Was he the great doubter or just a trust-but-verify believer? In two recent posts, here and here, I have presented both views of St. Thomas: one is from the traditional Western perspective and the other view is also a traditional…
St. Thomas
It’s almost impossible to speak of St. Thomas in the Western Christian tradition without attaching to him the somewhat ignominious epithet of “Doubting,” one which earns him both our sympathies but also costs him perhaps some of the respect that…
Everyone knows the story about Doubting Thomas. But, after that, probably most Western Christians know little of the life and work of St. Thomas.
We know much more about the others—St. Peter as the leader of the nascent Christian community,…
