The earliest Christians other than St. Thomas (see page 197), were the so-called Nestorian  heretics  of the Syrian Orthodox Church, also living on the Malabar coast since the first centuries of the Christian era.
The earliest Christians all knew each other.
mnli hypothesis: The earliest Christians all knew each other. premise: The earliest Christians other than St. Thomas (see page 197), were the so-called Nestorian  heretics  of the Syrian Orthodox Church, also living on the Malabar coast since the first centuries of the Christian era.