Acts of Thomas

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Christian apocryphal literature New Testament apocrypha apocryphal Acts early Christian text

The Acts of Thomas is an early Christian apocryphal text narrating the missionary journeys, miracles, and martyrdom of the apostle Thomas, particularly his legendary mission to India.

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Label	Occurrences
Acts of Thomas canonical	1
Acts of Thomas (apocryphal, traditionally attributed)	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian apocryphal literature ⓘ New Testament apocrypha ⓘ apocryphal Acts ⓘ early Christian text ⓘ
about	Thomas the Apostle's mission to India ⓘ martyrdom of Thomas the Apostle ⓘ miracles of Thomas the Apostle ⓘ missionary journeys of Thomas the Apostle ⓘ
associatedWith	Indian Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ Syriac Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomasine Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
canonicalStatus	apocryphal ⓘ
contains	Hymn of the Pearl NERFINISHED ⓘ Hymn of the Soul NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateOfComposition	3rd century ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Gondophares NERFINISHED ⓘ King Gundaphar NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	apocryphal acts of an apostle ⓘ
includesEpisode	Thomas building a palace for King Gundaphar ⓘ Thomas’s death by spearing ⓘ conversion of an Indian royal household ⓘ
influenced	Syriac liturgical poetry ⓘ traditions about St Thomas Christians in India ⓘ
language	Greek ⓘ Syriac ⓘ
literaryForm	prose narrative with embedded hymns ⓘ
mainCharacter	Thomas the Apostle NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeTheme	asceticism ⓘ celibacy ⓘ exorcism ⓘ martyrdom ⓘ miraculous healings ⓘ renunciation of wealth ⓘ
placeInCanon	non-canonical ⓘ
recognizedBy	Eastern Christian churches as edifying but non-canonical ⓘ
relatedWork	Acts of Andrew NERFINISHED ⓘ Acts of John NERFINISHED ⓘ Acts of Paul NERFINISHED ⓘ Acts of Peter NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ
setting	India NERFINISHED ⓘ Indo-Parthian kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman East ⓘ
structure	collection of episodes about Thomas ⓘ
textualTradition	Greek manuscript tradition ⓘ Syriac manuscript tradition ⓘ
theologicalOrientation	encratite tendencies ⓘ possible Gnostic elements ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Apocryphal New Testament writings → includeWork → Acts of Thomas ⓘ

Judas Thomas → associatedWork → Acts of Thomas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Acts of Thomas (apocryphal, traditionally attributed)