Did St.Thomas really throw water in the air (in India) and it remained airborne?
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I was told this during childhood, that this is how St.Thomas converted certain Hindu Brahmins to Christianity. Also on Wikipedia :
> Historical legend records that when St. Thomas landed at Palayur, he
> witnessed the sight of Hindu Brahmins, after their ablutions in a
> local tank, offering prayers by chanting mantras (the Vedic tradition
> of India for spiritual transformation) hymns to god in the form of
> Argyam or Tharpanam (water held in the palms) of water to the Sun god,
> a practice also said to be followed in Harappan and Persian cultures.
> Amused by the sight of water being thrown up by the Brahmins, from the
> palms of their hands, which was falling back, he challenged the
> Brahmins stating that the water they were offering was not being
> accepted by the Sun god as it was falling back into the tank. He made
> a deal with them stating that his God would accept the offer of water
> if he threw it up in the same way as they did, but water would not
> fall back. If he proved this then his God was superior and the
> Brahmins would have to embrace Christianity. He performed this miracle
> (summoned the Holy Trinity, completed the sign of the Cross and threw
> water held in his palms up into the air, which remained still in the
> air at a height) and with this miracle he converted a number of
> Brahmins and Jews in Palayur to Christianity. Thereafter he baptised
> the converts in a nearby water tank.
Is there any evidence or similar documented text outside India which confirms this miracle?
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Mar 27, 2016, 02:33 PM
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