Was Thomas the Apostle in India?

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I know there is none biblical evidence for this and the acts of Thomas are non cannonical but do you think that Thomas was realy in India? Also are we Catholics allowed to believe that he was and died in India?
 
Church tradition tells us that St Thomas traveled to India. He established what would become the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church and the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church among others. 🙂
 
St.Thomas esstablished a few churches in South India…History says he arrived in India in AD.52 and died in AD.72.Over the tomb of St.Thomas there is church that is built over in a place called Chennai…
 
Tradition locates both his tomb and the place of his martyrdom at Chennai - I ought to know this, since it’s my home town!

Relics of St. Thomas are preserved at St. Thomas’ Mount (I live there :D, at least when I’m not at work), and his tomb is preserved at San Thome (“St. Thomas”).

stthomasmount.org/
 
There is a church in the small city where I grew up. It took over the Presbyterian church that left the area. It is a Knanaya community Syro-Malabar rite church. I was astonished at its presence in a formerly lily-white town but there it is and I’m delighted.
These are the descendents of the Jewish merchant communities in India where Thomas preached the good news. They are members of the Syro-Malabar Diocese of St. Thomas in Cicero, IL. Go on line and look up the church. They have beautiful pictures of their cathedral. To give you some idea of how unusual this is, I can tell you that this is the ONLY Syro-Malabar diocese outside of India.
In Orlando the parish of St. Joseph makes its facilities available to the Syro-Malabar church in that area.

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Timi_Celcer said:
I know there is none biblical evidence for this and the acts of Thomas are non cannonical but do you think that Thomas was realy in India? Also are we Catholics allowed to believe that he was and died in India?
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According to Church tradition of the Malabar Christians, this is true. There are also many historical manuscripts and ancient writings on Copper Plates of Thomas in India. The Knanaya Community also has a numerous number of ancient songs of the works of Thomas and his people.
 
If orthodox Churches (primarily the Syriac Churches) teach this, why contradict it? The same goes for the Western pious tradition of believing St. James went to Spain, what would be the motivation in contradicting the Latin Church?
 
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