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>> the christians were subjected to exquisite tortures. what he meant by that was that they were the victims of elaborate executions and consumption by wild beasts and of course, crucifixion. >> according to third century writer tutilian, peter gets caught up in nero's persecutions in rome. the apostle is sentenced to be crucified. [ screams ] but according to later catholic tradition, peter's crucifixion is very different to that of jesus.

Southwest india. around 7 million christians here trace their faith directly to the apostle famous for his doubt. they believe their ancestors were baptized by one of jesus' 12 disciples, thomas. >> stop doubting and believe. >> my lord, my god. >> thomas vanishes from the new testament after the resurrection. but his story is taken up by a third century epic narrative. the acts of thomas. >> now it seems that the acts of thomas contains at least some

Triple positively charged through here. they are going 50 million miles an hour. >> 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 it's 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 thomas's evangelical mission to india, and we have a community in this corner of india that goes back to antiquity. >> to this day, st. thomas christians perform parts of the liturgy in syriac. the language of...

>> jesus told the apostles, go out of jerusalem 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. >> while an apostle needs to be sent and christ commissions them to go to the ends of the earth

Frankly, the followers of jesus would have gone down ihistory as a sect of judaism. >> it's one of the great ironies of the way we talk about thomas that we call him doubting thomas when actually we should call him faithful thomas because what's happened is he's gone on his journey and in the end he makes the right decision. he comes to faith. >> my lord, my god. >> doubting thomas may 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 of our human nature want proof.