Assertion: apostle | /r/HasProperty | thomas
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text: What can we learn about the Apostle Thomas?
text: The Apostle Thomas
text: The Apostle Thomas might have been one of two twins in his family because his name “Thomas Didymus” means “the twin”
text: We learn from the gospels that the Apostle Thomas was deeply devoted to our Lord throughout His earthly ministry and that he remained a faithful servant to Him after His Ascension into Heaven.
text: Apparently, this human weakness that we find in the Apostle Thomas [aka Didymus] was fully overcome as evidenced by the fruits of his ministry.
text: The Apostle Thomas was present along with the other disciples in the Upper Room in Jerusalem when it came time to choose an Apostle to take the place of Judas Iscariot.
text: It is now believed that the Apostle Thomas was sent to evangelize the Parthians, Medes, and Persians, and that he ultimately reached India, carrying the Faith to the Malabar coast.
text: The "Pistis Sophia", found to be in circulation from around 250-300AD, is called a Gnostic text yet it supports the latest scholarly view that recently discovered Thomas writings were written by the Apostle Thomas.
text: The apostle Thomas was not present when the risen
text: The Apostle Thomas traveled with Jesus and learned from him for three years.
text: When Jesus' life was at risk by returning to Judea after Lazarus had died, the Apostle Thomas courageously told his fellow disciples they should go with Jesus, no matter what the danger.
text: They misunderstood and doubted Jesus, but the Apostle Thomas is singled out in the gospels because he put his doubt into words.
text: Do you want to know the important lessons you can learn from the life of the Apostle Thomas?
text: The Apostle Thomas is best known by his title, “doubting Thomas”.
text: In this post, discover the 5 best lessons we can learn from the life of the Apostle Thomas.
text: Who is the Apostle Thomas?
text: The Apostle Thomas is one of the original twelve disciples of Yahshua the Messiah or popularly known as Jesus Christ.
text: The Apostle Thomas recognizes the need to learn further.
text: The life of the Apostle Thomas is just filled with a lot of lessons.
text: Once he felt the wounds of Christ, all doubts and reservation of the Apostle Thomas quickly vanished.
text: What are the lessons you learn from the Apostle Thomas?
text: These are just some of the best lessons from the life of the Apostle Thomas, which I can share with you today.
text: The St. Thomas Christians, for instance, are utterly convinced that their heritage traces back to the apostle Thomas himself, including introduction of the Syriac or Chaldaic (East Syriac) language.
text: The Apostle Thomas
text: It is also believed that the apostle Thomas evangelized as far as China, and while in India, he suffered martyrdom (he was killed with a lance and buried in Mylapore, India, which is now a suburb of Madras.)
text: 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.
text: A "Doubting Thomas" is a skeptic who refuses to believe without direct personal experience—a reference to the Apostle Thomas, due to his refusal to believe the resurrected Jesus had appeared to the ten other apostles, until he could see and feel the wounds received by Jesus on the cross.
text: According to traditional accounts of the Saint Thomas Christians of India, the Apostle Thomas landed in Muziris (Cranganore) on the Kerala coast in AD 52 and was martyred in Myalpur, near Madras in AD 72.
text: Ancient oral tradition retained by the Guaraní tribes of Paraguay claims that the Apostle Thomas was in Paraguay and preached to them.
text: Traditional accounts say that the Apostle Thomas preached not only in Kerala but also in other parts of Southern India – and a few relics are still kept at San Thome Basilica in Chennai, Mylapore, India.
text: According to tradition, in 232 AD, the greater portion of relics of the Apostle Thomas are said to have been sent by an Indian king and brought from Mylapore to the city of Edessa, Mesopotamia, on which occasion his Syriac Acts were written.