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Synod mentioned in the following Petition, and the Inquifition of the faid City having upon his Approbation, given Licence to Print the fame, we do Order, That after it is Printed, it be, together with the Book Intituled, The Journey of the Seira or Mountains, tranfmitted to this Council, that it may be compared with the Original, and Licensed; without which it shall not be made publick.

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Marcos Teixira,

Ruy Piz de veiga.

Have perufed this Synod, and to me it appears to be a Work that deferves to be Printed; for befides the found Doctrine contained therein, it will be of great Use and Confolation to all, and very necessary to the extirpating of the Errors, Schifm, and Herefies fown by Hereticks, and parti cularly the Neftorians in the ancient Chriftianity, planted in the Indies by the Apostle St. Thomas.

Octob. 23d. 1605.

Joan Pinto.

B Yvirtue of a particular Commiffion to us granted in this behalf, by the Council of the General Inquifition of thefe Kingdoms; having feen the Information of Father Joan Pinto, Revifor of this City, we give Licence for the Printing of the Book Intituled, The Synod, and the Journey of the Serra; provided that after it is Printed, it be fent to the faid Council, to be compared with the Original, and to have leave to be made publick.

Jan. 11. 1606.

Joan Alvarez Brandon.

It may be Printed, Conimbra, 25th. of Feb. 1606:

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OM Frey Aleixo de Menezes, by the mercy of God, and the Holy Roman See, Archbishop, Metropolitan of Goa, Primate of the Indies, and the Oriental Parts, &c. To the Reverend in Chrift, Father George, Archdeacon of the Christian's of St. Thomas in the Serra of the Kingdom of Malabar, and to all other Priests, Curates, Deacons and Subdeacons, and to all Towns, Villages, and Hamlets, and to all Chriftian People of the faid Bishoprick, Health in our Lord Jefus Chrift.

We give you all, and every one of you in particular to understand, that the most Holy Father Pope Clement VIII. our Lord Bishop of Rome, and Vicar of our Lord Jefus Christ upon earth, at this time. prefiding in the Church of God; having fent two

Synod mentioned in the following Petition, and the Inquifition of the faid City having upon his Approbation, given Licence to Print the fame, we do Order, That after it is Printed, it be, together with the Book Intituled, The Journey of the Seira or Mountains, tranfmitted to this Council, that it may be compared with the Original, and Licensed; without which it shall not be made publick.

I

Marcos Teixira,

Ruy Piz de veiga.

Have perufed this Synod, and to me it appears to be a Work that deferves to be Printed; for befides the found Doctrine contained therein, it will be of great Use and Confolation to all, and very necessary to the extirpating of the Errors, Schifm, and Herefies fown by Hereticks, and particularly the Neftorians in the ancient Chriftianity, planted in the Indies by the Apostle St. Thomas.

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Octob. 23d. 1605.

Joan Pinto.

virtue of a particular Commission to us granted in this behalf, by the Council of the General Inquifition of thefe Kingdoms having seen the Information of Father Joan Pinto, Revisor of this City, we give Licence for the Printing of the Book Intituled, The Synod, and the Journey of the Serra; provided that after it is Printed, it be fent to the faid Council, to be compared with the Original, and to have leave to be made publick.

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Jan. 11. 1696.

Joan Alvarez Brandon.

may be Printed, Conimbra, 25th. of Feb. 1606:

The Bishop Conde.

THE

THE

PUBLICATION and CALLING

OF THE

SYNOD.

D

OM Frey Aleixo de Menezes, by the merey of God, and the Holy Roman See, Archbishop, Metropolitan of Goa, Primate of the Indies, and the Oriental Parts, &c. To the Reverend in Chrift, Father George, Archdeacon of the Chriftians of St. Thomas in the Serra of the Kingdom of Malabar, and to all other Priefts, Curates, Deacons and Subdeacons, and to all Towns, Villages, and Hamlets, and to all Chriftian People of the faid Bishoprick, Health in our Lord Jefus Chrift.

We give you all, and every one of you in particular to understand, that the most Holy Father Pope Clement VIII. our Lord Bishop of Rome, and Vicar of our Lord Jefus Chrift upon earth, at this time. prefiding in the Church of God; having fent two

Briefs directed to Us, one of the 27th. of Jan. in the Year 1595, and the other of the 21st. of the fame Month, in the Year 1597; in which, by virtue of his Paftoral Office, and that Univerfal Power bequeathed to the Supream, Holy and Apoftolical Chair of St. Peter over all the Churches in the World, by Jefus Chrift the Son of God our Lord and Redeemer, he commanded us upon the death of the Archbishop Mar-Abraham,to take Poffeffion of this Church and BiShoprick, fo as not to fuffer any Bishop or Prelate coming from Babylon, to enter therein, as has been hitherto the Custom, all that come from thence being Schifmaticks, Hereticks, and Neftorians, out of the Obedience of the Holy Roman Church, and Subject to the Patriarch of Babylon, the Head of the faid Herefy; and to appoint a Governor or Apoftolical Vicar to Rule the faid Diocefs both in Spirituals and Temporals, until such time as the Holy Roman Church hall provide it of a proper Paftor; which being read by us, we were defirous to execute the Apoftolical Mandates with due Reverence and Obedience befides, that the fame was incumbent on us of right (the faid Church having no Chapter to take care of it during the vacancy of the See) as Metropolitan and Primate of this and all the other Churches of the Indies, and the Oriental Parts.

But perceiving that our Mandate in that behalf had no effect, what we had ordered, not having been obeyed in the faid Diocefs, fo that what our most Holy Father, the Bishop of Rome, had defigned, was like to be frustrated, after having laboured therein for the space of two Years, Schifm and Disobedience to

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