https://www.pitara.com/tags/history-of-christianity/Recent content in History of Christianity on Pitara Kids NetworkHugoen-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 21:46:31 +0530https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/5ws-and-h/how-did-christianity-come-to-india/Sun, 17 Nov 2002 07:38:44 +0000https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/5ws-and-h/how-did-christianity-come-to-india/<p>Would you doubt my word if I say that Doubting Thomas, one of the Apostles of Christ visited India and established Christianity? Don&rsquo;t. For its true.</p> <p>Among Christ&rsquo;s 12 apostles, Thomas Didaemus or Doubting Thomas, along with Peter and Paul were pre-eminent. Thomas Didaemus was called Doubting Thomas because he doubted Christ&rsquo;s word that on the third day after his crucifixion, Christ would rise again.</p> <p>There are many schools of thought as to how Christianity spread in India. Some claim it is through St. Thomas who came to India in 52 A.D. Others claim that a Syrian merchant, Thomas of Cana, came to Travancore in Kerala and established a Christian colony there.</p>