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Saint Luke depicted as an Ox in the wood carvings of the Miller-Scott Organ

Luke the Evangelist, or, in other words, the writer of the Gospel according to Luke and the Acts of the Apostles, wrote a full quarter of the new testament. His contribution to the Bible is a kind of General History of Christianity in two loosely connected monographs. In these two books, the first historian of Christianity shows us that the story of Jesus’ life and ministry and the founding of the Church should be considered together. Luke is committed to manifesting the ministry of Christ to those who are separated both geographically and temporally. He was writing to young Christians like Theophilus that weren’t eyewitnesses or contemporaries, necessarily, of all those pivotal, early days. He was writing to us. He was writing to people two thousand years from now. And for that solemn purpose, Luke made a great deal of effort to make it clear that this was not a collection of legends or pious fables, but a faith that was grounded in history made up of events, journeys, shipwrecks and sacrifices. Our faith is a story that happened, a history that is still happening in us, and through us, working out our salvation.

Many early Christians believed that history was at an end, that Christ was coming within their lifetimes to merge heaven and earth and set things right. But, when this didn’t happen in short order, it was people like Luke the Evangelist who spoke of the time of the Church as something that would last indefinitely, until the End. His history, a pastoral history, in a way, shows us that ours is the Age of the Holy Spirit, one of hope and expectation, when the work of Christ continues, until Christ comes in his fullness.

The most we know about Luke is what we find in the two books he wrote for us. To say much more is to speculate. We think that Luke was born in Syria, and that he may have been

Thomas the Apostle

Early Christian saint – one of the Twelve Apostles

This article is about the Christian saint. For the name "Thomas", see Thomas (name). For other uses, see Thomas.

Saint


Thomas the Apostle

The Apostle Thomas, Rubens, c. 1613

Born1st century AD
Galilee, Judea, Roman Empire
DiedAD 72
St. Thomas Mount, Early Chola dynasty present-day Parangimalai, Tamil Nadu, India
Venerated inAll Christian denominations that venerate saints, especially Saint Thomas Christians
CanonizedPre-Congregation
Major shrineSt. Thomas Cathedral Basilica in Mylapore, Chennai, India, St. Thomas Major Archi Episcopal Shrine, Palayoor Kerala, India,
Basilica of St. Thomas the Apostle in Ortona, Italy
Feast
  • 3 July: (Jacobite), Malankara Orthodox Church, Latin Church, Liberal Catholic Church, Anglican Communion, Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church, Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, Believers Eastern Church, Syriac Catholic Church
  • 21 December: (Jacobite), Malankara Orthodox Church, some Anglican Communion, Hispanic church, Traditional Catholics, Lutherans
  • 26 Pashons and Sunday after Easter (Thomas Sunday): Coptic ChristianityMalankara Orthodox Church,
  • 6 October and Sunday after Easter Thomas Sunday: Eastern Orthodox
AttributesThe Twin, placing his finger in the side of Christ, nelumbo nucifera, spear (means of his Christian martyrdom), carpentry square (his profession, a builder)
PatronageArchitects, for Christians in India (including Saint Thomas Christians and Archdiocese of Madras-Mylapore), Tamil Nadu, Santo Tomas, Pampanga, Sri Lanka, Pula (Croatia) and São Tomé and Príncipe

Thomas the Apostle (Greek: Θωμᾶς, romanized: Thōmâs; Classical Syriac: ܬܐܘܡܐ, romanized: Tʾōmā, meaning 'the Twin'), also known as Didymus (Greek: Δίδυμος, romanized: Dídymos 'twin'), was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus accord

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    • St. Thomas the Apostle

    Little is recorded of St. Thomas the Apostle. Nevertheless, thanks to the Gospel of John, his personality is clearer to us than that of some others of the Twelve. St. Thomas was one of the original twelve Apostles of Christ. He is upheld as an example of faith in our Lord despite his seeking of certainty and the doubts that he had.

    Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side; do not be faithless, but believing.” Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!” Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe.”

    — John 20:27-29

    — St. Thomas the Apostle

    “Do you really believe that it was by chance that this chosen disciple was absent, then came and heard, heard and doubted, doubted and touched, touched and believed? It was not by chance but by God’s providence. In a marvelous way, God’s mercy arranged that the disbelieving disciple, in touching the wounds of his master’s body, should heal our wounds of disbelief. The disbelief of Thomas has done more for our faith than the faith of the other disciples. As he touches Christ and is won over to belief, every doubt is cast aside and our faith is strengthened.”

    — St. Gregory the Great

    The Lord knows when and how to do things … Thomas placed his fingers in the Lord’s wounds. But he did not say: “It’s true, the Lord is risen.” He went further; he said: “My Lord and my God.” Starting with his disbelief the Lord led him to profess not only his belief in the Resurrection but above all, his belief in the divinity of the Lord.

    — Pope Francis, Morning Meditation in the Chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae, 3 July 2013

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    • Who Was Saint Luke? The Beginner’s Guide

    Saint Luke, also known as Luke the Evangelist, is widely regarded as the author of both the Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts. He wrote more of the New Testament than anyone else—even the Apostle Paul.

    Luke wasn’t an eyewitness to Jesus’ ministry, but he lived during the first century, and according to his own writings, he “carefully investigated everything from the beginning” (Luke 1:1–4). As a traveling companion of Paul, he also likely had direct access to the apostles and other accounts of Jesus’ life and ministry (such as the Gospel of Mark).

    While he was presumably educated as a physician (Colossians 4:14), today Luke is celebrated as one of the church’s earliest historians. His methodical, detailed writings give us the only thorough record of what happened after Jesus ascended to heaven. Without his account in Acts, it would be hard to imagine how Christianity grew from a small, fragile movement within Judaism to what would eventually become the largest religion in the world.

    So who was “Luke the Evangelist”? What do we really know about him? Can we trust him? In this guide, we’ll explore what the Bible says about him and how we know what he wrote, and we’ll answer important questions about his authority and reliability.

    First, here are some quick facts about Luke.

    Who was Luke?

    Most of what we know about Luke comes from his own writings and a handful of mentions in Paul’s letters. Some details of his life are ambiguous, and scholars debate what we can really gather from the limited evidence we have.

    Not an eyewitness

    Luke makes it clear that he was not an eyewitness to Jesus’ ministry (Luke 1:1–4). He never includes himself in the gospel narrative.

    A companion of Paul

    From the Book of Acts and Paul’s writings, we know that Luke was one of Paul’s companions.

    In Acts 16:10, Luke suddenly inserts himself into the narrative, including himself among Paul’s companions.

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