[97] From the Greek words monos, "one," "single," and pas, "all;"
thus meaning, "homogeneous."

[98] The Monophysites held that there was but one nature in
Christ. They were condemned at the fourth general council held at
Chalcedon in 451, but the decision of that council was a few years
later set aside by an imperial encyclical issued by the emperor
Basilicus. During the next century the Monophysites split up into
many sects, and fought among themselves. The Monophysites still
exist in Armenia, Egypt, Syria, and Mesopotamia; and are represented
by the Armenian National church, the Jacobite Christians of Syria
and Mesopotamia, the Coptic church, and the Abyssinian church. The
schismatic Christians of St. Thomas are now connected with the
Jacobites. See Addis and Arnold's Catholic Dictionary, pp. 597, 598.

[99] M. greatly abridges this paragraph, among other things omitting
all mention of the Monophysites. D. also omits the latter.

[100] At this point M. adds "who are the true Indians, so named from
the River Indus or from Indostan, for our Indians are so by catachresis
or misusage."

[101] The title of the Franciscan Juan de Torquemada's book, is
as follows: Ia (-IIIa) Parte de los veynte y un libros rituales y
monarchia Indiana con el origen y guerras de los Indios occidentales
de sus poblacones, descubrimiento, conquista, conversion y otras
cosas maravillosas de la misma tierra (Sevilla, 1615; in three parts).

[102] The title of Antonio de Ramesal's book is Historia general de
las Indias Ocidentales, y particular, de la governacion de Chiapa,
y Guatemala. Escrivese juntamente los principios de nuestro glorioso
Padre Santo Domingo, y de las demas religiones (Madrid, 1620).

Remesal was born in Allariz in Galicia, and took the Dominican habit
in Salamanca, where he also became doctor of theology. He was sent
to Central America in 1613, and on his return wrote his book. See
Moreri's Dictionaire, vii, p. 68; and Hoefer's Nouvelle biographie
generale, xli, col. 956.

[103] See Vol. VIII, p. 38, note 1.

[104] Bartolome (not Bernardino) de las Casas, the great apostle of the
Indians. He first went to the New World in 1502 as a planter, became a
Dominican religious in 1510, and in 1514 began to preach against the
cruelty inflicted on the Indians by the Spaniards, for the purpose
of alleviating their misfortunes, making numerous trips to Spain. He
finally obtained from Carlos I the "New Laws," which were so rigoro