Christians of St. Thomas

Christians of St. Thomas - Factbites
Where results make sense
About us | Why use us? | Reviews | PR | Contact us

Topic: Christians of St. Thomas

Note: these results are not from the primary (high quality) database.

In the News (Tue 2 Dec 08)

Damian Green

Sumner Redstone

Crimson Tide

Tommy Tuberville

Bill Clinton

Wayne Rooney

Vilasrao Deshmukh

Wake Forest

Grand Slam

Oklahoma State

	Jacques Maritain Center: CE - Aquinas
		Minds were formed in accordance with the principles of St. Thomas; he became the great master, exercising a world-wide influence on the opinions of men and on their writings; for even those who did not adopt all of his conclusions were obliged to give due consideration to his opinions.
		The style of St. Thomas is a medium between the rough expressiveness of some Scholastics and the fastidious elegance of John of Salisbury; it is remarkable for accuracy, brevity, and completeness.
		Thomas resolved to take what was true from the "unjust possessors", in order to press it into the service of revealed religion.
	www.nd.edu /Departments/Maritain/etext/stthomas.htm (10211 words)

	14678A.TXT
		St. Thomas Christians An ancient body of Christians on the east and west coasts of India, claiming spiritual descent from the Apostle St. Thomas.
		The authorization to possess the land and dwellings erected was granted to Thomas by a deed of paramount Lord and Rajah of Malabar, Cheruman Perumal, said to have been the last of the line, the country having been subsequently divided among his feudatories.
		To prevent the spreading of such reports it may be useful to state here of these crosses one is in the Church of Mount St. Thomas, Mylapur, discovered in 1547 after the arrival of the Portuguese in India; other is in the church of Kottayam, Malabar.
	www.ewtn.com /library/HOMELIBR/14678A.TXT (10211 words)

	Introduction to the St. Thomas Christians
		Thomas Christians are Eastern Orthodox Catholics in the sense that the church originated in the "East" (India).
		As is the case with most of the ancient churches, this group of Christians was brought into being by one of the original Apostles of Jesus Christ: St. Thomas.
		The church is known in the American See as the St. Thomas Christians which derives its Apostolic Succession from Antioch.
	www.geocities.com /TheTropics/8371/intro.html (650 words)

	Table of contents for Library of Congress control number 00440469
		The Spontaneous Reaction of the St Thomas Christians to the death of Mar Cariattil.........
		Table of contents for Saint Thomas Christians of India: a period of struggle for unity and self-rule, 1775-1787 / Francis Thonippara.
		Thomas Paremmakkal: Governor of the St Thomas Christians..........
	www.loc.gov /catdir/toc/fy022/00440469.html (628 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Thomas the Apostle
		Little is recorded of St. Thomas the Apostle, nevertheless thanks to the fourth Gospel his personality is clearer to us than that of some others of the Twelve.
		On the other hand the reputed relics of St. Thomas were certainly at Edessa in the fourth century, and there they remained until they were translated to Chios in 1258 and towards to Ortona.
		Besides the "Acta Thomae" of which a different and notably shorter redaction exists in Ethiopic and Latin, we have an abbreviated form of a so-called "Gospel of Thomas" originally Gnostic, as we know it now merely a fantastical history of the childhood of Jesus, without any notably heretical colouring.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/14658b.htm (628 words)

	St. Thomas Christians
		There is one incident of the long period of isolation of the St. Thomas Christians from the rest of the Christian world which they are never tired of relating, and it is one of considerable importance to them for the civil status it conferred and secured to them in the country.
		Thomas VI received the mitre from his dying uncle and the imposition of hands of twelve priests.
		Thomas was a wealthy merchant who had probably come to trade; the King took a liking to this man, and when he expressed a wish to acquire land and make a settlement the King readily acceded to his request and let him purchase land, then unoccupied, at Cranganore.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/t/thomas_christians,saint.html (9680 words)

	Saint Thomas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Thomas (Apostle), a Christian saint of the 1st century
		Thomas of Maurienne or Thomas of Farfa (died 720)
		Thomas Cantilupe, or Thomas of Hereford (died 1282)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saint_Thomas (181 words)

	St. Thomas Christians of Kerala India
		Whatever the truth of this one thing is certain: these western scholars left no stone unturned in their attemps to disprove the Indian 'legend' about the travels of the Alexandrian visitor Thomas.
		Researches conducted in connection with the preparation of The St. Thomas Christian Encyclopaedia of India (esp. Vol.II,1973), The Indian Church History Classics (esp. Vol.I i.e.
		The fact that the saint is usually represented in Kerala and Tamilnadu as carry ing a lance or thrishoolam instead of the traditional Mattom or set-square may indicate not only the martyrdom but the usual appearance of the man much travelled in the dangerous land of snakes and tigers.
	thinkers.net /writer/nazraney.html (1987 words)

	Your Heading Goes Here
		There exists a population of Christians along the Malabar Coast who were supposedly originally converted by Thomas, and their tradition holds that he built seven churches, was martyred by spearing on the "Big Hill" near Madras, and was buried in Mylapore.
		Thomas was probably born in Galilee to a humble family, but there is no indication that he was a fisherman, He was a Jew, but there is no account of how he became an apostle to Christ.
		There are several other apocryphal works concerning or attributed to Saint Thomas including The Gospel of Thomas and Consummation of Thomas the Apostle.
	www.stthomastheapostle.rcec.london.on.ca /St.ThomasBiography.htm (1987 words)

	St. Thomas Lutheran Church: Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, Panora, Iowa
		We believe that Christians are called to tell others that the only way of salvation is by faith in Jesus Christ, and to show their faith by their deeds of love towards others.
		Thomas Lutheran Church is a proud community member of the Panora Electronic Village.
		The official seal of The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod is a unique blend of symbols and words.
	panora.org /stthomas (734 words)

	The Myth of Saint Thomas and the Mylapore Shiva Temple
		The Christian community in South India was founded by a merchant Thomas Cananeus in 345 A.D. (a name which readily explains the Thomas legend).
		the apostle Thomas came to India in 52 A.D., founded the Syrian Christian Church, and was killed by the fanatical Brahmins in 72 A.D. Near the site of his martyrdom, the St. Thomas Church was built.
		amsa.org explores how the myth of Saint Thomas in India arose and why it has been perpetuated despite the absence of any historical basis in truth.
	www.hamsa.org (351 words)

	Saint Thomas
		The Syriac-rite Christians of Malabar, India, whose church was established by the 3d cent., claim St. Thomas as their founder.
		are a Gospel of Thomas and Acts of Thomas.
		Saint Thomas, island, Virgin Islands - Saint Thomas, island (2000 pop.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/people/A0848506.html (160 words)

	Places of Worship in Chennai - www.chennaibest.com
		The Church was christened St. Mary's as its foundation was laid on the Annunciation day of the Virgin Mary (the feast observed by Christians to mark the day when Mary was told of God's plan that she would be Mother of Jesus).
		Built in 1523 by the Portugese, a small relic-filled Church stands at the summit of the 300 foot high St. Thomas Mount.
		The original building, which William Dixon built and Edward Fowle embellished, was a rectangular structure in brick and polished in lime, with a bomb-proof, curved roof.
	www.chennaibest.com /discoverchennai/sightseeing/worship02.asp (527 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Thomas Christians
		There is one incident of the long period of isolation of the St. Thomas Christians from the rest of the Christian world which they are never tired of relating, and it is one of considerable importance to them for the civil status it conferred and secured to them in the country.
		Thomas was a wealthy merchant who had probably come to trade; the King took a liking to this man, and when he expressed a wish to acquire land and make a settlement the King readily acceded to his request and let him purchase land, then unoccupied, at Cranganore.
		Thomas IV of the family, succeeded in 1676 and died in 1686, a Jacobite.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/14678a.htm (9731 words)

	A culture defined by its architecture - Deccan Herald
		When he was reminded my name was Thomas, for a moment he wrinkled his brow accentuated by the receding hairline and immediately launched on the St Thomas Christians of Kerala and their church architecture.
		A J THOMAS notes how renowned Scottish travel writer William Dalrymple provides an insight into history of different regions through their architecture.
		How their sturdy, Spartan character is borne out through the stark and plain structures of their early churches.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/may092004/artic2.asp (733 words)

	Light of Life - Archive March 2004
		Suffice it to say the works of art and architecture in wood, metal, ivory, stone, colours, plaster, shells, cloth, etc. in Thomas Christian churches and households form a considerable proportion of art objects in Kerala and their position qualitatively and quantitatively in the heirarchy of Keralas art tradition cannot be questioned.
		Thomas Koshy, of Washington Mar Thoma Church, is a Senior Nuclear Scientist serving US federal government.
		George Menachery is the Editor of the St. Thomas Christian Encyclopedia of India and the Indian Church History Classics.
	www.lightoflife.com /LOL_Arch_Vol3_Issue3.htm (8875 words)

	Defense of the Inquisition
		Thomas Aquinas justified the execution of criminals in noting that the fear of death often facilitated their conversion.
		After this delay, the inquisitors would publish the edict of the faith which ordered all Christians, under penalty of excommunication, to denounce the heretics and those who protected them.
		Additionally, the Grand Inquisitor, St. John Capistran, forbade the usage of torture in inquisitorial proceedings in the 15th century, more than 300 years before King Louis XVI did the same for the criminal tribunals of France (although the Spanish Inquisition had re-established the use of it in the interim).
	www.sspx.org /against_the_sound_bites/defense_of_the_inquisition.htm (7518 words)

	The Association for Gravestone Studies - FAQ
		In the middle ages, Christians wore the scallop shell to indicate that they had made a pilgrimage to the shrine of St. James of Compostella in Spain.
		Clam shells, scallop shells, and other types of shells are a symbol of a person's Christian pilgrimage or journey through life and of baptism in the church.
		Placing a shell on a gravestone when visiting the site is an ancient custom and may in fact have several different meanings depending on the cultural background of the people placing the shells.
	www.gravestonestudies.org /faq.htm (4460 words)

	Publications
		Christians in India have traced to St. Thomas the founding of their Church in the Ist century A.D. St. Thomas came to India, preached the Gospel of Christ, and founded the Church.
		Christian writers and delegates of the Church of the 4th century have referred to the missionary activities of St. Thomas in India.
		When the Christians were persecuted in the Persian kingdom, many of them migrated to the southern coast of India where they received a warm and hearty welcome.
	www.indianchristianity.org /orthodox/faith25.html (4460 words)

	St. Thomas, Apostle
		However, there is a body of Christians, the "Christians of St. Thomas," along the Malabar coast in southern India who claim spiritual descent from St. Thomas and have been in India at least since the sixth century.
		"Thomas" seems not to be a personal name, but rather an epithet meaning "twin." There is a tradition that he was the twin of Jesus, at least in appearance.
		One of the greatest of the early cathedrals (fourth century) was the Church of St. Thomas in Edessa, Syria, and his body is said to have been buried there (others claim his body is buried at St. Thomas Mount near Madras).
	www.churchonthehilltop.org /devotions/20011221.htm (705 words)

	Jesus
		Thomas converted many to Christianity, and eventually went to Madras State (now Tamil Nadu) to preach, and was later murdered by the natives at Mylapore near the city of Madras (now Chennai).
		The St. Thomas Evangelical Fellowship was formed in 1971 to ensure that the Church adhered to its founding priciples of keeping the 66 books of the Holy Bible as the foundation and authority for all spiritual matters of the Church and to carry out its service to the Church members.
		One subsect of the present day Syrians in Syria are still called 'Knanaye Christians' and can trace their origins to this group of immigrants from Persia.
	www.indianchristianity.org /evan.html (5278 words)

	IndianChristanity.com
		These three bodies of Syrian Christians agree on one point in claiming to be the descendants of the converts made by the Apostle St. Thomas on this coast or of early Christian immigrants from Persia or Mesopotamia.
		The history of Christianity in the Travancore State is a subject of very great interest, not only because there is ground to believe that from early times a Christian church was in existence on this coast, but also because at the present day one-fifth of the people of Travancore are Christians.
		He says:- "The Christians who have the administration of the church possess forests of trees that bear the Indian nuts and from them they draw the means of their livelihood.
	www.indianchristianity.com /html/chap2/chater2p1.htm (6460 words)

	Biography Page
		This trait of humility prepared St. Thomas for the terrible personal trials that came upon him when he was forced to choose between his worldly treasures and prestige and his faith.
		St Thomas studied about his faith throughout his life and also wrote many inspirational books on a number of matters some of which also addressed the heresies of the day being wrought on the world by Luther.
		Dear St Thomas: Please ask our Lord to grant us the grace to have true humility in all things so as to acknowledge God as the center of our lives and source of all our blessings.
	www.stthomasmore.net /biograpy.html (7506 words)

	St. Thomas of canterbury RC Church
		St. Thomas' is part of the Archdiocese of Southwark which takes in the local authorities covering south London and Kent.
		Welcome to the Catholic parish of St. Thomas of Canterbury at Canterbury.
		St. Thomas of Canterbury Roman Catholic Church in Canterbury UK
	www.rc.net /southwark/canterbury (7506 words)

	THOMAS, ST - Online Information article about THOMAS, ST
		place in 2653, and of 200,000 Christians of St Thomas only 400 remained loyal to Rome, though many of their churches were soon won back by the See also:
		north of Bombay) before the middle of the 6th century, and even then St Thomas, the reputed apostle of See also:
		Malabar in A.D. 345.1 According to their tradition, St Thomas went from Malabar to Mylapur, now a suburb of See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /THE_TOO/THOMAS_ST.html (1398 words)

	Untitled Document
		Additionally, the Church of St. Thomas, in the City of London, was built in honor of St. Thomas `a Becket, and the Mayor, on the day of his Installation, always attended Mass in that church, before proceeding to St. Paul's.
		Up to the 1220s, St Thomas housed a group of regular canons, who according to contemporary sources devoted themselves to the care of the poor, the burial of the dead and the ransoming of captives in the East.
		Amongst the English force was one, William, the Chaplain to the Dean of St. Pauls, who when he saw the corpses of the Christians about the walls of Acre, had compassion on them.
	www.stthomasofacon.org /history.htm (2887 words)

	Thomas (Apostle) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The various denominations of modern Saint Thomas Christians ascribe their unwritten tradition to the end of the 2nd century and believe that Thomas landed at Kodungallur in AD 52 and founded the churches popularly known as 'Ezharappallikal', meaning Seven and Half churches.
		In 232 the relics of the Apostle St. Thomas are said to have been brought back from India to the city of Edessa, Mesopotamia, on which occasion his Syriac Acts were written.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thomas_(apostle) (2423 words)

	Encyclopedia: Saint Thomas Christians
		Saint Thomas Christians or Mar Thoma Khristianis (Malayalam :മാ൪േതാമാ കൃിസ്തിയാനികള്) is a phrase commonly used to describe a variety of different peoples of India and its vicinity who have Syriac Christian connections tracing back to the earliest period of Christianity in India.
		Thomas Christians were given right of access to Hindu temples.
		Thomas was one of the 12 apostles of Jesus.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Saint-Thomas-Christians (426 words)

	Monsignor Terrence Murphy, former St. Thomas president, dies this morning
		Murphy came to St. Thomas in 1954 on the recommendation of Shannon, who later said, “I want to have it carved on my tombstone that I helped bring Terry Murphy to St. Thomas.” While teaching religion and living with students in Ireland Hall, Murphy began graduate studies in political science.
		Among the honors Murphy received was the National Jewish Humanitarian Award in 1985 and the Brotherhood/Sisterhood Award of the National Conference of Christians and Jews in 1989.
		Murphy once told the story of two meetings he had with Archbishop Leo Binz, who was encouraging a reluctant Murphy to become president.
	www.stthomas.edu /bulletin/news/20049/Wednesday/MurphyObit2_25_04.cfm (426 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Topic: Christians of St. Thomas

Ads by Google

Related Topics

In the News (Tue 2 Dec 08)