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The '''Coonan Cross Oath''' ({{lang-mal|കൂനൻ കുരിശ് സത്യം}}, ''Kūnan Kuriśŭ Satiaṁ''), also known as '''Great Oath of Bent Cross''', '''Leaning Cross Oath''' or '''The oath of the slanting cross''', taken on 3 January 1653 in [[Mattancherry]], was a public avowal by members of the [[Saint Thomas Christian]] community of the [[Malabar Coast]] in [[India]], that they would not submit to the [[Society of Jesus|Jesuits]] and [[Latin Church|Latin Catholic]] hierarchy, nor accept [[Portuguese India|Portuguese]] dominance (''[[Padroado]]'') in ecclesiastical and secular life.{{sfn|Brown|1956|p=100}}{{sfn|Baum|Winkler|2003|p=115-116}}{{sfn|Neill|2004|p=316}} | The '''Coonan Cross Oath''' ({{lang-mal|കൂനൻ കുരിശ് സത്യം}}, ''Kūnan Kuriśŭ Satiaṁ''), also known as '''Great Oath of Bent Cross''', '''Leaning Cross Oath''' or '''The oath of the slanting cross''', taken on 3 January 1653 in [[Mattancherry]], was a public avowal by members of the [[Saint Thomas Christian]] community of the [[Malabar Coast]] in [[India]], that they would not submit to the [[Society of Jesus|Jesuits]] and [[Latin Church|Latin Catholic]] hierarchy, nor accept [[Portuguese India|Portuguese]] dominance (''[[Padroado]]'') in ecclesiastical and secular life.{{sfn|Brown|1956|p=100}}{{sfn|Baum|Winkler|2003|p=115-116}}{{sfn|Neill|2004|p=316}} | ||