Complex sentence: Thus the Syrian Christians of Malabar (the Malankara Church) were made part of the Roman Catholic Church under the Pope.There he ordered all the texts of the Syrian Nasranis to be burnt.The Portuguese burned the Gospel of Thomas and the Acts of Thomas.
Split into simpler sentences: Thus the Syrian Christians of Malabar (the Malankara Church) were made part of the Roman Catholic Church under the Pope. Gradually the power of the Portuguese empire declined and the churchgoers sought regaining independence.There he ordered all the texts of the Syrian Nasranis to be burnt.The Portuguese burned the Gospel of Thomas and the Acts of Thomas.