Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER IV FURTHER HISTORICAL AND TRADITIONAL RECORDS OF THE APOSTLE I. The Apostle's Relics At Edessa And Subsequent Removal The Syriac text of the Acts of Judas Thomas, edited by Wright (ut supr.), as also P. Bedjan's edition of the same in Acta Martyrum et Sanctorum, Paris, vol. iii., state that the Bones of the Apostle were removed from India during the lifetime of the king under whom Thomas suffered martyrdom: the quotation is from Wright's translation, 'for one of the brethren had taken them away secretly and conveyed them to the West.' The Greek version recites: eh T&v aBecfcov nXeifras axnbv ets Meffovorafilav amfyayev--for one of the brethren having stolen him the Apostle's remains had removed him to Mesopotamia. The Latin, De Miraculis, says: Misdeus, reserato sepulchro, ossa invenire non potuit, quoniam reliquias sancti apostoli quidam de fratribus rapuerunt, et in urbe Edissa a nostris sepultus est. St. Gregory of Tours (l.c.) says: Thomas apostolus secundum historiam passionis ejus in Indiam passus declaratur. Cujus beatum corpus post multum tempus adsumptum in civitatem, quam Syri Aedissam vocant, translatum est ibique sepultum. The older Latin, Passio, recites: Syri ab Alexandro imperatore romano veniente victore de Persidis praelio, Xerse rege devicto, impetrarunt hoc ut mitteret ad regulos Indorum ut redderent defunctum civibus; sicque factum ut translatum esset de India corpus apostoli et positum in civitate Edissa in locello argenteo quod pendet ex catenis argenteis. The date of the war waged against the Persians by the Emperor Alexander brings us to A.D. 233 (Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, chap, viii.), and the mention of the silver casket holding the Relics, to the year 442 (Chronicon Edessen., ..