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The main source is the apocryphal Acts of Thomas, sometimes called by its full name The Acts of Judas Thomas, written circa 180–230 AD. [79] [80] These are generally regarded by various Christian religions as apocryphal, or even heretical. The two centuries that lapsed between the life of the apostle and the recording of this work cast doubt ...
Thomas, also called St. Thomas, Judas Thomas or Didymus, was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus. The Synoptic Gospels and Acts list this "twin" (Toma means twin in Aramaic, as does Didymus in Greek) among the apostles (Mt 10:3, Mk 3:18, Lk 6:15). Thomas appears in a few passages in the Gospel of John.
He condemned a book called "Gospel of Thomas" as heretical; it is not clear that it is the same gospel of Thomas, however, as he possibly meant the Infancy Gospel of Thomas. [ 34 ] In the 4th and 5th centuries, various Church Fathers wrote that the Gospel of Thomas was highly valued by Mani .
Thomas is martyred (background) by order of an Indian monarch (foreground). The Acts of Thomas connects Thomas the apostle's Indian ministry with two kings. [4] According to one of the legends in the Acts, Thomas was at first reluctant to accept this mission, but the Lord appeared to him in a night vision and said, “Fear not, Thomas.
Thomas the Apostle (died 72 AD), also known as Didymus; Didymus Chalcenterus (63 BC–10 AD), Hellenistic scholar and grammarian; Didymus the Blind (313–398), ecclesiastical writer of Alexandria; Didymus the Musician, music theorist in Alexandria of the 1st century; Didymus (died 304), 4th century martyr and companion of Theodora
Thomas, also called St. Thomas, Judas Thomas or Didymus, was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus. The Synoptic Gospels and Acts list this "twin" (Toma means twin in Aramaic, as does Didymus in Greek) among the apostles (Mt 10:3, Mk 3:18, Lk 6:15). Thomas appears in a few passages in the Gospel of John.
The Incredulity of Saint Thomas by Caravaggio, c. 1602. A doubting Thomas is a skeptic who refuses to believe without direct personal experience – a reference to the Gospel of John's depiction of the Apostle Thomas, who, in John's account, refused to believe the resurrected Jesus had appeared to the ten other apostles until he could see and feel Jesus's crucifixion wounds.
But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. The modern World English Bible translates the passage as: But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, wasn't with them when Jesus came. For a collection of other versions see BibleHub John 20:24