A Wikipedia article on Thomas the Apostle, recording the Gospel of John episode in which Thomas declares he will not believe the Resurrection unless he sees and touches the wounds in Christ's hands and side, and, when Christ appears and offers them to him, confesses "My Lord and my God." The article names Caravaggio's painting of the same title as one of the episode's well known depictions, evidence of its standing subject in Christian art.
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A crowd-edited tertiary reference, used here to confirm the wound-touching episode and its standing as a recurring subject in Christian art, independently corroborated by the Metropolitan Museum of Art's own catalogue naming and describing an actual print of that episode. Citation
PublisherWikipedia
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_the_Apostle
Source Typeencyclopedia
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This source names Thomas directly: "A Wikipedia article on Thomas the Apostle, recording the Gospel of John episode in which Thomas declares he will not believe the Resurrection unless he sees and touches the wounds in Christ's hands..."
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This source backs 7 claims across the atlas. As facts: 5 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds.
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- Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 1 claims: 1 holds.
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