Christianity in India Quotes

“Christian Ashram Movement”

“2000 Church bombings of South India”

“There are very few Christians and Jews (in India) and they are of little weight.”

“What India gives us about Christianity in its midst in indeed nothing but pure fables.”

“Wikipedia: Christianity in India”

“The missionaries were sent out to exterminate heathenism in India, not to spread heathen nonsense all over Europe.”

“They were doing for India more than all those civilians, soldiers, judges and governors whom Your Highness has met.”

““Every additional Christian is an additional bond of union with this country and an additional source of strength to the Empire”.”

“[Converts from among the four tribes - Oraons, Mundas, Kharias and Santhals-] account for nearly nine-tenths of the Indian Christians.”

“[the work of the missionaries is] “an unrecognised and unofficial branch of the great movement that alone justifies British rule in India”.”

““It is not only our duty but in our own interest to promote the diffusion of Christianity as far as possible throughout the length and breadth of India”.”

“[Shah Jahan] “(…) caused the church of Lahore to be ruined, demolished most of the church of Agra and completely threw down the tower of the church where was the bell which could be heard throughout the city.»”

“Cambridge University established a prize named for an essay competition on the topic: 'The best means of civilizing the subjects of the British Empire in India, and of diffusing the light of the Christian religion throughout the eastern world.'”

“Theory and practice alike concur in proving, that to increase and multiply the members of native Christians, is to increase and multiply the only class of truly staunch and loyal native subject of the British Crown among the teaming millions of India.”

“He was averse from shedding human blood, though he destroyed many idolatrous temples, and erected mosques in their stead. He held conversation neither with Nazarenes nor with bramins; nor would he permit them to hold civil offices under his government.”

“The Christians of the Syrian Church had been treated generously by Hindu Rulers who had allowed them to live without molestation or interference. Even Gouvea, the biographer of de Meneses, states, “that their privileges were most religiously guarded by native Rajahs.””

“From Greenland's icy mountains,
From India's coral strand....
They call us to deliver
Their land from error's chain.
What though the spicy breezes
Blow soft o’er Ceylon’s isle (...)”

“But for a long time to come the prime movers in these operations must continue to be European. And we hope that a great Christian, and if we may use the term, ecclesiastical army will be raised, the rank and file consisting of natives, while the captains and generals are highly qualified Europeans.”

“[Tipu Sultan, on the pretext of treason attributed to a priest] “(…) sent the order to seize [him]; but his emissaries not having found him, they hanged his servant. After which an order came from the Sultan to pursue all the priests, and to demolish all the churches; which was executed with rigor.»”

“These were the first specimens of Christian warfare against the heathen of Hind... It would perhaps be fortunate for Christianity, if the historic muse in India were mute, as many have endeavoured to prove her to be, since atrocities like these are alone sufficient to have scared the Hindus from all association with her creed.”