Thomas the Apostle
one of the Twelve Apostles in the New Testament
b. 1st century · d. 3 Jul 72
1st Catholicos of the East (Seleucia-Ctesiphon)
Offices
Thomas the Apostle also known as Didymus, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament. Thomas is commonly known as "doubting Thomas" because he initially doubted the resurrection of Jesus when he was told of it ; he later confessed his faith on seeing the places where the wounds appeared still fresh on the holy body of Jesus after the Crucifixion of Jesus.
Related people
- Jesus disciple of
- Jesus sent by · traditional
- Addai of Edessa preceded · inferred
Events
Commemorated
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How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Gospel of Matthew 4 claims — Sermon on the Mount; Sending of the Twelve; Last Supper
- Acts of Thomas 2 claims — The Mission of Thomas to India; Martyrdom of Thomas
- Gospel of John 2 claims — Christ washing the Disciples' feet; The Confession of Thomas
- Gospel of Mark 2 claims — Calling of the Twelve; triumphal entry into Jerusalem
- Acts of the Apostles 1 claim — Pentecost
- Gospel of Luke 1 claim — Ascension of Jesus
Glosses
- Where Michael's list of the East begins Michael the Syrian closes his chronicle with an appendix headed the names of the Nestorian catholicoi, and it numbers forty men. Its first is Acacius, who belongs about 485; the twenty-two this line carries before him…