Acts of Paul and Thecla
Anonymous
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Description
Thecla, a young woman of Iconium, hears Paul preach and leaves her fiance and family to follow the apostle. The Acts of Paul and Thecla tells her story, and early Christians cherished it for centuries. This entry draws on a verified pre-1930 public-domain edition.
Condemned to beasts and fire, Thecla escapes again and again, and in the arena she baptizes herself in a tank of water. Some church fathers condemned the tale; many believers read it as a call to courage. Thecla became a famous saint, with shrines across the Christian East. Her story remains early Christianity's boldest tale of a woman apostle.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Anonymous |
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| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 18 KB |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Tower of Babel archive |