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Thomas, St
Thomas, St, Apostle. He is mentioned as one of the Twelve in all four Gospels. In Jn. he appears in three episodes, namely offering to die with the Lord on the way to Bethany (11:16), interrupting the Last Discourse with the question ‘We know not where you are going, how can we know the way?’ (14: 5), and doubting the Resurrection (20: 24–8). After Christ's appearance he confesses his faith in the words ‘My Lord and my God’ and is thus the first explicitly to confess His Divinity. According to one tradition he evangelized the Parthians, according to another he preached in India. Feast day: 3 July in the RC Church, CW, and the Syrian Church; 21 Dec. in the BCP and some modern Anglican liturgies (and formerly in the RC Church); 6 Oct. in the Greek Church. See also the following entries.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Thomas, St." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Thomas, St." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-ThomasSt.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Thomas, St." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-ThomasSt.html |
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Thomas, St
Thomas, St. One of the twelve apostles. According to John 20. 25–8 he doubted Jesus' resurrection until Jesus appeared to him and invited him to touch his wounds. In later tradition, the Acts of Thomas, a 3rd-cent., ascetical, and probably gnostic work, recounts Thomas's missionary work in India. The Syrian ‘Christians of St Thomas’ in Kerala, S. India (along with some Western scholars) strongly defend this tradition as explaining the origin of their church. Feast day: 3 July in the Roman Catholic and Syrian Churches; 21 Dec. in the Church of England; 6 Oct. in the Greek Church.
The Gospel of Thomas is a Coptic document consisting of 114 secret sayings of Jesus to his disciples. This work is not to be confused with the Infancy Gospel of Thomas, a collection of miracle stories about the child Jesus. |
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JOHN BOWKER. "Thomas, St." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN BOWKER. "Thomas, St." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-ThomasSt.html JOHN BOWKER. "Thomas, St." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-ThomasSt.html |
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Saint Thomas
Saint Thomas one of the Twelve Apostles, called Didymus. According to John, he refused to believe in the resurrection until he saw Jesus' wounds; hence the expression "doubting Thomas." John 11.16; 14.5; 20.24–29; 21.2. By tradition he is said to have gone as missionary to Parthia or India. The Syriac-rite Christians of Malabar, India, whose church was established by the 3d cent., claim St. Thomas as their founder. Among the Pseudepigrapha are a Gospel of Thomas and Acts of Thomas. In addition, a Gospel of Thomas was among the 4th-century Coptic books found at Nag Hammadi . Feast: Dec. 21.
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"Saint Thomas." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Saint Thomas." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-ThomasSt.html "Saint Thomas." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-ThomasSt.html |
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Saint Thomas
Saint Thomas, Canada, USA, US Virgin Islands 1. Canada (Ontario): founded as Sterling in 1817, it was renamed after Colonel Thomas Talbot (1771–1853), because he made it the capital of the settlement he had founded in 1803.2. US Virgin Islands: the main island of the group sighted by Christopher Columbus† in 1493 and named by him after St Thomas, the 1st‐century apostle. Colonized first by the Dutch from 1657, it later became Danish and British before being bought by the USA in 1917.
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Saint Thomas." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Saint Thomas." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-SaintThomas.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Saint Thomas." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-SaintThomas.html |
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Thomas, Saint
Thomas, Saint One of the original 12 Apostles or disciples of Jesus Christ. He has been called ‘Doubting Thomas’ because, after the resurrection of Christ, he refused to believe that the risen Lord had indeed appeared to the other disciples (John 20). Only when Jesus appeared to him and allowed him to touch his wounds did he lay aside his doubts. According to Christian tradition, he took Christianity to India. His feast day is July 3.
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"Thomas, Saint." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Thomas, Saint." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-ThomasSaint.html "Thomas, Saint." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-ThomasSaint.html |
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