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- Holy Apostle Thomas
- One of the Twelve Apostles, he was a Galilean by birth. His name
means "twin." The twentieth chapter of St John's Gospel describes how,
when he doubted the appearance of the Risen Lord, Christ appeared to him
again, saying "Reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side; and
be not faithless, but believing," at which Thomas cried out "My Lord and
my God. Through this one event the Holy Scriptures attest that Christ
is risen bodily, not merely as a spirit, as some heresies claim; and
that He is in fact God. After Pentecost, St Thomas proclaimed the Gospel
in the East, and established the Christian faith as far as India, where
the small remnant of the ancient Church still traces its foundation to
him. According to some accounts he met a martyr's end; according to
others, he reposed in peace. St John Chrysostom mentions that his tomb
was in Edessa in Syria; his relics may have been translated there from
India in the fourth century.
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