Thomas the Apostle

"Called Didymus (the Twin) — whose confession My Lord and my God is the most explicit statement of Christ's divinity in the Gospels"

Born: c. 5 BC · Galilee Died: c. AD 72 · Mylapore, India (martyrdom by spear) One of the Twelve Apostles Apostolic

Who was Thomas the Apostle?

Why this Father matters to Catholic apologetics: Called Didymus (the Twin) — whose confession My Lord and my God is the most explicit statement of Christ's divinity in the Gospels

Born

c. 5 BC · Galilee

Died

c. AD 72 · Mylapore, India (martyrdom by spear)

See / Role

One of the Twelve Apostles

Historical Period

Apostolic

Called Didymus (the Twin) — whose confession My Lord and my God is the most explicit statement of Christ’s divinity in the Gospels.

Where Thomas the Apostle stands in the chain

Ordination chain from Christ to this Father — and onward to students. Solid links cite named primary sources. Unknown means no ordainer is historically attested. Nodes with a profile are linked.

Thomas the Apostle received authority directly from Christ — not through a chain of human ordination. The Apostles are the foundation of the chain, not a link within it. Every bishop in the unbroken succession traces their authority back through the Fathers to the Apostles, and through the Apostles to Christ himself.

Thomas the Apostle

Who was Thomas the Apostle?

Where Thomas the Apostle stands in the chain

History has always been on her side.