Talk:Holy Apostolic Throne of St. Thomas

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

	Christianity Portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Christianity, an attempt to build a comprehensive guide to Christianity on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can edit this article, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion. If you are new to editing Wikipedia visit the welcome page to become familiar with the guidelines.
Start	This article has been rated as Start-class on the quality scale.
Mid	This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the importance scale.
	This article is supported by WikiProject Christianity in India. See also the Christianity in India Portal. (rated as Top importance)
Assessment comments This article has been rated for quality and/or importance but has no comments yet. If appropriate, please review the article and then leave comments here to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the article and what work it will need.

	This page is within the scope of WikiProject Oriental Orthodoxy, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to articles on the Oriental Orthodox Church on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion.
Start	This article has been rated as Start-Class on the Project's quality scale. (If you rated the article please give a short summary at comments to explain the ratings and/or to identify the strengths and weaknesses.)

St. Thomas did not annoint any bishops during his stay in India, hence the whole concept of the holy apostolic throne of St. Thomas is false.

Two points:

(1) It is almost impossible to prove a negative, like "he did not anoint any bishops." A more accurate statement would be "he did not anoint any bishops that we have evidence about

(2) The name does not necessarily refer to his line of apostolic descent, but could simply be an honorary one, as Thomas probably was one of, if not the, first bishop in that part of India. John Carter 17:40, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

There are no proffs existing for an Apostolic Throne of St Thomas in Kerala.

Points:

[1] No evidences, not even in traditions or any of the early century writings.

[2] St Thomas Christians always recived Bishops from Eastern Syria including few nestorians.

[3] This article has no relevance and it should be removed as its just part of the local politics of the n number of factions of St Thomas Christians.

Kevin 17:40, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Throne and Churches

Does All these church leaders Claim to be on the Throne of St. Thomas? 05:43, 29 March 2008 (UTC)