Salib Kristen Santo Tomas: Perbedaan antara revisi

'''Salib Kristen Santo Tomas''' adalah salib-salib kuno yang diasosiasikan dengan komunitas [[Kekristenan kuno di anak benua India|anak benua India]], yang bermula dari [[penginjilan]] [[Rasul Tomas]] pada abad ke-1 [[Masehi]]. [[Kristen Santo Tomas]], yang merupakan salah satu komunitas Kristen tertua di dunia,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=lZUBZlth2qgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=isbn:9780802824172&hl=en&sa=X&ei=FqQhVL6gCMnjuQSKrYKYDw&redir_esc=y#v=snippet&q=Muziris&f=true ''The Encyclopedia of Christianity, Volume 5''] by Erwin Fahlbusch. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing - 2008. p. 285. {{ISBN|978-0-8028-2417-2}}.</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=qhKGPprbQaYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=isbn:9652781797&hl=en&sa=X&ei=i5q6VKj1F4yJuASKnIKADQ&ved=0CB8Q6wEwAA#v=onepage&q=St.%20Thomas&f=true ''The Jews of India: A Story of Three Communities''] by Orpa Slapak. The Israel Museum, Jerusalem. 2003. p. 27. {{ISBN|965-278-179-7}}.</ref><ref>Cf. The first dozen articles in the ''St Thomas Christian Encyclopaedia of India'', Vol. II,1973, Ed George Menachery</ref> bermukim di [[wilayah Malabar]], negara bagian [[Kerala, India]] dan memiliki diaspora di belahan anak benua India lainnya. Salib-salib Kristen Santo Tomas dikenal sebagai '''Mar Thoma Sleeva''' (Salib Santo Tomas),<ref name="Saint Thomas cross">''Vazhuthanapally, ”Archaeology of Mar Sliba”''.</ref> '''salib India''',<ref name="O'Flynn2017">{{cite book |last1=O'Flynn |first1=Donnel |title=Holy Cross, Life-Giving Tree |date=2017 |publisher=Church Publishing, Inc. |isbn=978-0-8192-3368-4 |page=74}}</ref> atau '''Salib Persia''', serta '''''Nasrani Sthambam''''' dalam [[bahasa Malabar]].

''Mar Thoma Sleeva'' ditemukan di [[Kadamattom]], [[Muttuchira]], [[Kothanalloor]], [[Kottayam]], [[Pallippuram, Alappuzha|Pallippuram]] dan [[Alangad]] di negara bagian Kerala, [[India Selatan]]. Salib-salib Kristen Santo Tomas juga ditemukan di belahan anak benua India lainnya, seperti [[Agacaim]] ([[Goa]]), [[Gunung Santo Tomas]] ([[Tamil Nadu]]), [[Anuradhapura]] ([[Ceylon]]), [[Taxila (modern)|Taxila]] ([[Pakistan]]),<ref name="nasrani.net">{{cite web |date= 29 February 2008 |publisher=Nasrani.net |url=http://nasrani.net/2008/02/29/analogical-review-on-st-thomas-cross-the-symbol-of-nasranis/ |title=Analogical review on Saint Thomas Cross - The symbol of Nasranis-Interpretation of the Inscriptions }}</ref> dan [[Baltistan]].<ref name="Pamir2020">{{cite web |title=A huge "Cross" is found in the highlands of Kavardo mountains in Pakistan's Baltistan region |url=https://pamirtimes.net/2020/06/14/a-huge-cross-is-found-in-the-highlands-of-kavardo-mountains-in-pakistans-baltistan-region/ |work=Pamir Times|access-date=5 September 2020 |language=en |date=14 June 2020 |quote=He further calls the Kovardo cross as 'a typical Thomanian Cross of India' and is astonished by the size of it.}}</ref> Salib-salib India yang berukiran bunga ditemukan di [[Gereja Peziarahan Siro-Malabar Kottakkavu Mar Thoma, Paravur Utara|Kottakkavu]], [[Pallippuram, Alappuzha|Pallipuram]] dan [[Niranam]].<ref name="Stone Crosses of Kerala"/> Salib batu udara terbuka besar yang dikenal sebagai ''Nasrani Sthambams'' ditemukan di bagian depan dari banyak [[Gereja Thomasine]]. Salib-salib tersebut menyatakan bahwa sebelum kedatangan para penjelajah Portugis, telah ada lebih dari 150 gereja Siria di Malabar/Kerala.<ref name= "William Logan ">Malabar Manual by William Logan - 1996 published by Asian Educational Services</ref>