Diamper, Synod of, discussed,..133
Diamper, Synod of, Asseman upon the,..134
Diarbekr, Residence of Jacobite Patriarch,..120
Diego, Archbishop, of Cranganore,..134
Dionysius I, Mar, Paulinus visits,..140
Dionysius, Mar, consecrated by Patriarch,..124
Dionysius, Mar, resides at Kottayam,..124
Donato, Father Francis, Dominican,..120
Dutch did no mission work,..113
Dutch expel missionaries from Cochin,..120
Duthie, Rev. J.,..126
Ebedjesus, Chaldean Patriarch,..118,138
Edessa, Bishop Joseph comes from,.114
Edessa, Relics of Apostle taken to,..114
Elias X, Nestorian Patriarch,..139
Endowments, Origin of,..140
Endowments, obtained by Colonel Munro,..123
English take Cochin,..122
Ephesus, Council of,..128
Ernaculam, High school at,..122
Eruaculam, Vicar Apostolic of,..122
Ettumanur, a C.M.S. Mission station,..125
Eugene, Monastery of St.,..115
Eutyches, His teaching,..127
Ezechiel, a Cochin Jew,..122,140
Fells, Surgeon at Neyoor,..126
Fenn, C.M.S. missionary,..124
Fifth bishop, The phrase discussed,..140
Fisher converts, Their bravery,..130
Fishermen of Ramnad send deputation,..116
Florentius, Bishop,..121
Francis, Bishop,..121,137
Francis Roz, His work among the Syrian Christians,..120
Francis Xavier, enters Travancore,..116
Francis Xavier, writes about Cranganore Seminary,..116
Francis Xavier, writes about Mar Jacob,..118
Francis Xavier, His Life and Letters,..130
French-Adams, C.M.S. missionary,..125
Frumentius, Bishop, Note upon,..129
Fry, Surgeon at Neyoor,..126
Gabriel, Nestorian bishop,..122,139
Gama, Vasco de, visits Cochin,..116
Garcia, Francis, Archbishop of Cranganore,..120,121,134
Geddes, His Church in Malabar,..131,133
George, The Syrian form of the name,..129
George, companion of Joseph the Indian,..115
George, Archdeacon, first mentioned,..118
George, Bishop of Palur,..119
George, Archdeacon, makes profession at Vaipin,..132
George, Archdeacon, Administrator of Angamale,..119
George, Archdeacon, attempts to visit Hill tribes,..133
George, Archdeacon, disputes with Archbishop Francis Roz,..120
George, Archdeacon, His death,..120
George, Chorepiscopus,..140
Gnostic origin of Syrian Christians discredited,..128
Goa, Archbishop of Patriarch of East Indies,..122
Goa, Inquisition at,..120,133,135
Goa, First council of,..118
Goa, Second council of,..118
Goa, Third council of,..119,143
Goa, Fourth council of,..119
Gouvea gives translation of Syrian Mass,..134
Gregory III, Pope, a Syrian,..142
Gregory, Mar, consecrates Archdeacon Thomas,..120,139
Gregory, Mar,..122
Gundra, Raja of ,..133
Hanxleden, Father, Sanscrit scholar,..136
Hawkesworth, C.M.S. missionary,..125
Heber, Bishop, befriends Mar Athanasius,..123
Hereditary succession of Archdeacons disliked at Rome,..136
Hierapolis, Titular See of Bishop Joseph,..135
Hill tribes, Conversion of,..133
Hodges, Bishop,..125
Hormisdas, St. Title of church at Angamale,..119
Hormisdas, St. Note upon,..131
Hortus Malabaricus, Publication of,..120
Howard, Father, afterwards Cardinal,..138
Hunt, Mr. Justice, His judgment,.
Ignatius Loyola, Letter from Francis Xavier to,..116
Ignatius XXIII, Patriarch of Antioch,..120
Ignatius XXXII, Patriarch of Antioch,..123
Ignatius XXXIII, visits Travancore,..124
Independent Catholic Church of India and Ceylon,..139
Iniquitribirim, name used by Francis Xavier for Raja,..130
Inquisition at Goa,..120,133
Intruder, name given to Archdeacon Thomas,..135
Jacob, Mar, sent to India,..115
Jacob, Mar, translates the New Testment,..116
Jacob, Mar, Francis Xavier writes about,..118
Jacob, Mar, His death,..118
Jacob, Vicar General of Mar Simeon,..119
Jacobite Syrians, under Patriarch of Antioch,..113
Jacobite opinions,..113
Jacobite bishops, Three arrive at Cochin,..122
Jacobites, origin of name,..127
Jacobite views about jurisdiction,..128
Jacobites, Liturgy used by,..134
Jacobites, Why they sent bishops to Malabar,..139
James, St. Liturgy of,..134
Jarri, Father Peter, cited,..128
Jerusalem Bishopric act,..141
Jessop, Dr. on the destruction of books,..133
Jesuits, Their friendship with Mar Abraham,..131
Jesuit letters in British Museum,..132
John, Bishop of Great India,..114
John, Bishop in the twelfth century,..114
John of Monte Corvino,..114
John de Marignoli,..115
John, Mar, sent to India,..115
John Sulacca, Chaldean Patriarch,..118
John Baptist. Bishop,..121
John, one of three Jacobite bishops,..122
John, a Jacobite bishop,..122
John, Bishop, suspected to be a Jew,..122,140
John, Patriarch of the Syrians,..141
Jordan, Friar, Bishop of Quilon,..115,129
Joseph, Bishop from Edessa,..114
Joseph the Indian, appears before Patriarch,..115
Joseph the Indian, journeys to Europe,..116
Joseph the Indian, His authority discredited,..116
Joseph the Indian, Note upon,..130
Joseph, Mar, sent to India,..118
Joseph, Mar, returns to India,..118
Joseph, Mar, Preface written by,..131
Joseph, Mar, Portuguese hold bad opinion of,..131
Joseph, Mar, His death,..131
Joseph, Father, Carmelite missionary,..120
Joseph, Father, consecrated at Rome,..120
Joseph, Father, His consecration discussed,..135
Joseph Careatil, Archbishop of Cranganore,..134,137
Joseph II, Chaldean Patriarch,..136
Joseph VI, Chaldean Patriarch,..138,139
Joseph, afterwards Mar Dionysius,..124
Kalliana, bishop at,..114
Kayankulam, Varthema visits,..130
Kerr, Madras Chaplain, His report,..122
Knill, Rev. Richard,..126
Koshi, Anglican Archdeacon,..125
Kottayam, Vicar Apostolic of,..122
Kottayam, College at, awarded to Syrians,..123
Kottayam, Residence of Jacobite Metropolitan,..124
Kottar, Chruch erected at,..130
Kunnankulam, a C.M.s. mission station,..125
Lace, Manufacture of at Nagercoil,..130
La Croze, His Christianisme auae Indes,..134
Languages, Chaldean and Syriac,..138
Lannoy, General Eustache de,..137
Lash, C.M.S. missionary,..125
Latin Rite, Note on,..127
Lavigne, Bishop, Vicar Apostolic,..122
Leitch, Dr. His death,..126
Leonard, Archbishop,..121,122
Leopold I, Emperor,..121
Letter from Mar Thomas to Jacobite Patriarch,..139
Letter from Mar Dionysius I to Pope Pius VI,..142
Leyden, University of,..122
Liturgy used by Jacobites,..124
Liturgy used by the Thomas Christians,..133
Liturgy attributed to St. Thomas,..134
Liturgies used by Jacobities,..134
London Missionary Society,..126
Louis of St. Conrad, Bishop,..135
Lowe, Surgeon at Neyoor,..126
Macaulay, Colonel, Resident,..123
Macaulay, Colonel, finds the copper plates,..129
Macaulay, Colonel, flies to Cochin,..130
Macaulay, Colonel, provides endowments,..141
Madhava Rao, Diwan of Tranvancore,..126
Madura troops retreat before St. Francis Xavier,..130
Mailapur, scene of Martyrdom of Apostle,..113
Mailapur, Relics of Apostle taken from,..114
Mailapur, Friar Odoric visits,..115
Mailapur, Ahatalla arrested at,..135
Malayalam history by Bishop Marcellinus,..139
Maltby, Mr., Resident, on Bishop Roccos,..138
Manichean persecution,..128
Manigramakar, Name explained,..128
Mannanam, Monastery at,..122
Mar, Title explained,..130
Mar Sapir and Mar Prodh,..114
Marcellinus, Bishop,..121,122,139
Marco Polo mentions Malabar,..114
Mardin, Monastery at,..127
Marignoli, John de, visits Quilon,..115
Martyrdom of Devasagayam,..137
Mass used by the Syrian Christians,..134
Matancheri, Oath before the Coonen cross at,..120
Mateer of the London Mission, His writings,..126
Mathu Tharakan, wealthy Syrian Christian,..141
Mattheus, Father, Carmelite, Botanist,..120
Mattheus, nephew of Bishop Chandy,..121,134,136
Mault, Mrs., commences the lace industry,..127
Mavelicara, a C.M.S. mission station,..125
Mead, Rev. C.,..126
Medical work of Salvation Army,..127
Medlycott, Bishop, Vicar Apostolic at Trichur,..122
Medlycott, Bishop, writing on St. Thomas,..127
Medlycott, Bishop, His note on copper plates,..128
Medlycott, Bishop, His note on printing presses,..131
Medlycott, Bishop, sends extracts from British Museum,..132
Menezes, Archbishop, refuses to have Mar Simeon,..119
Menezes, Archbishop, lands in India,..119
Menezes, Archbishop, visits the Angamale diocese,..119
Menezes, Archbishop, holds the synod of Diamper,..120
Menezes, Archbishop, at Tevalicare,..129
Menezes, Archbishop, His reasons for visiting Malabar,..132
Menezes, Archbishop, His conduct discussed,..133
Menezes Archbishop, His alteration of liturgy,..133
Menezes, Archbishop, His destruction of books,..133
Menezes, Archbishop, Reasons for altering liturgy,..134
Mellus, Bishop, Story of,..139
Meris, St. Apostle of the Chaldeans,..133
Metropolitan appointed for India,..114
Meurin, Bishop, visits Malabr,..139
Middleton, Bishop, of Calcutta,..121
Milan, Ambrosian Rite at,..127
Miller, Rev. C.,..126
Milne Rae, Professor, His Syrian Church in India,..133
Missionary, Church, Society,..126
Missionary, London, Society,..124
Mitras Lusitanas cited about Ahatalla,..135
Monastic Institutions among Syrians,..122
Monophysite doctrine described,..127
Monte Corvino, John of,..114
Mozarabaic Rite at Toledo,..127
Mulanturuttu, Synod of,..124
Multa Praeclara, Bull commencing with the words,..137
Mundakayam, a C.M.S. mission station,..125
Munro, Colonel, Resident,..123,124
Munro, Colonel, His benefits to the London Mission,..126
Munro, Colonel, provides endowments,..141
Munro’s Island,..141
Muttam, Fatal accident at.,..126
Nagercoil, a London Mission station,..126
Nagercoil, London Mission school at,..126
Nayars, Revolt of,..130
Neale, Dr. J.M., His note on St. Hormisdas,..131
Neale, Dr. J.M., His views on liturgies,..133,134
Neranam, Old church at,..127
Nestorian heresy,..113,128
Nestorian bishops in India,..115,141
Nestorians seek reconciliation with Rome,..118,138
Nestorian Bishop Gabriel,..122
Nestorian Patriarch consecrates Thondanattu Antony,..138
Nestorians, Contention that Syrian Christians never were,..141
Neve, C.M.S. missionary,..125
New Observers, Followers of Archdeacon Thomas,..135
Neyoor, a London Mission station,..126
Nicea, Council of,..114
Nidiry, Rev. E.A., Syrian priest,..141
Nilakandan Pillai afterwards Devasagayam,..137
Nobili, Robert de, His works printed,..131
Norton, C.M.S. missionary,..124
North and South, Division of Syrian Christians,..129
Nosardel Sunday explained,..129
Odoric, Friar, visits Quilon,..115
Old Observers, Name applied to Rome-Syrians,..135
Ordinations among the C.M.S. converts,..125
Oriente Conquistado, Note on book named,..131
Ormsby, Mr. Justice, His judgment,..124
Orphanages of Salvation Army,..127
Padroado or Portuguese Patronage,..121,137
Pallam. a C.M.S. mission station,..125
Palmer, C.M.S. missionary,..125
Palomattam family,..128
Parachalay, a London Mission station..126
Pareamakal, Thomas, Vicar General of Cranganore,..134,137
Patriarch Theodosius,..114
Patriarch Salibazacha,..114
Patriarch Jesujabus Adjabenus,..114
Patriarch Simeon,..115
Patriarch Elias,..115
Patriarch Simeon,..118
Patriarch John Sulacca,..118
Patriarch Ebedjesus,..118
Patriarch Simeon VI,..118
Patriarch Ignatius XXIII,..121
Patriarch Ignatius XXXII,..123
Patriarch Ignatius XXXIII,..124
Patriarch Joseph II,..136
Patriarch Joseph VI,..138
Patriarchs, The various, of Antioch..127
Patriarch of the East Indies, Archbishop of Goa,..122
Patronage of Portuguese King, Note upon the,..137
Paul of St. Thomas, Archbishop of Cranganore,..134
Paulinus of St. Bartholomew, Note upon,..137
Pazhaiur church, Father Hanxleden’s grave at,..136
Pearson’s Life of Clandius Buchanan,..130
Peet. C.M.s. missionary,..125
Perron, Anquetil du, visits Verapoly,..129,137
Persecution of London Mission converts,..126
Persecution by Manicheans,..128
Persecution by Jesuits doubted,..135
Persia, Bishops obtained from,..114
Persico, Mgr, comes to Verapoly,..139
Perumal, Cheruman, Note upon,..128
Peter Paul, Bishop,..121
Pillar formerly at Quilon, Note upon,..129
Pimenta, Father, writes to Aquaviva,..132
Pimental, Archbishop of Cranganore,..134
Pimental, Archbishop, completes Malayalam dictionary,..136
Philoxenos, Mar, gives consecration,..123,124
Philoxenos, Mar, Death of,..123,125
Philoxenos, Bishops named,..140
Pope Nicholas I,..142
Pope Gregory III, a Syrian,..142
Pope Nicholas IV,..114
Pope Callixtus II,..142
Pope John XXII,..115
Pope Eugene IV,..115
Pope Alexander VI,..116
Pope Julius III,..118,138,142
Pope Pius IV,..118,142
Pope Pius V,..118
Pope Gregory XIII,..118,142
Pope Clement VII,..142
Pope Clement VIII,..119,120
Pope Alexander VII,..120
Pope Leo X,..142
Pope Innocent XII,..121
Pope Clement XI,..121
Pope Pius VI,..142
Pope Leo XII,..121
Pope Gregory XVI,..121,137
Pope Pius IX,..122
Pope Leo XIII,..121
Polycarp, Father, Provincial at Verapoly,..140
Porcat, Raja of,..133
Portuguese arrive in Inida,..116
Portuguese patronage of missions,..121,137
Portuguese mistaken about Nestorians,..142
Prendergast, Bishop,..121
Printing presses, of the C.M.S.,..124
Printing presses, of the London Mission,..127
Printing presses, Bishop Medlycott’s note on,..131
Protection, Portuguese, of Thomas Christians,..116,133
Protestant converts of three Societies,..113
Protestant view of Syrian Chrisitans,..113
Protestant view of Synod of Diamper,..128
Propaganda builds a Seminary at Verapoly,..136
Propaganda requires education in Seminaries,..137
Protasius, Mar, a Chaldean bishop,..141
Pulayas, Work among, by C.M.S.,..125
Pulayas, Work among by Salvation Army,..127
Puttempally, Seminary at,..122
Quilon, not the Kalliana of Cosmas Ind.,..114
Quilon, Two bishops land at,..114
Quilon, Copper plate mentioning,..114
Quilon, Friar Jordan Bishop of,..115
Quilon, John de Marignoli visits,..115
Quilon, Archbishop Menezes visits,..119
Quilon, a separate diocese,..121
Quilon, Boundaries of diocese of,..122
Quilon, Committee of,..123
Quilon, Pillar formerly at, Note upon,..129
Quilon, List of bishops at,..138
Ramsay, Surgeon at Nagercoil,..126
Raphael, Bishop,..121
Raymond Bishop,..121
Reformed Syrians, Body so called,..113,127
Reformed Syrians, Opinions held by,..113
Reformed Syrians, Succession of Bishops of,..124
Reis, Salvador dos, Archbishop of Cranganore,..134
Report of Nestorian Bishops from India,..115
Ribeiro, Archbishop, of Cranganore,..121,134,136
Richards, Rev. W.J., gets a Lambeth degree,..125
Ridsdale, C.M.S. missionary,..125
Ringletaube Rev. W.T.,..126,142
Rite, Syro-Malabar,..127
Rites, Oriental, Note on,..127
Rite, Syro-Malabar, kept distinct,..134
Roberts, Headmaster of schools,..126
Robinson, Archdeacon,..127,130
Roccos, Bishop,..122,138
Roman Catholic, Syrian and Latin Rites,..113,127
Roman Catholic Statistics,..122
Romo-Syrians, Roman Catholics following Syrian Rite,..113
Romo-Syrians desire a Chaldean bishop,..121
Romo-Syrians obtain a separate bishop,..121
Roz, Francis, Archbishop of Cranganore,..119,133,134
Saba, Mgr., comes to India,..138
Sabresius, Mar, a Chaldean bishop,..142
Salamanca Theologians on consecration of Bishop Chandy,..135
Salvation Army,..127
Sanscrit, Father Hanxleden studies,..136
Sanscrit, grammar published,..137
Sceptre of Christian King,..115,116
Schaaf, Dr. Charles, Orientalist,..122,140
Scherpenzeel, Vicar General of Cranganore,..134
Seleucia, the See of Patriarch of Babylon,..114,128
Seminary at Cranganore,..116,118
Seminary at Vaipicotta,..119
Seminaries, Domestic, prohibited,..119
Seminary at Verapoly,..136
Seminary at Puttempally,..122
Seminary at Ambalacade,..136
Separation between Syrians and C.M.S.,..125
Serra, Christians of the, Name explained,..130
Serroni, Canon, in charge of Cranganore,..120
Seven churches founded by St. Thomas,..127
Shanars embrace Christianity,..126
Shankarapuri family, now extinct,..128
Simeon, Mar, a Nestorian bishop,..119,131,133
Simeon, Mar, a Chaldean bishop,..121,136
Smith, Rev. John,..126
Society, Church Missionary,..124
Society, London Missionary,..126
Soledad, Joseph, Administrator of Cranganore,..137
Speechly. Bishop,..125
Spencer, Bishop, of Madras,..125
St. Thomas landed at Cranganore,..113
St. Thomas ordained clergy,..113
St. Thomas, His relics taken to Edessa,..114
Stabilini, Bishop,..121
Statistics of Roman Catholic dioceses,..122
Statistics of the C.M.S.,..125
Statistics of the London Mission,..127
Statistics of the Salvation Army,..127
Stephen, Bishop, sent by Patrairch of Antioch,..123
Stephen de Brito, visits Hill tribes,..133
Stone found in China, Note upon,..129
Suarez, Bishop, Story of,..139
Suit between Jacobites and Reformed Syrians,..124
Synod of Diamper, Asseman discusses the,..134
Syrian Christians, where found,..113
Syrian Christians, origin of name,..113
Syrian Christians, There divisions of,..113
Syrian Christians, Theories concerning,..113
Syrian Christians, Division into North and South,..129
Syrian Christians have a king,..115
Syrian Christians become vassals of Portuguese King,..116
Syrian Christians hold synod of Diamper,..120
Syrian Christians, Revolt and partial reconciliation of,..120
Syrian Christians, Monastic Institutions among,..122
Syrian Christians good fighting men,..130
Syrian Christians, Their dislike of Roman ritual,..133
Syrian Christians, Mass used by,..134
Syrain Christians, Succession of bishops among,..136
Syrian Christians look towards the Chaldean Patriarch,..137
Syrian Christians, said never to have been Nestorian,..142
Syrians, Reformed, Name why used,..127
Syrians, Reformed, Their alterations of liturgy,..124
Syro-Malabar Rite,..127,134
Tamburan, a term of respect,..130
Tamil, spoken by St. Francis Xavier,..130
Testament, Old, Translated by Mar Joseph,..131
Theodosius, Rules laid down by Patriarch,..114
Theologians on consecration of Bishop Chandy,..135
Tholyur, See of,..140
Thomas, St. Seven churches founded by,..127
Thomas, St. Liturgy attributed to,..134
Thomas Christians, Name used by Syrian Christians,..127
Thomas Cana,..114,128
Thomas, Mar, sent to India by Patriarch,..115
Thomas, Archdeacon,..120,135
Thomas de Castro. Note upon,..135
Thomas, Mar. Visscher’s description of,..139
Thomas Pareamakal,..134,137
Thomas, Mar, succeeds Athanasius,..124
Thomson, Surgeon at Neyoor,..126
Thompson, of the London Mission,..124
Thompson, C.M.S. missionary,..125
Thompson, Rev. Marmaduke, Chaplain in Madras,..126
Thondanattu Antony, Story of,..138
Tiruvella a Church Mission station,..125
Tittuvilai, a London Mission station,..126
Titular Sees,..134
Titus, Mar Thoma,..124
Toledo, Mozarabaic Rite at,..127
Trevandrum, Enquiry held at,..137
Trevandrum in the Quilon diocese,..139
Trevandrum, Zenana Mission School at,..126
Trevelyan, Sir Charles, Governor of Madras,..126
Tribes on the mountains,..133
Trichur, Vicar Apostolic at,..122
Trichur, a C.M.S. Station,..125
Trichur, Sanscrit College at,..136
Turner, Dr. Percy, of the Salvation Army,..127
Vadasseri, Head-quarters of Salvation Army,..127
Vaipicotta, Printing press and college at,..119
Vaipin, Archdeacon George makes profession of faith at,..119
Vaipin, The meeting at. described,..132
Valiathoray, in the Cochin diocese,..139
Valignano, Father, Jesuit Provincial,..119,131
Vanischt, Name of Bishop Genrad,..135
Van Rheede, Governor of Cochin,..120
Vasconcelles, Archbishop, of Cranganore,..134
Vasconcelles, Bishop, of Cochin,..137,138
Varthema, an Italian traveller,..130
Vatican Library, Report of Nestorian bishops,..115
Vatican Library, New Testament of Mar Jacob,..116
Vatican Library, Mar Joseph’s manuscripts,..118
Vatican Council, Chaldean Patriarch at,..139
Vaz, Miguel, works among the fishermen,..116
Verapoly, Building of Church at,..121
Verapoly, List of Vicars-Apostolic at,..135
Verapoly, Seminary built at,..136
Verapoly reached by Mysore troops,..137
Vincent de Lagos founds Seminary at Cranganore.,..118
Vinte e Tres de Norembro, Cochin Diocesan paper,..135
Visscher, His Letters from Malabar,..139
Wilson, Bishop, of Calcutta,..123,125
Whitehouse, Rev. J. C.,..127
Xigar, Bishop of.,..133
Zanana, Church of England, Mission,..126
Zuba, Metropolitan of,.133