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Apocrypha "The Acts of Thomas" the original dates from the third century and relates the missionary journeys of Thomas the Apostle to India, where he gained the confidence of King Gondophares in northern India.Ré-édition

(England, 20th c.)
Magos Foundation Collection

KING GONDOPHARES
TRANSLATED AS GATHASPAR
IN ARMENIAN, BECAME GASPARD IN EUROPE.

Some writers have wrongly assumed that King Gondophares, mentioned in the Acts of Thomas, was one of the Magi. This confusion is due to the numerous manuscripts from the first centuries of Christianity that attest that Saint Thomas joined the Magi in their country, India, where the evangelization of Saint Thomas was the most significant.