http://apostlethomasindia.wordpress.com Articles on the dubious Saint Thomas in India legend by noted historians, researchers, and journalists. Sun, 28 Apr 2013 10:57:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://0.gravatar.com/blavatar/0b69b6602f0b0ab40a6037a87504b3ad?s=96&d=http%3A%2F%2Fs2.wp.com%2Fi%2Fbuttonw-com.png http://apostlethomasindia.wordpress.com http://apostlethomasindia.wordpress.com/2012/12/07/the-question-of-the-st-thomas-origin-of-indian-christianity-c-i-issac/ http://apostlethomasindia.wordpress.com/2012/12/07/the-question-of-the-st-thomas-origin-of-indian-christianity-c-i-issac/#comments Fri, 07 Dec 2012 13:22:20 +0000 IS http://apostlethomasindia.wordpress.com/?p=20244 Continue reading →]]> http://apostlethomasindia.wordpress.com/2012/12/07/the-question-of-the-st-thomas-origin-of-indian-christianity-c-i-issac/feed/ 0 IS http://apostlethomasindia.wordpress.com/2012/04/29/pope-denies-st-thomas-evangelized-south-india-ishwar-sharan/ http://apostlethomasindia.wordpress.com/2012/04/29/pope-denies-st-thomas-evangelized-south-india-ishwar-sharan/#comments Sun, 29 Apr 2012 03:15:26 +0000 IS http://apostlethomasindia.wordpress.com/?p=851 Continue reading →]]> http://apostlethomasindia.wordpress.com/2012/04/29/pope-denies-st-thomas-evangelized-south-india-ishwar-sharan/feed/ 0 41.902916 12.453389 41.902916 12.453389 IS Pope Benedict telling the people in St. Peter's Square that St. Thomas the Apostle went to Parthia - North-West India - not South India on 27 Sept. 2006.. Parthian Empire: St. Thomas established the Church of Fars in Southern Parthia. There is no evidence he travelled fuarther east into India proper. Pope John-Paul II & Archbishop Arulappa: The Pope didn't believe Arulappa's fabricated evidence for St. Thomas in Mylaore. http://apostlethomasindia.wordpress.com/2011/12/21/india-and-the-syrian-christians-of-kerala-pradeep-nair/ http://apostlethomasindia.wordpress.com/2011/12/21/india-and-the-syrian-christians-of-kerala-pradeep-nair/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:32:24 +0000 IS http://apostlethomasindia.wordpress.com/?p=15332 Continue reading →]]> http://apostlethomasindia.wordpress.com/2011/12/21/india-and-the-syrian-christians-of-kerala-pradeep-nair/feed/ 0 IS Vasco da Gama lands in Calicut: He was met by a delegation of Syrian Christians who immediately invited him to make war on their Hindu king. Later they would complain that the Jesuits, to whom they had voluntarily surrendered their symbols of authority, treated them badly. http://apostlethomasindia.wordpress.com/2011/09/13/st-thomas-the-making-of-an-indian-apostle-sandhya-jain/ http://apostlethomasindia.wordpress.com/2011/09/13/st-thomas-the-making-of-an-indian-apostle-sandhya-jain/#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 10:49:49 +0000 IS http://apostlethomasindia.wordpress.com/?p=12472 Continue reading →]]> http://apostlethomasindia.wordpress.com/2011/09/13/st-thomas-the-making-of-an-indian-apostle-sandhya-jain/feed/ 0 IS A Kerala-style St. Thomas: According to Pope Benedict he is the Apostle of Pakistan. Bardaisan is the alleged author of the Acts of Thomas. http://apostlethomasindia.wordpress.com/2011/08/21/jude-sannith-in-the-times-of-india-telling-lies-for-thomas/ http://apostlethomasindia.wordpress.com/2011/08/21/jude-sannith-in-the-times-of-india-telling-lies-for-thomas/#comments Sun, 21 Aug 2011 03:07:02 +0000 IS http://apostlethomasindia.wordpress.com/?p=11594 Continue reading →]]> http://apostlethomasindia.wordpress.com/2011/08/21/jude-sannith-in-the-times-of-india-telling-lies-for-thomas/feed/ 1 IS Times of India newspaper feature promoting the St. Thomas fable. http://apostlethomasindia.wordpress.com/2011/08/08/muziris-dr-nagaswamy-nails-false-propaganda-on-st-thomas-media-reports/ http://apostlethomasindia.wordpress.com/2011/08/08/muziris-dr-nagaswamy-nails-false-propaganda-on-st-thomas-media-reports/#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 01:30:10 +0000 IS http://apostlethomasindia.wordpress.com/?p=11295 Continue reading →]]> http://apostlethomasindia.wordpress.com/2011/08/08/muziris-dr-nagaswamy-nails-false-propaganda-on-st-thomas-media-reports/feed/ 0 IS Kottakkavu St. Thomas Church: The church is built on the ruins of a Hindu temple. Bishop Joseph Karikkassery (middle) http://apostlethomasindia.wordpress.com/2011/03/30/how-christian-missionaries-invented-dravidian-christianity-rajiv-malhotra/ http://apostlethomasindia.wordpress.com/2011/03/30/how-christian-missionaries-invented-dravidian-christianity-rajiv-malhotra/#comments Wed, 30 Mar 2011 10:24:11 +0000 IS http://apostlethomasindia.wordpress.com/?p=4890 Continue reading →]]> http://apostlethomasindia.wordpress.com/2011/03/30/how-christian-missionaries-invented-dravidian-christianity-rajiv-malhotra/feed/ 0 13.079808 80.270081 13.079808 80.270081 IS Anglican Bishop Robert Caldwell: He invented the Dravidian race out of his racist Christian imagination. Christian Bishop G.U. Pope: His statue on the Madras Marina has been placed by Dravidian politicians. Marvin Olasky: Christian Adviser to US Presidents http://apostlethomasindia.wordpress.com/2010/11/25/the-deccan-chronicle-deceits-ishwar-sharan/ http://apostlethomasindia.wordpress.com/2010/11/25/the-deccan-chronicle-deceits-ishwar-sharan/#comments Wed, 24 Nov 2010 19:15:37 +0000 IS http://apostlethomasindia.wordpress.com/?p=126 Continue reading →]]> http://apostlethomasindia.wordpress.com/2010/11/25/the-deccan-chronicle-deceits-ishwar-sharan/feed/ 3 13.033611 80.277778 13.033611 80.277778 IS Deccan Chronicle Chairman T. Venkattaram Reddy: Swelled head! Deccan Chronicle Header Deccan Chronicle Editor R. Mohan: Balls and no brains! Little Mount Church: This was a Hindu holy site with a cave sacred to Murugan until the Portuguese occupied the area in 1551 and dedicated it to St. Thomas. Santhome Cathedral, Mylapore, Chennai. Pope Pius XII & Adolf Hitler: Good Catholics Indeed! Our Lady of Expectation Church on Big Mount: This church replaces the Shiva temple destroyed by the Portuguese in the 16th century. George Adimathra: Telling lies for Jesus! Dr. R. Arulappa was the late Roman Catholic archbishop of Madras-Mylapore. He is the godfather of St. Thomas-Thiruvalluvar history fabrications and the paymaster of the infamous forger Ganesh Iyer. Persian cross dated to the 7th-8th century. The inscription around it is in Pahlavi (Persian) script and the artisan who carved the cross from a Hindu temple stone, has signed it as Afras the Syrian. Portuguese icon of Virgin Mary & Child attributed to the apostle St. Luke. There are seven of these icons in various parts of the world attributed to St. Luke. This one is probably of Portuguese manufacture. It is not dated as the Madras Archdiocese has not allowed any scientific investigation into the alleged St. Thomas artefacts. The Deccan Chronicle tells the truth at last: The inscription on the 7th-8th century stone cross (shown above) is in Pahlavi (Persian) and reads: 'My Lord Christ, have mercy upon Afras, son of Chaharbukht the Syrian, who cut this." San Thome Cathedral: Built on the ruins of the ancient Kapaleeswara Shiva Temple. Archbishop A.M. Chinnappa M.F. Husain's overdressed Muslim and undressed Hindu priest: Anti-Brahminism was introduced into India by Christian missionaries and picked up by the racist "Dravidian" politicians who rule in Tamil Nadu today. All of Husain's paintings reflect the extreme anti-Hindu bias of "secular" Indians and especially the Indian media. A Deccan Chronicle photo designed to offend: Next to "Hindu terror", the Deccan Chronicle likes to focus on "idol worship" and exotic, colourful Tamil Hindu religious practices. Its the next best thing to doing pornography and almost as lucrative! Christian fish symbol: For the first three centuries, Christians used the fish with or without the word "fish" in Greek written in its body, as their identifying mark and symbol. They did not use the Orphic cross-crucifix as a symbol until much later. Even if Judas Thomas had come to Mylapore, he would not have made cross symbols as he was a practising Jew and the Greek Orphic cross was abhorrent to him. 1st century Jews whether Moses or Jesus followers (there were no "Christians" in the 1st century) were rigid iconoclasts and could not tolerate Pagan symbols. The Christian cross was introduced into India by Christian immigrants from Persia after the 7th century. http://apostlethomasindia.wordpress.com/2010/11/24/did-a-hindu-king-kill-st-thomas-ishwar-sharan/ http://apostlethomasindia.wordpress.com/2010/11/24/did-a-hindu-king-kill-st-thomas-ishwar-sharan/#comments Tue, 23 Nov 2010 22:32:08 +0000 IS http://apostlethomasindia.wordpress.com/?p=270 Continue reading →]]> http://apostlethomasindia.wordpress.com/2010/11/24/did-a-hindu-king-kill-st-thomas-ishwar-sharan/feed/ 5 13.079808 80.270081 13.079808 80.270081 IS The New Indian Express Owner Manoj K. Sonthalia: Telling lies for Jesus! Aditya Sinha, Editor-in-Chief of The New Indian Express. Big Mount or St Thomas Mount: The 16th century Portuguese destroyed the Shiva temple on this hill in South Madras and replaced it with a church called Our Lady of Expectation. Bishop Stephen Neill A History of Christianity in India - Stephen Neill Dr. Koenraad Elst Archbishop A.M. Chinnappa Arun Shourie Cardinal Oswald Gracias: CBCI President Cardinal Ivan Dias: Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Heathens http://apostlethomasindia.wordpress.com/2010/11/13/temple-looting-in-kerala-yesterday-and-today-leela-tampi/ http://apostlethomasindia.wordpress.com/2010/11/13/temple-looting-in-kerala-yesterday-and-today-leela-tampi/#comments Sat, 13 Nov 2010 15:49:42 +0000 IS http://apostlethomasindia.wordpress.com/?p=2082 Continue reading →]]> http://apostlethomasindia.wordpress.com/2010/11/13/temple-looting-in-kerala-yesterday-and-today-leela-tampi/feed/ 0 10.414449 76.110970 10.414449 76.110970 IS A Thrikkavadoor temple near Kollam Maharani Sethu Lakshmi Bai, Regent of Travancore (1924-1931) Colonel John Monroe St George Church: The "half" church allegedly built by St. Thomas. In fact it is built on a destroyed Hindu temple foundation. Sabarimala pilgrims Mosque and church in Palayam, Trivandrum (temple not shown).