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Other Books of St.Thomas

These books fall into the category of the "St. Thomas literature--books" ascribed to St. Thomas, or in which he has a significant role: Gospel of John, Gospel of St. Thomas, Book of St. Thomas the Contender, Acts of Judas St. Thomas, Infancy Gospel of St. Thomas, Pistis Sophia.

'Book of St. Thomas the Contender'

St. Thomas addressed by Jesus as "the one who knows himself" in the Book of St. Thomas the Contender; Self-knowledge as one theme of Gospel of St. Thomas and certain Gnostic texts. "From the stroke of one title": Basilides' myth of creation and emergence of humankind. Focus on Five Members again; notions of mind, consciousness, self (ancient and modern).

 

Point Of Topic !

A recapitulation of the "St. Thomas" literature--books ascribed to him, or in which he has a significant role: Gospel of John, Gospel of St. Thomas, Book of St. Thomas the Contender, Acts of Judas St. Thomas, Infancy Gospel of St. Thomas, Pistis Sophia.

"Revelatio St. Thomas",

There is also a "Revelatio St. Thomas", condemned as apocryphal in the Degree of Pope Gelasius, which has recently been recovered from various sources in a fragmentary condition (see the details in the Revue benedictine, 1911, pp. 359-374).

'Epistles of St. Thomas'

It is interesting to note that, St. Thomas, as did some of the other Apostles, ' wrote from India letters' which were read in the various Churches where they were received. Many passages in the Syriac work entitled "The doctrine of Apostles" testifies it.

'Gospel of St. Thomas'

Please go to the concerned section.

'Acts of St. Thomas the Apostle'

Please go to the concerned section.

'St. Thomas Parvam' (The Ramban Song)

It is a very ancient manuscript preserved by an old family at Palayur, malabar, written by St. Thomas Ramban, the ordained priest from the first converted Brahmin family in Malabar.According to the strong Kerala tradition as found embedded in the Ramban Song and in the collective consciousness of the whole land and people irrespective of creed or denomination, it describes the activities and missionary journeys of St. Thomas in Malabar and surroundings.