http://apostlethomasindia.wordpress.com Articles on the dubious Saint Thomas in India legend by noted historians, researchers, and journalists. Sun, 15 Jan 2012 01:23:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://apostlethomasindia.wordpress.com 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 Mar Thoma Cross St. Thomas the Apostle of the East Vasco da Gama was brought to India by the Syran Christians. Sonia Gandhi: Supporting the Christian missions in India. Catholic Syrian Bank Logo Malayala Manorama Newspaper Logo V.P. Iswardas is Chairman of the Catholic Syrian Bank 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 Sandhya Jain Dr. R. Nagaswamy San Thome Cathedral: This tableau in the tomb shrine shows St. Thomas about to be stabbed from behind by a Hindu priest. Thomas of Cana: He was also called Thomas of Jerusalem and was identified with Thomas the Apostle by Syrian Christians after their arrival in India in the 4th century. Marco Polo: He is the author who put the tomb of St. Thomas on the Coromandal Coast. All other documents have the apostle buried on a mountain in Parthia (Persia). San Thome Bishop's Museum: Carved pillars and other Hindu temple paraphernalia. What is it doing here? 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 Dr. Koenraad Elst Pope Benedict XVI: No Thomas in India. San Thome Cathedral: Thomas about to be stabbed by a Hindu assassin. The bishops of Madras have no qualms about promoting this vicious blood libel against the Hindu community. When Mylapore saw a miracle - Times of India Wooden pole behind San Thome Cathedral Hindu temple columns in the San Thome Bishop's Museum. Human bones kept on display in the San Thome Bishop's Museum. http://apostlethomasindia.wordpress.com/2011/08/11/pope-denies-st-thomas-evangelized-south-india-ishwar-sharan/ http://apostlethomasindia.wordpress.com/2011/08/11/pope-denies-st-thomas-evangelized-south-india-ishwar-sharan/#comments Thu, 11 Aug 2011 07:15:26 +0000 IS http://apostlethomasindia.wordpress.com/?p=851 Continue reading →]]> http://apostlethomasindia.wordpress.com/2011/08/11/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 Thomas the Apostle went to Parthia not South India. Doubting Thomas with his finger in Jesus's side wound. Vatican flag Map of Parthia Pope John Paul II & Archbishop Arulappa at San Thome Cathedral. 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 Dr. R. Nagaswamy Judas Thomas the Apostle Kudungallur-Pattanam Kottapuram Bishop Dr. Joseph Karikkassery (middle). Kottakavu Church built by "St. Thomas" on the ruins of a Hindu temple. 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 Rajiv Malhotra The Christian agenda to subvert and destroy non-Christian cultures continues. Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi: The Last Dravidian. Rt. Rev. Robert Caldwell: He coined the term "Dravidian" in the 19th century. G.U. Pope: He has a large statue on the Marina in Chennai. Tiruvalluvar, author of the Tirukkural. St. Thomas San Thome Cathedral: Build over the Kapaleeswara Shiva Temple destroyed by the Portuguese. Hilary Clinton: She will say anything if it serves her agenda! Marvin Olasky 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 Header Deccan Chronicle Holdings Chairman T. Venkattaram Reddy According to the Kerala legend, St. Thomas converted a number of Namboodiri Brahmins to his creed though some historians maintain that there were no Namboodiris in Kerala in the 1st century AD. R. Mohan: deccan Chronicle editor in Chennai. The Deccan Chronicle is in a state of denial about child sex abuse in the Indian Catholic Church. Do these media brown sahibs really believe that we don’t know what goes on in Indian Catholic seminaries, convents, orphanages & boarding schools? At the same time, Hindu sex swami Nithyananda gets front page coverage in the newspaper as does the Bangaru Adigalar. In India this is called principled reporting! A Deccan Chronicle deceit! Little Mount Church at Saidapet: 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. “King” Mahadevan: He was the only ruler in Mylapore in 68 CE. There is no record that Judas Thomas ever visited Him and paid tribute. A Deccan Chronicle deceit! Shrine Of Saint Thomas At Meliapore: 18th century print of the Portuguese shrine built on the ruins of the ancient Kapaleeswara Temple. Ortona Cathedral: Ortona Cathedral: This Italian church houses the bones of St. Thomas the Apostle, which arrived in Ortona on September 6, 1258, booty taken by Captain Leone degli Acciaioli when the island of Chios, Greece, was sacked. The Church-certified complete skeleton of St. Thomas was in Ortona when the Portuguese were “discovering” it in Mylapore in 1523. The empty tomb in San Thome Cathedral at Madras. Pope Pius XII & Adolf Hitler: He raised the status of San Thome to that of a minor basilica. A basilica was a Roman public building until the architecture was christianized in the 4th century. There are over 1400 Catholic basilicas in the world, and the Cathedral Basilica of Bom Jesus in Goa has precedence over San Thome in Mylapore. Repository of a piece of St. Thomas's arm bone at Kodungallur. A small piece of this bone was also brought to San Thome Cathedral, Madras. A Deccan Chronicle deceit! George Adimathra: Telling lies for Jesus! Tiruvalluvar: Tamil saint and cultural icon claimed by both Jains and Hindus. He lived sometime BC/AD in Mylapore where he wrote the famous ethical treatise Tirukkural. His samadhi shrine was probably destroyed by the Portuguese when they attacked the Kapaleeswara Temple. 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. Our Lady of Expectation Church on Big Mount: This church replaces the Shiva temple destroyed by the Portuguese in the 16th century. Eighth century Persian cross attributed to St. Thomas. 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. A Deccan Chronicle deceit! Marco Polo: He is the first writer to place the tomb of St. Thomas in South India. All earlier writers had the tomb placed in a royal necropolis on a hill in Parthia. Marci Polo's route from China to Persia by sea: On neither of Marco's alleged journeys from China, in 1288 and 1292, did he visit the Coromandel Coast. His claim that St. Thomas was buried in a village - which he never identified - on the Tamil coast was a piece of fiction used by the Portuguese to justify their invasion and occupation of Mylapore. Ancient Kapaleeswara Shiva Temple: It was replaced by San Thome Cathedral after 1566 by the Portuguese. Archbishop of Madras-Mylapore (San Thome) Fr. A.M. Chinnappa San Thome Cathedral: Built on the ruins of the ancient Kapaleeswara Shiva Temple. 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 the devotee: Next to "Hindu terror", the Deccan Chronicle likes to focus on Hindu "idol worship" and exotic, colourful Tamil Hindu religious practices. Third century BC Orphic crucifix. Ichthus or 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 practicing 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 Cardinal Oswald Gracious, head of the Catholic Church in India. Manoj Kumar Sonthalia, Chairman of The New Indian Express. Aditya Sinha, Editor-in-Chief of The New Indian Express. Portuguese church on St. Thomas Mount Eighth century Persian cross carved by Afras the Syrian. Virgin Mary & Child icon painted by "St. Luke" on St. Thomas Mount. In fact it is a Portuguese fake made in the 16th century. The New Indian Express feature writer Ponnu Elizabeth Mathew. History of Christianity in India Bishop Stephen Neill Dr. Koenraad Elst Archbishop A.M. Chinnappa Arun Shourie Cardinal Oswald Gracias, President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of India. Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Pontifical Congregation for the Evangelization of the Heathen. 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 Broken temple Tipu Sultan K. Karunakaran Maharani Sethu Lakshmi Bai, Regent of Travancore (1924-1931) Colonel John Monroe Christian missionary baptising the Hindoo in the 18th century. St George Church: The "half" church allegedly built by St. Thomas. In fact it is built on a destroyed Hindu temple foundation. Mangal Sutra Sabarimala pilgrims Guruvayur temple entrance Bishop's House in Trivandum Rupee symbol Kerala Legislative Assembly, Thiruvananthapuram. Mosque and church in Palayam, Trivandrum (temple not shown). Bhagwa Dwaja http://apostlethomasindia.wordpress.com/2010/08/17/ishwar-sharans-correspondence-with-the-vatican/ http://apostlethomasindia.wordpress.com/2010/08/17/ishwar-sharans-correspondence-with-the-vatican/#comments Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:51:37 +0000 IS http://apostlethomasindia.wordpress.com/?p=1390 Continue reading →]]> http://apostlethomasindia.wordpress.com/2010/08/17/ishwar-sharans-correspondence-with-the-vatican/feed/ 0 13.079808 80.270081 13.079808 80.270081 IS Vatican letterhead for the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. Vatican seal for correspondence.