Forced conversion of nasranis by rome.

From the "Land of Perumals" by Francis Dey, page 221:-

"..it was found impossible to convert the St.Thomas christians(nasranis) by religious exhortations or speeches(1537).
It was understood that only force or tactic could work. It was decided to use force and their "metran"(bishop) was arrested and taken to Portugal"

The "Indian" Empire by William Wilson Hunter , page 242 (also quoted in Nestorian Missonary Enterprise, page 125):

"Inorder to convert the Nasranis into the Roman Church, the Portuguese influenced the local rulers. The assets and land of Nasranis were confiscated and they were persecuted in other ways"

Brave resistance by the Malankara Nasranis!
From the book "History of the Church of Malabar", p 44,46:

"Jesuits had to flee with their lives from places like Angamaly and Kadathuruthy. When they found out that the Nasranis were in rage, they feared to venture into these areas.
During prayer inside the church, one of the students of the Vypincotta(chenthamangalam) Jesuit seminary uttered the name of the roman pope instead of the Syriac Patriarch.
He was given a beating by the nasrani priests and send out of the church. And the boy's father was given the advice that "until his sickness of remembering the pope ends, give him a sound beating".


D' Orsey B.D., Knight Commander of the Portuguese Order of Christ, tells us in his book-("Portuguese Discoveries, Dependencies, and Missions in Asia and Africa, P.190)how some of the,

"mountain-dwelling St.Thomas Christians forcibly ejected some troublesome Jesuit priests from their Presence; and this action took place some forty Years after the infamous Inquisition had commenced operations!"