Thomas the Apostle

Doubting Thomas.

Saint Thomas is one of the original Twelve Apostles chosen by the Lord Jesus Christ to be His follower. He learn that the Apostle Thomas was deeply devoted to our Lord throughout His earthly ministry and remained a faithful servant to Him after His Ascension into Heaven. Empowered by the Holy Spirit, Saint Thomas, along with Christ's other disciples, traveled throughout many regions preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ and healing those in need, and facing both trials and persecutions.

We have little information about Saint Thomas’ life from New Testament writings. However, they do inform us of his steadfast devotion to the Christ through his own words and actions, and of his need to "see with his own eyes" before he could believe [i.e, Christ’s Resurrection], a characteristic which earned him the nickname, "Doubting Thomas." Apparently, this human weakness that we find in Thomas [aka Didymus] was fully overcome as evidenced by the fruits of his ministry. For today, there are numerous churches which bear his name.

Ii is worthwhile to know that there is additional information about the Apostle besides what is written in the New Testament. Information found in Apochryphal literature [i.e., "Acta Thomae"], sheds much more light on the Apostle’s life, although the reliability of much of its content has been disputed.