From: "Stevan Davies" <miser17@epix.net>
To: crosstalk@info.harpercollins.com
Date:          Thu, 5 Jun 1997 17:26:55 +0000
Subject:       Re: John and Thomas - another aside
Reply-to: miser17@epix.net


> Concerning Simms" remarks about the Thomas Christians of southern India, 
may
> I suggest that he look at my online book called The Gnostic Apostle Thomas,
> which deals in detail with the history of that church, among other lore
> surrounding the apostle.   

Including the fact that he was the apostle to the Maya!

But Gee. You forgot your name and the website address. One can connect
via the Gospel of Thomas Homepage.

I should make my own position clear. I'd never deny there was a 
Thomas Christianity. Question is when did it start. I'd say at the 
earliest about the early third century. That's why I'd say that Riley
and others are commiting a fallacy of equivocation: this is called
Thomas (the Gospel) and that is called Thomas (the later 
Christianity) and so it (supposedly) follows that the one is part of 
the other.

Steve
Stevan Davies, Professor of Religious Studies
College Misericordia
The Gospel of Thomas Homepage
http://www.epix.net/~miser17/Thomas.html