St. Thomas, in Hebrew, the word "Duomo" means "twins"; It is called Didymus in Greek. He was a Galilean and one of the twelve disciples Jesus had called. [1] People often call him "suspicious and taciturn", because he adopts the attitude of "neither seeing nor believing" to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. [1] In addition, in the early church, there was a volume of the Gospel of Thomas that was widely circulated and often considered to be written by Thomas.

St. Thomas is one of the twelve disciples of Jesus recorded in the Bible. In the first three gospels of the Bible (Matthew 10:2-4; Matthew 3:16; Luke 6:14-16), St. Thomas' name appears in the list of the twelve disciples. But only the Gospel of John mentioned the deeds of Thomas many times, and called him Thomas of Didymus. Thomas' full name is Didymus Judas. Dommer disciples are upright people. When young people were at home, they worked hard to live a life of filial piety and foster their parents. They were upright and open-minded. After being selected as disciples by Jesus, they restrained themselves and cultivated virtue with remarkable achievements. In addition, there are rumors that St. Thomas preached in China, but there is no reliable historical evidence.

St. Thomas is one of the twelve disciples of Jesus recorded in the Bible. In the first three gospels of the Bible (Matthew 10:2-4; Mark 3:16; Luke 6:14-16), the name of St. Thomas appears in the list of the twelve disciples.
Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew the tax collector, James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus
Mk. 3:18 Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot.
Matthew and Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot
Acts 1:13 When he entered the city, he went up to the upper room where he lived. There were Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James.
Didymus Judas Thomas, which means the twin of Judas. Thomas, whose name comes from Aramaic, is a popular language in Palestine in the era of Jesus, meaning twins. In the Gospel of John, the Greek name Didymus was used to call him three times, which also means twins (Gospel of John 11:16, 20:24-28, 21:2). In Arabic, Thomas is called Ba'dad or Ba'bad, which also means twin.
In addition to the scattered records of the Four Gospels, there are also two enlightening literary works about Thomas:
[1] Gospel of Thomas - This book has been handed down since about 50 A.D., which is a record of the disciple St. Thomas talking to Jesus. Found in Egypt in 1945.
[2] Acts of Thomas - This book was written by Leucius, the author of many apocalyptic scriptures, at the beginning of the second century AD, according to the personal letters of St. Thomas and the materials reported by the ambassadors from South India who arrived in Rome through Edessa and Jerusalem. The whole scripture was not completed until 368 AD when it was collected by Epiphanius, the bishop in Salamina.
In the Gospel of Thomas, Jesus asked the disciples what he looked like. Peter said he looked like a righteous angel, while Matthew said he looked like a philosopher. Only Thomas said he could not speak with his mouth. Jesus said that he had entered his realm: "You have become intoxicated from the trickle of water that I am watching." Then Jesus took him back and taught him privately. When others asked what Jesus had said, Thomas said, "If I tell you one of the things he told me, you will throw a stone at me, and fire will come out of the stone and destroy you." (The Gospel of Thomas: 13) It can be seen that Thomas was deeply taught by Jesus.
In the book of Acts of Thomas, Jesus said, "I am the brother of Thomas" (Acts of Thomas: 11). In the Syrian version of the Biography of Domo's Acts, Domo is even more called: "The twins of Mercia, the highest among the disciples, share the secret way of life and accept the mystery of the Son of God." (Biography of Duomo: 39)
According to the Bible and the Book of Acts, since the Holy Spirit came to the disciples on Pentecost, their records are unknown. In fact, the disciples went to different places to preach. According to the records in the Biography of Homer, St. Homer was sent to India to preach. At first, he was unwilling to go to India, so Jesus appeared to him at night and told him not to be afraid. Jesus sent him to India in a very ingenious way. It was about 48-49 A.D. that Jesus sold him to a businessman with twenty silver coins. The bill said, "I, Jesus, the son of Joseph, a carpenter from Bailang, Judea, who lives in Judea, now sells his servant Dormer to Aabbnes, a businessman of Gudnaphar." (Biography of Duomo: 2)
According to historical research, King Gendarphalus (Gandalfares II) was the monarch who ruled in northwestern India, Pakistan and southern Afghanistan from 21 to 60 AD. But this matter has a deeper meaning. The buyer is called Abbanes. In Aramaic, abba means father, and Jesus calls the Heavenly Father that way. Therefore, Thomas is the servant of the Heavenly Father. Therefore, in the Biography of Domo (163), King Mazdai of India asked Domo whether he was a servant or a free man, and he replied, "I am a servant, but you cannot give me any power. My master is your master, the master of the whole world, and the master of heaven and earth."
St. Thomas and Aberry arrived at Sandaruk City on the south bank of the Black Sea, where they participated in a wedding banquet for the emperor's daughter. There was music playing at the wedding banquet. Later, Thomas sang, "The Daughter of Light". The lyrics of the song sang: "The emperor lives on her head, and her ten fingers open the door of heaven, and her room glows with the fragrance of salvation.". When he sang, everyone around him looked at him intently and saw that his appearance had changed, and Jesus appeared like a silent figure. It can be seen from the bronze plates about Thomas' life in the British Museum. One of the seven pictures shows St. Thomas attending the wedding banquet of the emperor's daughter.
According to the records in the Biography of Dommel, Jesus and Dommel were together at Taxila in the north of Pakistan. Later, Jesus and his mother arrived at Muree, 45 miles away from Taxila. According to the research of modern scholars, Jesus' mother Mary was buried in Muree. Today, there is still a small mountain road leading to Kashmir in Muree. Traditionally, this place is called "Yusmag", which means Jesus' grassland. They pass Yusu Arg and then arrive in Kashmir, which is also the route for Afghan businessmen to cross Muree and Kashmir. It is said that St. Thomas came to China to preach in the Han Dynasty.

Before the crucifixion of Jesus, the Jews were scheming to kill Jesus with stones. The signs of this have been seen by the disciples. Jesus went to revive his friend Lazarus for the sake of friendship, and risked his life to go to the Jewish province. The disciples unanimously opposed it. Only Domo said to the other companions, "Let's go, and die with him!" This is not an angry complaint, because Jesus, in order to strengthen the faith of the disciples, went to resurrect Lazarus and said, "Lazarus is dead, and I am glad I was not there at that time, so that you can be more confident. Let's go to him!" (John 11:6-16)
Dormer Verifies the Real Resurrection of Jesus
Dormer Verifies the Real Resurrection of Jesus
Jesus said in his last supper sermon, "Do not be distracted. Believe in God and believe in me. There are many places to live in my Father's palace. Otherwise, I would have said to you long ago, because I am preparing a place for you. After I have prepared a place for you, I will come back to pick you up and live with me, so that I can be there and you can be there, so that you can know the way." Duomo said to him, "Lord, we don't know where you are going. How do we know the way?" Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth and the life. Without me, no one can approach my Father. If you know me, you will also know my Father..." (John 14:1-6)
After the glorious resurrection, Jesus appeared to his disciples that day; Thomas happened to be away. When someone told him the good news of the resurrection of Jesus, he said, "Unless I see the nail mark on his hand with my own eyes, put my finger into the nail hole, and put my hand into his side, I will never believe it." Eight days later, when the disciples gathered together and the door was closed, Jesus suddenly came again and stood among them, saying, "Peace be with you!" Then he said to Thomas, "Stretch out your finger and come here. Look at my hand. Stretch out your hand and put it in my side. Don't be an unbeliever, but be a man of faith. Thomas answered faithfully," My lord, my God! " Jesus said to him, "Do you believe when you see me?"? Blessed are those who believe without seeing. " (John 20:24-29) [2]
After the arrival of the Holy Spirit, the disciples went everywhere to preach with a great deal of magic fire. The Dommer disciples once went to India to preach, and later to Africa and other countries to persuade many black people to join the church. Later, along the African coast, they went to Malibu. The saints were busy day and night in the missionary cause, driving away evil spirits, showing holy signs, and doing good deeds and saving lives. In a short time, thousands of people were naturalized. The saints have also cultivated many disciples who are both virtuous and talented. They were assigned to preach the holy religion everywhere.
It is said that when the Holy Mother was dying, the scattered disciples immediately gathered in front of the Virgin and said goodbye to her. This is of course a great miracle. Only the Dormer disciples did not arrive in time. After the Virgin's body was buried, the angels played and sang over the Virgin's tomb for three days. When Domo arrived, the disciples of Domo also respected and loved the Virgin. They were eager to look at the Virgin's remains, and urged to open the tomb. The disciples did not object to his request. They removed the stones that covered the tomb. They saw that the shroud and tomb of the Virgin were full of roses, smelling strange fragrance, but they did not see the Holy Body of the Virgin. They affirmed that the Virgin had the same faith as her Son Jesus, that the soul and body were united into heaven, Isn't there some positive factors and promotion? It seems to be a bad thing, but is it actually a good thing?

Duomo's Death
Saint Thomas
(1) When the Dohmers preached in Malibu, King Shagama listened to the teachings of the saints with great interest and was willing to accept them. He quickly converted to Catholicism, and the civil and military officials and the people of the current dynasty also joined the church one after another. The heretical leftists in China have been rejected and abandoned. Those who indulge in heresy and superstition lose the favor of the king. Instead of pursuing the truth of the holy religion, they hold a grudge against the saints and plot to kill them.
When the saints lived alone outside the city and meditated on the Lord, the villains rushed into the saints' room like bees and knocked the saints to the ground with stones and poisonous arrows like rain. The sage was relieved to endure the cruel death; Do not scold the wicked, but look up to the sky and die; It was in AD 73, the 18th year of Yongping, Emperor of the Han Dynasty.
The disciples of the saints came to mourn when they heard the news that the saints were martyred. They were very sad and cried loudly. Everyone praised the sainthood of the Dommers. In eternal mourning and mourning. The disciples buried the saint's body in the temple. The walking stick, stimulated spear and a cup of holy blood used by the saint on weekdays were stored in the tomb and kept forever.
The believers in Maripur stick to the teachings of saints and never leave their faith behind. The capital of the country was named after the sage. Every year, we will hold a grand celebration ceremony at the Duomo ceremony, and we will enthusiastically pay homage to the Lord Holiness Duomo disciples in the lobby.
(2) There is another way of saying the death of Domo. It is said that after the advent of the Holy Spirit, Dome went to Balti, Mitai, Persia, India and other places to preach the gospel and persuade countless pagans. Madan's wife, son, and many local nobles were converted to the true religion. The king was furious and arrested Domo. The saint was killed in Galamina. His remains were first welcomed to Edsa, Syria, for burial, and finally moved to the Italian city of Waldona.

In 33 AD (the 28th year of Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty), after the arrival of the Holy Spirit, Saint Thomas became a disciple; St. Bartholomew; Saints and apostles; Saint Philippe; St. Peter; Saint Paul; San Andrei had preached in Asia. It is an indisputable fact that St. Thomas Apostolus entered India for missionary work in 52 A.D. and was buried in My Lapore on the east coast of India for missionary work in 72 A.D. So from 33 to 52 AD, where were the disciples of St. Thomas in the 19 years? Many scholars believe that it was in the western border area of the Han Dynasty in China - the area of the Xinjiang Governor. St. Bartholomew preached in Pakistan (then Rigania) near Xinjiang; The saints of St. Peter preached in Persia (present-day Iran); Wherever the disciples went, they were all adjacent to Xinjiang. In 138 BC (the third year of Jianyuan period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty), Zhang Qian was sent as an envoy to the Western Regions, and the "Silk Road" was opened. In the early AD, Xinjiang, which belonged to the Han Dynasty, had a prosperous business and people lived and worked in peace and contentment. Through the "Silk Road", the disciples and their disciples entered the northern and southern Tianshan Mountains and Shule, where it is very possible to preach in Kashgar. At that time, there was no written record of the gospel, and it was all dictated by believers. Foreign Christians mainly preached in the folk. The story that Saint Thomas had built several churches in Qinni (China) has been handed down. [3]
In the Daily Prayer of Malabaku Church in India, there are such words: "Because of St. Thomas, Indians have abandoned the mistake of idolatry; because of St. Thomas, Chinese and Ethiopians have turned to truth; because of St. Thomas, the light of the true meaning of life illuminates the whole India; because of St. Thomas, the kingdom of heaven rises in China." "Indians, Chinese, Bosnians, Syrians, Armenians, Ionians and Romanians, on this occasion of commemorating St. Thomas, worship our Savior Jesus Christ." This is one of the evidences that the saints of St. Thomas had been to China.
Armenian ancient books also record that "the apostle Domo preached in China before his martyrdom in My Lapore". There was a time when someone preached the gospel in China, which was supported by the ancient books of the diocese of Sierra or the diocese of Angamar. It is recorded that: "For the sake of Saira's Christians, an archbishop and two bishops came from Babylon to India, one is the bishop of Sokolat, the other is the bishop of Masina. Masina, namely Masina mactn and Mahactna, are Indian names for China. This is the second evidence that St. Thomas has been to China.
On the tombstone of the Indian saints, there is a prayer in ancient Syria: "The missionary of China and India - Saint Thomas pray for us!" This is the third evidence that the disciples of St. Thomas visited China.
According to the book "Praise of the Orthodox Church", "In the seventh year of Shunzhi's reign in the Qing Dynasty (1650), the emperor gave Tang Ruowang a space beside the Catholic Church in Xuanwumen to rebuild the Holy Church. Empress Dowager Xiao Guangwen, the emperor eulogized silver, and the princes and gentry also donated money. Ruowang started construction, and wrote a stone inscription -" The Epitaph of the Building of the Hall in Dumen " Since the Western Han Dynasty, the apostle of St. Thomas had first entered China to preach the orthodox religion of God. Then after Zhenguan of Tang Dynasty, there were several Western scholars in the State of Qin who went to China to preach. " This is the fourth evidence that the Saint Thomas disciples have been to China.
The Vatican manuscript of the "Code Collection" wrote: "In memory of the three apostles in Babylon, the fifth parish of Babylon was established." The three apostles were "Thomas, Bartholomew and Adaeus, who had preached in China and India." This is the fifth evidence of Santo Domino's visit to China.
Later, the Jingist Afmanni wrote in his works: "In Abberzeus Sobensis's Canon Compendium and Amrus's Life of the Nestorian Archbishop, it was said that St. Thomas was an apostle preaching in China. In the Canon Compendium, the Catholic Saliba Zaka founded the three dioceses of Leah, Samarqand (now Central Asia), and Qinni (Qinni is the name for China) 。 The establishment of the Diocese of Qinni was confirmed once again in the work of Archbishop Diosidus between 825 and 858 A.D., which is the sixth evidence that the disciples of St. Thomas had preached in China.
In 1287, Kublai Khan, the Emperor Shizu of the Yuan Dynasty, sent a delegation, represented by Rabin Samak, to the Holy See. He was received by the Cardinal Council and questioned Laban Samak on his doctrine, Part of his answer is as follows: "St. Thomas and St. Mares The gospel we spread to our country and the etiquette we imparted to our country are not mistaken. Many of our priests have educated Mongolian, Turkic and Han people. Many Mongolians have become Christians. Several princes and princesses have been baptized and confessed to Christ. They have churches in military camps and respect Christians very much. " In the spring of 1288, Laban Sweeping Horse participated in the ceremony presided over by the new Pope Nicholas IV. (The above materials are in the Vatican Archives.). This is the seventh evidence that the disciples of St. Thomas had traveled to China to spread the gospel and teach etiquette.
Mr. Wang Weifan, a standing member of the Chinese Christian Association and a professor of Christian theology education, was surprised to find that a number of stone reliefs of the Eastern Han Dynasty appeared with biblical stories and early Christian designs when he studied the Han Dynasty stone reliefs collected in the Xuzhou Han Dynasty Stone Museum in Jiangsu Province. He explained that these patterns introduced the biblical stories of "God created the world" composed of fish, birds, animals, livestock and reptiles. The patterns on these Han Dynasty stone reliefs show the early Christian art style in Iraq and the Middle East, as well as the artistic characteristics of the Eastern Han Dynasty in China. Not long ago, at the seminar "St. Thomas and the History of Chinese Missions" held by the Fourvieve Chinese Pastoral Center, Dr. Piere, an academician of the French Academy of Sciences, proposed that St. Thomas was most likely to have been to China, and the stone murals found in Kongwang Mountain in Xuzhou were extremely powerful evidence. Dr. Piere introduced that, according to the archaeological inference, the murals came from about 60 A.D. in the early Eastern Han Dynasty, and the time was also very consistent with the time when St. Thomas preached. Various religious signs appear in the murals, such as the cross, baptism, deacon, palm branch, holy epithet, etc. It can also be seen that Liu Ying, the king of Chu, was inspired by St. Thomas, accepted the faith and became a Christian. This is the eighth evidence that the disciples of St. Thomas preached in China. [3]
The Gospel of Thomas
In the fourth century, Bishop Cyril of Jerusalem (315~386) believed that the document was written by one of the three disciples of Mani. However, one third of the content of this document overlaps with the three Gospels (Matthew, Mark and Luke), which is the other document closest to the Canon Gospels among the ancient documents found. There are quite a few expositions in this quotation style evangelism close to the oriental (Buddhist) spiritual practice.
The Gospel of Thomas was not accepted as a canon by the early church because of its Gnostic content.