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Just as Saints Peter and Paul are said to have brought the fledgling Christianity to Greece and Rome, Thomas is often said to have taken it eastwards. Thomas Apostle - Thomas and Syria. Thomas has a role in the legend of king Abgar of Edessa (Urfa), for having sent Thaddaeus to preach in Edessa after the Ascension (Eusebius, Historia ecclesiae 1.13; III.1; Ephrem the Syrian also recounts this legend.) In the 4th century the martyrium erected over his burial place brought pilgrims to Edessa. In the 3 ...

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Saint Thomas appears in a few passages in the Gospel of John. John 11:16: Lazarus has just died, and the disciples are resisting Jesus' decision to return to Judea, where the Jews had previously tried to stone Jesus. Jesus is determined, but Thomas has the last word: "Let us also go, that we might die with him" (NIV). Some interpret this to anticipate St. Paul's theological conception of "dying with Christ". John 14:5: During The Last Supper, Jesus assures his disciples that they know where he is going ...

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There has been, and continues to be, disagreement and uncertainty as to the identity of Saint Thomas. Thomas Apostle - Twin and its renditions. The Greek Didymus: in three of these passages (John 11:16; 20:24; and 21:2), Thomas is more specifically identified as "Thomas, also called the Twin (Didymus)". The Aramaic Tau'ma: the name "Thomas" itself comes from the Aramaic word for twin: Tau'ma. Thus the name convention Didymus Thomas thrice repeated in the Gospel of John is in fact a tautology that omits the Twin's actual name.

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Thomas Apostle, Thomas Apostle - Thomas in the Gospel of John, Thomas Apostle - Name and identity, Thomas Apostle - Twin and its renditions, Thomas Apostle - Other names, Thomas Apostle - Split identity, Thomas Apostle - Later history, Thomas Apostle - Thomas and Syria, Thomas Apostle - Thomas and India, Thomas Apostle - Writings attributed to Thomas, Thomas Apostle - Thomas and John

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Saint Thomas appears in a few passages in the Gospel of John. John 11:18: Lazarus has just died, and the disciples are resisting Jesus' decision to return to Judea, where the Jews had previously tried to stone Jesus. Jesus is determined, but Thomas has the last word: "Let us also go, that we might die with him" (NIV). Some interpret this to anticipate St. Paul's theological conception of "dying with Christ". John 14:5: During The Last Supper, Jesus assures his disciples that they know where he is going ...

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Thomas Apostle, Thomas Apostle - Thomas in the Gospel of John, Thomas Apostle - Name and identity, Thomas Apostle - Twin and its renditions, Thomas Apostle - Other names, Thomas Apostle - Split identity, Thomas Apostle - Later history, Thomas Apostle - Thomas and Syria, Thomas Apostle - Thomas and India, Thomas Apostle - Writings attributed to Thomas, Thomas Apostle - Thomas and John

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