The Malabar liturgy in the light of the Rozian Statutes1Abbreviations:Badger = Badger G. P.: The Nestorians & their Rituals with the Narrative of a Mission to Mesopotamia &Coordistan in 1842-44 & of a late visit to those countries in 1850, London, Joseph Masters, 1852, 2 vol.BL = Borgio LatinoBO = Assemanus J. S.: Bibliotheca orientalis Clementino-Vaticana, Romae, S. Congregatio dePropaganda Fidei, 1728, 3/1-2. De scriptoribus syris nestorianis, 745 & 1017pCBI = Codex Borgiano Indiano 18MJ = Mar Joseph’s OrdoOCMS = Ordo Chaldaicus ministerii sacramentorum (Rituale)OCP = Orientalia Christiana Periodica, Roma, PiosSCSE = Timothy II, De septem causis sacramentorum EcclesiaeD'Souza: Oriente conquisitado a Jesu Christo pelos Padres da companhia de Jesu da provincia de Goa,Bombay, 1881, 1.86; cf. G.T.Mackenzie: Christianity in Travancore, Trivandrum, 1901:From the year 1558 there governed the Christians of St. Thomas one Mar Joseph who in order to showhimself a Catholic and to gain the good will of the Portuguese, put the affairs of the Serra into better orderso far as concerns mass and the divine office. He introduced vestments in the Roman style; before they hadcelebrated covered with an amice and over that a stole. He gave orders to use our hosts and our wine, forbefore they had consecrated lumps kneaded with oil and salt and sweet wine squeezed from moistened fromraisins.Second Synod of Angamale (7.12.1603):Letters from Ferroli: The Jesuits in Malabar, 2 vols., Bangalore, 1939, 1951* Letter of Bishop Francis Roz, s.j. on 20.11.1603 to Jesuit General Aquaviva:When I was about to make amendments in the synod which the archbishop of Goa conducted here, as ourexperience has shown that there are many things to be changed... If His Holiness confirmed the above saidsynod he would be placing all christians in a state of mortal sin as they would not keep it; if His Holinessapproved, I say, what has to do with practices in such a way as to make a law. As great evils would follo...