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	Acts of Paul and Thecla - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		But, Thecla is protected: first by the lioness, and then by a series of miracles (during which she appears to baptise herself), until finally the women of the city and Queen Tryphaena intervene.
		One ending, has Thecla dwelling in a cave for the next 72 years, then, at age 90, some men come to corrupt her, but Thecla escapes for Rome and is buried with Paul.
		Thecla is abused by men and their world, and yet refuses to conform to its expectations, marriage patterns, and dress code.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saint_Thecla (1046 words)

	The Acts of Paul
		Thecla therefore went in with her and rested in her house eight days, teaching her the word of God, so that the more part of the maid-servants also believed, and there was great joy in the house.
		Amphion (= Aphphia of the Acts of Titus).
		Paul took the hand of the daughter and led her through the city unto the house of Longinus, and the whole multitude said with one voice: God is one, who hath made heaven and earth, who hath granted the life of the daughter in the presence of Paul.
	www.earlychristianwritings.com /text/actspaul.html (9542 words)

	The Bible UFO Connection - Anomalies In The Lost Books - The Acts Of Paul and Thecla
		Then Thecla was taken out of the hand of Trifina, stripped naked, had a girdle put on, and thrown into the place appointed for fighting with the beasts: and the lions and the bears were let loose upon her.
		Hereby a good report was spread everywhere of Thecla, and she wrought several [miraculous] cures, so that all the city and adjacent countries brought their sick to that mountain, and before they came as far as the door of the cave, they were instantly cured of whatsoever distemper they had.
		The blessed Thecla observing, saw the rock opened to as large a degree as that a man might enter in; she did as she was commanded, bravely fled from the vile crew, and went into the rock, which instantly so closed, that there was not any crack visible where it had opened.
	www.bibleufo.com /anomlostbooks95.htm (1513 words)

	ACTS OF PAUL AND THECLA
		Thecla by night having taken off her bracelets, gave them to the gatekeeper; and the door having been opened to her, she went into the prison; and having given the jailor a silver mirror, she went in beside Paul, and, sitting at his feet, she heard the great things of God.
		Thecla, having been taken out of the hand of Tryphaena, was stripped, and received a girdle, and was thrown into the arena, and lions and bears and a fierce lioness were let loose upon her; and the lioness having run up to her feet, lay down; and the multitude of the women cried aloud.
		The blessed Thecla regarding it, saw the rock opened as far as to allow a man to enter, and did according to what had been said to her: and nobly fleeing from the lawless ones entered into the rock; and the rock was straightway shut together, so that not even a joining appeared.
	cyberspacei.com /jesusi/light/nonc/acts/plnthec.htm (4041 words)

	Thecla - Agapetae Kingdom of God Christian Vocation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Acts of Paul and Thecla are a second Century apocryphal or 'religious novel' of Paul and a young woman by the name of Thecla.
		Thecla after hearing Paul preach on chastity in her home town of Iconium broke off her engagement to Thamyris, resulting in trouble for herself and for Paul.
		Let, then, holy Mary instruct you in the discipline of life, and Thecla teach you how to be offered, for she, avoiding nuptial intercourse, and condemned through her husband's rage, changed even the disposition of wild beasts by their reverence for virginity.
	www.agapetae.org /thecla.html (311 words)

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		And while Paul was speaking so in the middle of the assembly in the house of Onesiphorus, a certain virgin named Thecla (her mother was Theocleia) who was engaged to a man named Thamyris, sat at a nearby window in her house and listened night and day to what Paul said about the chaste life.
		But when Thecla was sought by her own people and by Thamyris, they pursued her through the streets as if she were lost, and one of the doorkeeper's fellow slaves made it known that she had gone out during the night.
		But Thecla rolled around in the place where Paul was teaching as he sat in the prison, so the governor commanded that she too be brought to the judgment seat.
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /rs/courses/rs135/thecla.html (3027 words)

	The Acts of Paul and Thecla
		While Paul was preaching this sermon in the church which was in the house of Onesiphorus, a certain virgin named Thecla (whose mother's name was Theoclia, and who was betrothed to a man named Thamyris) sat at a certain window in her house.
		At length Thecla was missed and sought for by the family and by Thamyris in every street as though she had been lost, but one of the porter's fellow-servants told them that she had gone out in the night.
		Then Paul took her and led her to the house of Hermes, and Thecla related to Paul all that had befallen her in Antioch, insomuch that Paul was greatly amazed, and all who heard were confirmed in the faith and prayed for Thecla's happiness.
	www.christianscience.org /thecla.htm (6285 words)

	from jesus to christ: primary sources: the acts of paul and thecla
		But Thecla, just as a lamb in the wilderness looks every way to see his shepherd, looked around for Paul; And as she was looking upon the multitude, she saw the Lord Jesus in the likeness of Paul, and said to herself, Paul has come to see me in my distressed circumstances.
		When Thecla came to the cave, she found Paul upon his knees praying and saying, O Lord Jesus Christ, grant that the fire may not touch Thecla, but be her helper, for she is your servant.
		It was no small surprise to Paul when he saw her and the people with her, for he imagined some fresh trial was coming upon them; When Thecla perceived this, she said to him: I have been baptized, O Paul, for he who assists you in preaching, has assisted me to be baptized.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/religion/maps/primary/thecla.html (5156 words)

	ACTS OF PAUL AND THECLA
		Thecla followed the course described in her acts, whether or not every word attributed to St. Paul was accurately recorded.
		CHAPTER II 2:1 While Paul was preaching this sermon in the church which was in the house of Onesiphorus, a certain virgin, named Thecla (whose mother's name was Theoclia, and who was betrothed to a man named Thamyris) sat at a certain window in her house.
		CHAPTER IX 9:1 Then Thecla was taken out of the hand of Trifina, stripped naked, had a girdle put on, and thrown into the place appointed for fighting with the beasts: and the lions and the bears were let loose upon her.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/basis/thecla.html (5886 words)

	The Acts of Paul
		In this work Paul is pictured as traveling from city to city, converting gentiles and proclaiming the need for a life of sexual abstinence and other encratite practices.
		Though ancient evidence suggests that the Acts of Paul was a relatively lengthy work (3600 lines according to the Stichometry of Nicephorus), only about two-thirds of that amount still survives.
		Individual sections were transmitted separately by the medieval manuscript tradition (Lipsius 1891), most importantly by the Acts of Paul and Thekla and the Martyrdom of Paul, both extant in the original Greek and several ancient translations.
	www.earlychristianwritings.com /actspaul.html (316 words)

	Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. VIII
		As Paul was going up to Iconium after the flight from Antioch, his fellow-travellers were Demas and Ermogenes, full of hypocrisy; and they were importunate with Paul,
		And Paul having gone into the house of Onesiphorus, there was great joy, and bending of knees, and breaking of bread, and the word of God about self-control and the resurrection; Paul saying: Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God:
		And her holy commemoration is on the twenty-fourth of the month of September, to the glory of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and to ages of ages.
	www.ccel.org /fathers2/ANF-08/anf08-89.htm (4395 words)

	The Lost Books of the Bible - Book Descriptions - Part 2
		The Gospel of Nicodemus is supposed by some to have been written by Nicodemus, a disciple of Jesus Christ.
		It is also noted that Eusebius, in his Ecclesiastical history, claims that the Acts of Pontius Pilate were forged by pagans.
		Paul, too, borrowed from The Testaments of The Twelve Patriarchs.
	www.thelostbooks.com /descrip2.htm (1614 words)

	Blessed James Alberione
		In 1955 F. Miltner called it the "Grotto of St. Paul" after finding petitions to St. Paul on the walls that were covered with drawings and inscriptions.
		Although a clear date for the inscriptions cannot be given, other findings in the grotto show that this has been a monument of faith for 2,000 years—a time capsule of Christianity and, in particular, of Paul in Ephesus.
		An excerpt from the Acts of Paul and Thecla describes the story behind this scene.
	www.daughtersofstpaul.com /jamesalberione/visiontoday/paulgrottoinephesus.html (458 words)

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		Line 1 has 'Paul', line 3, 'twelve (?) shepherds'.
		I. 1 Stephanus and the elders (presbyters) that are with him, even Daphnus and Eubulus and Theophilus and Zenon, unto Paul THEIR BROTHER ETERNAL greeting in the Lord.
		V. And while they yet spake thus, Nero sent one Parthenius and Pheres to see if Paul were already beheaded; and they found him yet alive.
	www.zyworld.com /cosmiccreeper/newtestapoc/apaul.htm (9385 words)

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