Complex sentence: The Portuguese refused to accept the legitimate authority of the Indian hierarchy and its relation with the East Syrians and at a synod held in Diamper in 1599, the Portuguese Archbishop of Goa imposed a large number of latinizations.
Split into simpler sentences: The Portuguese refused to accept the legitimate authority of the Indian hierarchy and its relation with the East Syrians. At a synod held in Diamper in 1599, the Portuguese Archbishop of Goa imposed a large number of latinizations.