Person
Thomas
1st c.
apostle
Tradition. TRADITION; an Indian mission is debated by historians.
Origen gives Parthia as his field; the Acts of Thomas send him to India and King Gondophares, whose existence coins confirm. Indian Christians place his martyrdom at Mylapore; his relics were venerated at Edessa by the 4th century.
Bases
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- edessa · relics (from 4th c.) · tradition
- Taxila (Gondophares context) · Acts of Thomas: court of Gondophares · tradition
- Mylapore (tomb of Thomas tradition) · martyrdom and tomb (Indian tradition) · tradition
- Persia (region) · Parthia (Origen via Eusebius) · tradition
Places
Councils
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Sources
Catalog editions
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