According to the dominant church tradition, the apostle Thomas first brought the gospel to India. Whatever the case, the oldest Christian communities in India refer to themselves as Thomas Christians, which lends credence to the notion that Thomas reached Kerala in 52 before suffering martyrdom in Chennai some twenty years later.
“The Koran preaches the oneness of God and emphasizes divine mercy and forgiveness. God is almighty and all-knowing, and though compassionate towards His creatures He is stern in retribution. He enjoins justice and fair dealing, kindness to orphans and widows, and charity to the poor. The most important duties of the Muslim are faith in God and His apostle, prayer, almsgiving, fasting, and (if possible) pilgrimage to the Sacred House at Mecca, built by Abraham for the worship of the One God.”
The news that there were many Christians across the Mongol Empire, some holding high office, was not received with unalloyed joy in Rome. Back in the fifth century the Nestorians, followers of a patriarch of Constantinople who had emphasized the disunity of Christ’s human and divine natures, had been condemned as heretics. Many had migrated to Persia, where they joined the existing Church of the East and continued to thrive after the Arab conquests, expanding deep into Central Asia and China and implanting the veneration of St Thomas the Apostle in India.
İşte yine bir #yahuda okuması ...
Önceki yaz mevsiminde okuduğum #leonardonunyahudası ‘ndan sonra, Andreyev,‘in 1907 yılında yazdığı novella.
Klasik Hıristiyanlık öğretisinde, Hz. İsa’yı otuz gümüş
“Zengin bir ipek tüccarı olan Felice Brancacci tarafından yaptırılan Vergi Parası, Adem ve Havva'nın ilk günahını ve havari Petrus'un hayatını tasvir eden daha geniş bir fresk serisinin bir parçasıdır.”
1001 Paintings Must See Before You Die s.71
“Originally commissioned by Felice Brancacci, a wealthy silk merchant, Tribute Money forms part of a larger cycle of frescoes depicting the original sin of Adam and Eve and the life of the apostle Peter.