The Portuguese subjection of the Saint Thomas Christians was relatively measured at first, but they became more aggressive after 1552, the year of the death of Metropolitan Mar Jacob and of a schism in the Church of the East, which resulted in there being two rival Patriarchs—one of whom entered communion with the Catholic Church.
A suxeición portuguesa dos cristiáns de Santo Tomé primeiro foi relativamente mesurada, pero fíxose máis agresiva após 1552, o ano da morte do metropolitano Mar Jacob e dun cisma na Igrexa de Oriente, o que resultou na existencia de dous patriarcas rivais, un das cales entrou en comuñón coa Igrexa Católica.