Acts of Thomas
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Comment by Lucas Hilty on November 3rd, 2026 at 7:10 am
The article on the Acts of Thomas states that the apostle is “denigrated as Doubting Thomas” in the canonical gospels. This is incorrect–such a phrase does not appear in the New Testament. His doubt is dealt with, but so is his courage. Some have taken the gospel account as an opportunity to denigrate him, but this is not part of the text or tradition.
Comment by Jennifer Tanabe on November 3rd, 2026 at 11:05 am
Thank you, Lucas, for your comment.
You are correct that the phrase “Doubting Thomas” does not appear in the New Testament. John only records that he would not believe just on the report of others, but stopped doubting when Jesus appeared to him and told him to put his fingers in his side. The appellation “Doubting Thomas” is merely what others called him based on this account.
Our article will be revised to correct this.
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