St. Thomas, in Hebrew, the word "Thomas" means "twins"; In Greek, it is called "Didymus". He is a Galilean and one of the twelve disciples chosen by Jesus. [1] People often refer to him as the "skeptical and talkative" because of his attitude towards the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, which is "neither seeing nor believing". [1] Additionally, in the early days of the church, there was a widely circulated Gospel of Thomas, often believed to have been written by Thomas.

St. Thomas is one of the twelve disciples of Jesus as recorded in the Bible. In the first three Gospels of the Bible (Matthew 10:2-4; Matthew 3:16; Luke 6:14-16), his name appears in the list of the twelve disciples. But only the Gospel of John mentions the deeds of Thomas multiple times and calls him Thomas of Didymus. The full name of Thomas is Didymus Judah. The disciple of Thomas was an upright person. When he was young at home, he worked diligently and took care of his parents with filial piety. He was upright and open-minded. After being selected by Jesus as a disciple, he restrained himself and achieved remarkable results. In addition, there are rumors that St. Thomas once preached in China, but there is no reliable historical evidence.

St. Thomas is one of the twelve disciples of Jesus as recorded in the Bible. In the first three Gospels of the Bible (Matthew 10:2-4; Mark 3:16; Luke 6:14-16), his name appears in the list of the twelve disciples.
Matthew 10:3 Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew the tax collector, James the son of Alphaeus, and Dathai
Mark 3:18 And Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Dathai, and Simon the Zealot.
Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot
Acts 1:13 And when they entered the city, they went up to a tower where they were staying. There were Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of Jacob.
Didymus Judas Thomas means the twin son of Judas. The name Thomas comes from Aramaic and is a language spoken in Palestine during the time of Jesus, meaning twin or twin. In the Gospel of John, he was referred to three times by the Greek name Didymus, which also means twin (John 11:16, 20:24-28, 21:2). And the Arabic name for Doma is Ba'dad or Ba'bad, which also means twin.
There are existing records about Thomas, in addition to scattered works in the Four Gospels, there are also two inspirational literary works about Thomas:

[1] The Gospel of Thomas - This book has been circulating around 50 AD and is a record of the disciple St. Thomas speaking to Jesus. Discovered in Egypt in 1945.
[2] The Acts of Thomas - This book was written by the author of several revelatory scriptures, Leucius, in the early 2nd century AD, based on the handwritten letters of St. Thomas and information reported by the ambassador from South India, via Edessa and Jerusalem, to Rome. The entire scripture was not completed until 368 AD when it was collected by Bishop Epiphanius in Salamina.
In the Gospel of Thomas, Jesus asked his disciples what he looked like. Peter said he looked like a righteous angel, Matthew said he looked like a philosopher, but Thomas said he couldn't speak with his mouth. Jesus then said he had entered his realm, "You have become intoxicated from the trickle of water under my supervision." Then Jesus took him away and taught him privately. When others asked Jesus what he had said, Thomas said, "If I tell you one of what he said to me, you will throw a stone at me, and flames will come out of the stone and destroy you." (Thomas 13:13) This shows that Thomas was deeply taught by Jesus.
In the Acts of Thomas, Jesus said, "I am the brother of Thomas" (Acts of Thomas: 11). In the Syrian version of the Acts of Dom, Dom is further referred to as "the twin son of Merciah, the highest among his disciples, sharing the secret ways of life and accepting the mysteries of the Son of God." (Acts of Dom: 39)

According to the Book of Acts in the Bible, since the arrival of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost, the records of the disciples are not detailed. In fact, each disciple went to different places to preach. According to the Book of Thomas, St. Thomas was sent to India to preach. At first, he did not want to go to India, so Jesus appeared to him at night, telling him not to be afraid. Jesus used a very clever method to send him to India, which happened around 48-49 AD. He sold him to a merchant for twenty silver coins, and the bill read: "I, Jesus, son of Joseph, a carpenter from Bethlehem, Judea, who lived in Judea. Now I have sold my servant Thomas to the merchant Aabbnes of King Gudnaphar." (Acts of Thomas: 2)
According to historical research, King Gendafarus (Gondolphales II) ruled from 21 to 60 AD in northwestern India, Pakistan, and southern Afghanistan. But this matter has a deeper meaning, and the buyer's name is Abbanes. In Aramaic, abba means father, and Jesus called the Heavenly Father that way, so Thomas was a servant of the Heavenly Father. Therefore, in the Book of Tamar (163), King Mazdai of India asked Tamar if he was a servant or a free man, and he replied, "I am a servant, but you cannot grant me any power. My master is your master, the master of the whole world, the master of heaven and earth."

St. Thomas and Abbey arrived at the city of Sandaruk on the southern coast of the Black Sea, where they attended a wedding banquet for an emperor's daughter. Music was played at the banquet, and later Thomas began singing, singing "The Daughter of Light". The lyrics read, "The emperor resides on her head, her ten fingers open the gates of heaven, and her chamber shines with the fragrance of redemption.". When he sang, everyone around him fixed their eyes on him and saw that his form had changed, and Jesus appeared in the form of Thomas. This can be seen in the bronze plates related to Thomas's life in the collection of the British Museum, and one of the seven images is of Saint Thomas attending the wedding banquet of the emperor's daughter.
According to the Book of Thomas, Jesus was once with Thomas at Taxila in northern Pakistan, and later arrived in Muree with Jesus and his mother, 45 miles away from Taxila. According to current academic research, Jesus' mother Mary was buried in Muree. Today, there is still a small mountain road leading to Kashmir in Muree, traditionally known as "Yusmarg", which means Jesus' pasture. They pass through Yusu Magg and then reach Kashmir, which is also the route for Afghan merchants to cross Muree and Kashmir. It is said that Saint Thomas came to China to preach during the Han Dynasty.

Before the crucifixion of Jesus, the Jews were cunning and planned to smash him to death with stones. The signs of this had already been seen by the apostles. Jesus, for the sake of friendship, went to resurrect his friend Lazarus and risked his life in Judea. The apostles unanimously opposed it, but only Thomas said to his other companions, "Let's go too, let's all die with him!" This was not an angry complaint, because Jesus wanted to strengthen the faith of the apostles, So I went specifically to resurrect Lazarus and said, "Lazarus died, and I am glad that he was not there at that time. In order to make you more convinced, let us go to him." (John 11:6-16)
Jesus said in his Last Supper precept, "Don't be flustered, believe in God, and also believe in me. There are many places to live in my Father's palace, otherwise I would have told you earlier; for I have prepared a place for you. After I have prepared a place for you, I will definitely come back and take you to stay with me, so that where I am, and where you are, you will know the way." Thomas said to him, "Lord, we do not know where you are going. How do we know which way you are going?" 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 surely know my Father..." (John 14:1-6)

Jesus appeared to his disciples on the same day after his glorious resurrection; Thomas happened to be away, but when someone told him the good news of Jesus' resurrection, he said, "Unless I see the nail marks 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, the disciples gathered together, and the door was closed. Suddenly, Jesus came again, Standing among them, he said, "Peace be with you!" Then he said to Thomas, "Stretch out your fingers here and see my hand. Then reach out your hand and insert it into my side. Do not be an unbeliever, but be a trustworthy person. Thomas answered devoutly," My Lord, my God! "Jesus said to him," Do you believe only when you see me? "? Blessed are those who believe without seeing (John 20:24-29) [2]
After the arrival of the Holy Spirit, the apostles carried a blazing fire and went to various places to preach. The Dormer apostles had once preached in India, and later to countries such as Africa, persuading many black people to join the Church. Later, along the coast of Africa, they arrived in Maripur. The saints were busy with missionary work day and night, warding off evil spirits, displaying miracles, and doing good deeds and saving lives everywhere. Not long after, millions of people were naturalized. The sage also cultivated many disciples who were both virtuous and talented. Assign them to spread the holy teachings in various places.
Legend has it that when the Virgin Mary was on her deathbed, scattered disciples gathered in front of her in an instant to bid farewell to her. This was certainly a great miracle, except for the Dom disciples who did not arrive in time. After the Virgin Mary's body was buried, the angels played music and sang for three days above her tomb. Thomas only arrived, and his disciples also respected and loved the Virgin Mary, eagerly hoping to see her remains. They urgently demanded that the tomb be opened, and the disciples did not object to his request. They removed the stones that covered the tomb and saw that the Virgin Mary's burial cloth and tomb were filled with roses, emitting a strong fragrance. However, they did not see the Virgin Mary's body, indicating that the Virgin Mary, like her son Jesus, had already adhered to the doctrine of spiritual and physical union and ascension, Isn't there a certain positive factor and promoting effect? It seems like a bad thing, but is it actually a good thing?

The Death of Duomo
(1) When the Apostles of Dom were preaching in Maripur, King Shagama was enthusiastic about the teachings of the saints and was willing to accept them. He quickly converted to Catholicism, and the civil and military officials and the people of the dynasty also joined the church one after another. The leftist cults in China have been rejected and abandoned. A person who indulges in heretical superstition loses the favor of the king. Not only does it not pursue the truth of the Holy Church, but it also harbors a grudge against the saints and conspires to kill them.
When the saint was living alone outside the city, contemplating and facing the Vietnamese God, the wicked rushed into the saint's room like a swarm of bees, using stones and poisonous arrows to knock the saint down like a heavy rain. The sage endures the agony and torment of death with peace of mind; Not scolding the wicked, looking up at the sky and dying; It was in the year 73 AD, which was the 18th year of Yongping reign of Emperor Ming of Han in China.
The disciples of the saint heard the news of the saint's martyrdom and sacrifice, and rushed to offer condolences. They were deeply saddened and mournful, and their cries were deafening. Everyone praised the sanctity of the Dormer disciple. Sent to eternal mourning and mourning. The disciples buried the body of the saint in the temple, and all the walking sticks, stimulating spears, and holy blood cups used by the saint on a daily basis were stored in the tomb and have been preserved.
The faithful of Maripur adhere to the teachings of the saints and never leave their faith behind. And named the capital of our country after a saint. Every year, there is a grand celebration ceremony held at the time of the Dommer's visit, where we warmly pay homage to the patron saint, the Apostle Dommer, in the lobby.
(2) There is another explanation for the death of Duomo. It is said that after the arrival of the Holy Spirit, Dom é went to places such as Balti, Mitha, Persia, and India to spread the gospel and persuade countless pagans. Madan King's wife, son, and many local nobles converted to the true religion. The king was furious and arrested Domo. The saint died in Galamina, and the remains were initially taken to be buried in Edessa, Syria, and finally moved to the city of Voldona, Italy.

In the year 33 AD (the 28th year of Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty), after the arrival of the Holy Spirit, he became a disciple of Saint Thomas; Saint Bartholomew; Saints and Apostles; Saint Philip; Saint Peter; Saint Paul; Saint Andreas once preached in Asia. It is an undeniable fact that St. Thomas Apostolus entered India for missionary work in 52 AD and was buried in My Lapore on the east coast of India in 72 AD. So where were the disciples of St. Thomas from 33 to 52 AD during these 19 years? Many scholars believe that it was in the western border of the Han Dynasty in China - the area around the Protectorate of Xinjiang. Saint Bartholomew preached in Pakistan (then Rigania) near Xinjiang; The Saints of Saintda Dou preached in Persia (now Iran); Wherever the apostles went, they were all adjacent to Xinjiang. In 138 BC (the third year of Emperor Wu of Han's Jianyuan reign), Zhang Qian was sent as an envoy to the Western Regions, and the Silk Road was opened. In the early AD, Xinjiang, which was under the jurisdiction of the Han Dynasty, saw people living and working in peace, and developed commerce. It is highly possible for the apostles and their disciples to enter the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, as well as Shule and Kashgar areas through the Silk Road to preach. At that time, there was no written record of the Gospel, and it was entirely based on the oral and mental memory of believers. Foreign Christians mainly preached among the people. The claim that the Saints of St. Thomas established several churches in the Kingdom of Qini (i.e. China) has been passed down. [3]
In the "Daily Prayer" of the Malabagu Church in India, There is a saying that goes: "Due to Saint Thomas, Indians have abandoned the mistake of idolizing; due to Saint Thomas, Chinese and Ethiopian people have turned to truth; due to Saint Thomas, the light of the true meaning of life illuminates the whole of India; due to Saint Thomas, the kingdom of heaven rises in China." "Indians, Chinese, Persians, Syrians, Armenians, Ionians, and Romanians, on this occasion of commemorating St. Thomas, worship our Savior Jesus Christ." This is one of the evidence that St. Thomas' apostles have been to China.
In ancient Armenian books, it is also recorded that the Apostle Domer preached in China before his martyrdom in My Lapore. There was a time when someone preached the gospel in China, and this idea was supported by ancient books from the diocese of Syrah or the Archdiocese of Angamar. It is recorded that for the Christians of Sara, an Archbishop and two bishops arrived from Babylon, one of whom was the Bishop of Sokolat and the other was the Bishop of Masina. Masina, also known as Masin Mattn and Mahasina Mahactna, are the terms used by Indians to refer to China. This is the second evidence that St. Thomas has been to China.

On the tombstone of the Indian Apostle of St. Thomas, there is a prayer from ancient Syria: "The Apostle of China and India - St. Thomas prays for us!" This is the third evidence that the Apostle of St. Thomas has been to China.
According to the book "Orthodox Praise", in the seventh year of the Shunzhi reign of the Qing Dynasty (1650), the emperor granted Tang Ruowang a vacant space on the side of the Catholic Church inside the Xuanwu Gate to rebuild the temple. Empress Dowager Xiaoguangwen and Song bestowed silver, and princes, officials, and gentry also donated money. Therefore, Ruowang began construction and wrote a stone inscription - "Inscription on the Construction of the Church at the Capital Gate" Since the Western Han Dynasty, Saint Thomas, a disciple of the Apostle, first entered China to preach Catholicism. After Tang Zhenguan, several Western scholars from the State of Great Qin entered China to preach This is the fourth evidence of the arrival of Saint Thomas in China.
In the Vatican Manuscript's Compilation of Laws, it is written: "In memory of the three apostles in Babylon, the Fifth Diocese of Babylon was established." The three apostles were "Thomas, Bartholomew, and Adaus, who had preached in China and India." This is the fifth evidence of St. Thomas's visit to China.
Later, the Nestorian Apostle Alfmani wrote in his works: "In the" Compendium of Canons "by Albert Sobensis and the" Life of the Nestorian Archbishop "by Amurus, it is said that St. Thomas was an apostle who preached in China. In the" Compendium of Canons ", it is hoped that the Catholic Saliba Zaka founded the three major dioceses of Lia, Samarkand (now Central Asia), and Qinni (Qinni is the name for China)." . The establishment of the Diocese of Qini was once again recognized in the writings of Archbishop Theodosius, between 825 and 858 AD, which is the sixth evidence of St. Thomas's missionary visit to Qini in China.

In 1287, Emperor Kublai Khan of the Yuan Dynasty sent a delegation represented by priest Laban Shama to the Vatican. Received by the College of Cardinals and questioned Laban Shama's teachings, His partial answer is as follows: "St. Thomas and St. Mares (one of the seventy-two disciples of Jesus, St. Mares)" We will abide by the gospel and etiquette taught to our country without fail. Many of our priests have educated Mongolian, Turkic, and Han people in their places. Many Mongolians have become Christians, and several princes and princesses have been baptized and repented to Christ. They have churches in their military camps and highly respect Christians In the spring of 1288, Laban Zama participated in the ceremony presided over by the new Pope Nicholas IV. The above materials are currently in the Vatican Archives. This is the seventh evidence of St. Thomas's apostles spreading the gospel and imparting rituals in China.
Mr. Wang Weifan, Executive Committee Member of the China Christian Association and Professor of Christian Theological Education, was surprised to discover a batch of Eastern Han Dynasty stone carvings with biblical stories and early Christian patterns while studying the collection of Han Dynasty stone carvings at the Xuzhou Han Dynasty Stone Art Museum in Jiangsu. He explained that these patterns introduce biblical stories such as "God created the world" composed of fish, birds, animals, livestock, and reptiles. The patterns on these Han stone carvings depict the early Christian art style of Iraq and the Middle East, while also embodying the artistic characteristics of the Eastern Han Dynasty in China. Not long ago, at the "St. Thomas and Chinese Missionary History" seminar held at the Fourvieve Chinese Pastoral Center, Dr. Piere, an academician of the French Academy of Sciences, proposed that St. Thomas is highly likely to have been to China, and the stone carvings and murals discovered on Mount Kong in Xuzhou are extremely strong evidence. Dr. Piere explained that according to archaeological inference, the murals date back to around 60 AD in the early Eastern Han Dynasty, which is highly consistent with the time of Saint Thomas's preaching. The various religious symbols appearing in the murals, such as crosses, baptisms, deacons, palm branches, holy names, etc., and it can also be seen that King Liu Ying of Chu was inspired by St. Thomas and accepted the faith, baptized and became a Christian. This is the eighth evidence of St. Thomas's apostles preaching in China.

The Gospel of Thomas
In the fourth century, Bishop Cyril of Jerusalem (315-386) believed that this document came from one of the three disciples of Mani. However, one-third of the content of this document overlaps with the observation of the three Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke), making it another document found in ancient literature that is closest to the canonical Gospel. This quotation style gospel preaching has a considerable amount of discourse that is close to the Eastern (Buddhist) spiritual practice.
The Gospel of Thomas was not accepted as a canon by the early church due to its Gnostic content.

According to the earliest Christian historians, Thomas preached the gospel in various parts of Persia and India. He was ultimately stabbed to death with a long spear in the Indian city of Malabar Coast, and his body was buried near Mylapore in Madras. There is multiple historical evidence that Thomas has preached in India, and he has always been recognized as an apostle in Mesopotamia and India. [4]
In the 9th century AD, the King Alfred of Wessex donated Saint Thomas to Rome and India. The tomb of Saint Thomas is still in Mylapore. The Malabar Church in Syria and India traditionally believes that Saint Thomas passed away on July 3rd, so a commemorative ceremony is held every year on July 3rd.