The missionaries had sensed from the very first that it was the Brahmin who stood in their way of breaking the barriers of Hindu society. But it was St. Xavier who made anti-Brahminism the central theme of his missionary thrust.
“These are,” he wrote, “the most perverse people in the world… they never tell the truth, but think of nothing but how to tell subtle lies and to deceive the simple and ignorant people…the poor simple people do exactly what the Brahmins tell them. If there were no Brahmins in the area, all Hindus would accept conversion to our faith.” (Quoted by Stephen Neill, in his History of Christianity in India, p.146).
After that, the killing and persecuting of Brahmins became the principal programme of the Portuguese. It became such a scandal as to be noticed specifically in the treaty which the Nayakas of Keladi in Karnatak signed with the Portuguese in 1671.
The treaty laid down that the Portuguese shall not force conversions, nor take orphans, nor kill Brahmins.
Reference: PAPACY: Its Doctrine And History, Page 64.
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I checked a soft copy of this book, downloaded on the net, I don’t find the mention of this content ” These are,” he wrote, “the most perverse people in the world… they never tell the truth, but think of nothing but how to tell subtle lies and to deceive the simple and ignorant people…the poor simple people do exactly what the Brahmins tell them. If there were no Brahmins in the area, all Hindus would accept conversion to our faith.” (Quoted by Stephen Neill, in his History of Christianity in India, p.146)”
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