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St. Thomas

Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 5:42 am
by georgephysio
hi
is there any historical evidence that St. Thomas came to southern part of india?

Re: St. Thomas

Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 7:16 pm
by Gman
georgephysio wrote:hi
is there any historical evidence that St. Thomas came to southern part of india?
Yes... The tradition is that St. Thomas came to India in 52 A.D. and landed at Kodungallur on the Malabar coast. Interestingly enough, there is also strong evidence that the gospel came to India first BEFORE it came to Europe...

http://berchmans.tripod.com/apostle.html