Storia do Mogor 281.24.8

281.24.8

But for the last three years, since the Jesuit fathers wrested from the Capuchins, by force and contrary to all right, the control of the said Malabar Christians, they have been obliged to make use of the said signs and marks. By this an opening has been given to the Brahmans and Hindus of Pondicherry and other places to say that their accursed religion is superior to ours. The earliest missionaries forbade Hindu ashes, processions, and other ceremonials, but at present the Jesuit fathers approve them all, and the Hindus say they hope that in the end the same will be the case with all their abominations. All this they say simply because these fathers imitate and conform to their (Hindu) ceremonies.