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Fact check on CLAIM by Xtians: St. Thomas visited India( kerala) in 52 AD and converted few Brahmins, established 8 churches , fixed 7 cross and eventually he was killed By Brahmins in 72 AD:

Xtians hv been using this claim to drive their point that Xtianity in India is as
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old as 52 AD and that Xtianity is a very old religion

Busting this Myth:
a) St Thomas , if ever was born, was a twin brother of jesus as was mentioned in Gospel of Thomas which was never accepted by Vatican as it goes against their doctrine that jesus was d only son of god
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b) his full name was Didymus Judas Thomas. Didymus is a greek word meaning Twin and Thomas is Aramaic meaning Twin

c). Assuming he visited kerala in 52AD, it was not possible to preach xtianity bcos Xtianity religion wa formed by Roan empire Constantine in 325AD alongside
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New testament. And cross was borrowed from Egyptians in 4th century and oldest Cross is a Pagan persian symbol

Brahmins ( namboodiris) reached kerala only by 6th-7th century AD only and there was no way Thomas could have converted Brahmins in 52AD

in 52AD, kerala is known
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to be aka Amazon forest with very few tribes living there.

In 2006, Pope Benedict declared at Rome that Thomas never visited kerala .

Father Heras -Director of historical research in St Xaviers univ Mumbai , in 1953 examined all the evidence and confirmed that St Thomas
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Tomb is not there in chennai. He even confirmed that the relics found are elements of forgery. Father Heras was a Jesuit and a Historian

Indologist Richard Garbe says that there is no evidence of Xtianity in India before 4th century AD

Portugese who arrived in India in 16th
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century found it extremely difficult to gain easy acceptance and hence they created this story of visit & martyrdom of St Thomas in Chennai

Father Paul Thelekat of Syro malabar church said that Thomas never came to kerala in first century at all
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refer wikipedia- list of oldest churches : Oldest churches were in jerusalem and Syria which were in d period of constantine in 3rd-4th century

As per Konraad Elst - a belgian scholar ( he is there in twitter even now, alive and kicking), catholic universities in Europe
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have stopped teaching St Thomas kerala visit Myth already

This was how they built history of Xtianity in India
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