GL responds: The Host and Guest did a good job of covering the issues of colonial inquisition and current persecution of Christians in India. Yet from the dialog neither of them appeared to have read the Bangalore historian's book. Sadly, many who comment on the Goa Inquisition have also not read this recent book available in India. Machado, (Prabhu) Alan: Goa’s Inquisition: facts, fiction, factoids. 2022. Persecution and Inquisition were used to targetseparate groups to achieve different results. The inquisition was introducedin Portugal in 1536 and extended to OT in 1560. In both, it was a law-and-order system, whereinquisitor was appointed by Portugal’s king and solely responsible to him. Theinquisitor did NOT report to church officials in Lisbon or Goa. In Machado’s morerecent update, for the entire period of the inquisition in the overseas territories 1560 to 1812 (252years) a total of 177 persons underwent capital punishment and 154 burnt ineffigy. Capital penalty average of seven per decade, for a society underexistential threat in the 48+ footholds is well below what would be expected. Among those investigatedby the inquisition were the behaviors of captain, chief-finance officers,acting and appointed viceroys, soldiers, tradesmen, and priests.
Extracted from: Insight into Colonial Goaby Philomena and Gilbert LawrencePublished by Amazon and Kindle in soft cover and e-book. On Friday, January 5, 2024 at 09:52:54 PM EST, Gilbert Lawrence <gilbert2...@yahoo.com> wrote: GL responds: Excellent presentation despite technical difficulties. Perhaps the guest or the host should have recommended to listeners the book: Machado, (Prabhu) Alan: Goa’sInquisition: facts, fiction, factoids. 2022. Regards, GL---------- [Goanet] Savio Rodrigues: Colonial Hangover & Christian Bias - How all Christians of KA voted BJP out Savio Rodrigues I Colonial Hangover & Christian Bias - How all Christians of KA voted BJP out
