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However, the first sentence of the Acts follows the Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles in distinguishing the apostle Thomas and the apostle Judas son of James. Others, such as James Tabor , identify him as Jude, brother of Jesus mentioned by Mark.
The Gospel of John is the only canonical one that gives Thomas the Apostle a dramatic role and spoken part, and Thomas is the only character therein described as being apistos (' unbelieving '), despite the failings of virtually all the Johannine characters to live up to the author's standards of belief.
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.
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.
Cultural depictions of Thomas the Apostle (1 C, 3 P) S. Saint Thomas Christians (11 C, 85 P) Pages in category "Thomas the Apostle"
The Book of Thomas the Contender [1] [2] or The Book of Thomas [3] [4] is a Gnostic revelation dialogue. [5] It is the seventh tractate in Codex II of the Nag Hammadi library . [ 1 ] The tractate is a Coptic translation of a Greek original, [ 1 ] likely composed in Syria during the early 200s AD.
An Indian cross is depicted on the rock-piece at the front of the Parur (North) church, first published in the St Thomas Christian Encyclopaedia of India, Vol.II, 1973, Ed. George Menachery. There is a St Thomas cross in stone on the porch of the Church of St Thomas the Apostle, Killinghall, carved by Charles Mawer of Leeds. [18]
According to the Gospel of John, Thomas the Apostle missed one of Jesus's appearances to the Apostles after his resurrection, and said "Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe it." [2] A week later, Jesus appeared and told Thomas to touch him and stop ...