"I have come to India for no other purpose than to awaken in a few souls the desire (the passion) to raise up a Christian India... I think the problem is of the same magnitude as the Christianisation, in former times, of Greece... It will take centuries, sacrificed lives, and we shall perhaps die before seeing any realizations... A Christian India, completely Indian and completely Christian, may be and will be something so wonderful. To prepare it from afar, the sacrifice of our lives is not too much to ask... But once Christianised, Greece rejected her ancestral errors; so also, confident in the indefectible guidance of the Church, we hope that India, once baptized to the fullness of her body and soul, will reject her pantheistic tendencies... The Christianisation of Indian civilization is to all intents and purposes a historical undertaking comparable to the Christianisation of Greece."
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Jules Monchanin. Quoted in part in Goel, S. R. (1988). Catholic ashrams: Adopting and adapting Hindu dharma. Chapter 6 ISBN 9788185990156 and in Swarup, Ram (1995). Hindu view of Christianity and Islam. Quoted from Ram Swarup, Meditations. Yogas, Gods, Religions (2000) p. 211-13.
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