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Is the apostle peter who holds the key to heaven in paradise and on his right is a protective angel. this constellation indicates a new link between apostle and heavenly beings man and angel again come closer to one another despite the evil in the world. or the. who. is the most important message those communicated in the arrangement of angels above the almighty in the mandorla in jesus christ appears to be standing on his hand. the real focus is this small angel smaller than all the other have ...

We dont often find these kinds of similar traditions in any particular region, particularly a region so far away from where thomas started. the fact that everyone tells the same story about thomas for 1500 years suggests that there might be a historical kernel of truth here. >> according to the oral tradition, thomas sets off from carola on what will be his final journal. the acts of thomas also says the apostle moves on. >> thomas moves to another kingdom. this one has a king whose name is misd...

Would have gone down in history as a sect of judaism. >> it is one of the great ironies of the way that we talk about thomas that we call him "doubting thomas" when we should call him faithful thomas, because whats happened is he has gone on his journey and in the end he makes the right decision. he comes to faith. >> my lord, my god! >> doubting thomas might be the perfect apostle because he in a sense represents all of us. we all have doubts in the spiritual life, and all of us, i think, out o...

50 million miles an hour. >> narrator: in india, a tradition preserved in song, dance and the acts of thomas tells how the apostle came here to spread the word of jesus in the first century. >> i think its possible, even plausible that thomas went to india, because we know that this was a fairly well trod route and we have a text that explains thomass evangelical mission to india, and we have a community in this corner of india that goes back to antiquity. >> narrator: to this day, st. thomas ch...

>> it depicts the king, riding on horseback and around the edge the legend is written in greek. >> and so where did this coin come from? >> these coins are found in pakistan. >> wow. >> it was the first most important of the kings that ruled in that area. >> do we know anything else about this figure, about this ruler? >> yes, we do. we know when he ruled. about 60 a.d. >> that aligns pretty nicely with the time in which thomas, as an apostle, would have been doing his missionizing activity in i...

Here in 52 a.d. >> jesus told the apostles, go out of jerusalem to the entire world and preach the good news. so thomas decided to go to india. >> is it possible the disciple famous for his lack of faith brought a form of christianity here nearly 2,000 years ago? in the bible, the resurrected jesus leaves his disciples with a final mission. >> go. and make disciples of all nations. baptizing them in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit. >> well, apostle means to be

Were subjected to exquisite tortures. and what he meant by that was they were the victims of an elaborate execution and consumption by wild beasts and, of course, crucifixion. >> according to a third century writer, peter gets caught up in neros persecutions in rome. the apostle is sentenced to be crucified. but according to later catholic tradition, peters crucifixion is very different to that of jesus. >> christian tradition is that peter was crucified upside down,

>> st. thomas christians in carola also maintain an ancient dance tradition. >> the songs tell us that the apostle was well-received, wherever he went. people welcomed him and received his message, and accepted the baptism from the apostle. and christian communities grew. >> the songs about thomas, it was about the works of thomas and how he was -- as an individual and as a disimciple jesus, was able to actually live that message of jesus in a different country. ♪ >> the songs describe thomas ...

And apostle of jesus christ. and the worlds first pope. >> for most faithful catholics, they had no idea that such things existed. they had never been made public, and they had been kept inside in a private chapel for the pope and for his inner circle. so this is a very thrilling moment for believing catholics all over the world. >> if these are the bones of peter, then they are one of the catholic churchs most significant discoveries. >> its very exciting, because it puts us into direct contact...