How Did Apostles Die? death of Bartholmew in India

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Hello, Kanwal!

At 08:38 PM 2/4/99 +0530, kanwal wrote:

>I was amused to read that Bartholmew was flayed alive and crucified in

>India.

>Could you pin point the place where above incident happened?This is

>necessary because the term India has never been used in earlier times.The

>map of India,Hindustan or bharat had been changing  over the last 3000years.

>The concept of crucification is alien to Indian culture.Could any body throw

>light on above?


CREA
    Can't shed any immediate light on the subject of St. Bart's death, but
I'm sure you can find bibliographic material appended to the article about
him in the  __Oxford Dictionary of Saints__ (OUP, 1998, 4th edition, ISBN
0-19-280058-2).  There is, however, an apocryphal text titled  __The Acts of
Thomas__ which purports to relate this apostle's doings in India, including
his martyrdom (by spear).  It's verifiable that there are Christians in
India (siuated in Kerala) who claim to trace their origins back to St. Tom
(they're even known as "Mar Thoma Xians") but as one might suspect of a
church founded by "Doubting Thomas", their orthodoxy, until the last century
or two, has been less than pristine (Monophysite of the Syrian Orthodox
variety, to be precise).  It's a trifle disappointing to learn that the
early Church found this (and the other apocryphal Acts of the apostles) to
be so dangerously heretical that Pope Leo the Great not only banned their
possession or use by the faithful, but also ordered one of those
book-burnings for which the Church has become famous.


With Mettaa,

Joseph Crea
<Joseph.Crea@worldnet.att.net>

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