The Passion of the Holy Apostle Thomas (Latin recension)

Passio sancti Thomae apostoli · Anonymous (Latin epitome of the Acts of Thomas) · 6th-7th century · apocryphon

Latin · domain: latin-apocrypha · researched 2026-11-14

partial / older only. An English translation exists but is partial or older than the critical edition. The gap is a modern, complete translation from the original. A rendering of a daughter version does not count here: it is recorded on the dossier of the text it actually translates.

Why this is in the register

The Latin acts of Thomas were edited by Klaus Zelzer, Die alten lateinischen Thomasakten (Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1977), which contains the Latin texts of the Passio sancti Thomae apostoli and of De miraculis beati Thomae with a German introduction and apparatus; HOLLIS gives the language as German (https://hollis.harvard.edu/discovery/search?query=any,contains,Acts%20of%20Thomas%20Latin%20Passio&tab=Everything&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&vid=01HVD_INST:HVD2&offset=0 English exists only for the Greek and Syriac acts: Ante-Nicene Fathers 8 prints 'Acts of the Holy Apostle Thomas' at p. 535 and the 'Consummation of Thomas' at p. 550 (https://archive.org/details/antenicenefather08buff), and Elliott 1993 has 'The Acts of Thomas' (https://hollis.harvard.edu/discovery/search?query=any,contains,Apocryphal%20New%20Testament%20Elliott&tab=Everything&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&vid=01HVD_INST:HVD2&offset=0 The Latin Passio is a distinct, shorter reworking, and no English translation of it was located.

The Latin Passio is the form in which the Thomas legend reached the West and fed the later legends of the apostle's Indian mission. Because it is printed only in a German-edited corpus with no translation, its distinctive abbreviation of the Greek acts is invisible to an English reader. No open electronic text with usable OCR was verified.

Existing translations recorded

Edition / series
Acts of the Holy Apostle Thomas; Consummation of Thomas · Ante-Nicene Fathers 8 · Alexander Walker · 1886 language: en · English version of the Greek acts, pp. 535-552; not the Latin Passio
The Acts of Thomas · The Apocryphal New Testament · J. Keith Elliott · 1993 language: en · complete translation of the Greek/Syriac acts, not the Latin epitome

Edition / series

Acts of the Holy Apostle Thomas; Consummation of Thomas · Ante-Nicene Fathers 8 · Alexander Walker · 1886

language: en · English version of the Greek acts, pp. 535-552; not the Latin Passio

The Acts of Thomas · The Apocryphal New Testament · J. Keith Elliott · 1993

language: en · complete translation of the Greek/Syriac acts, not the Latin epitome

Electronic text

No open electronic text was verified for this work. The Greek/Coptic/Geʿez may exist only in a print or subscription edition (Migne, CSCO, TLG, CMCL).

Scanned witnesses

Scan search: not checked. Not searched in the scan pass: this dossier was outside the 121-work scan target set.

Harvard Hollis

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The life of our blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. : Containing a full, ample, accurate, instructive, and universal history of every transaction in the life of our glorious redeemer, from His taking upon himself our sinful Nature, to his Crucifixion, Resurrection from the Dead, and his Glorious Ascension into Heaven. Particularly his Genealogy, Incarnation, Preservation, Circumcision, Presentation, Divine Mission, Baptism, Fasting, Temptation, Ministry, Sufferings, Doctrine, Calling the Apostles, Miracles, Parables, Charity, Meekness, Travels, Transfiguration, Passion, Institution of the Sacrament, Crucifixion, Burial, Resurrection, Appearance, and Ascension into Heaven. Together with The Lives, Transactions, and Sufferings of his Holy Evangelists, Apostles, Disciples, and other Primitive Martyrs, who have sealed the great Truth of Christianity with their Blood; particularly St. Matthew, St. Mark, St. Luke, St. John, St. Peter, St. Paul, St. James the Great, St. Andrew, St. Philip, St. Bartholomew, St. Thomas, St. James the Less, St. Simon, St. Jude, St. Matthias, St. Barnabas, St. Stephen, &c. &c. &c. Including the Transactions of John the Baptist, the great Forerunner of the Messiah; as also the Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, &c. &c. To which is added, a full defence of the Christian religion, In which the Evidences of Christianity are fairly stated, the New Testament proved to be genuine, and the Religion of the great Redeemer of Mankind truly Divine. The whole Properly adapted to promote the Knowledge of our Holy Religion, a firm Faith in the Merits of Our Blessed Redeemer, and the Practice of every Christian Virtue. By the Rev. John Fleetwood, D. D. Author of The History of the Holy Bible, Published by the King's Authority Fleetwood, John · 1790? · eng	Fleetwood, John. "The life of our blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. : Containing a full, ample, accurate, instructive, and universal history of every transaction in the life of our glorious redeemer, from His taking upon himself our sinful Nature, to his Crucifixion, Resurrection from the Dead, and his Glorious A…
The life of our blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ : Containing a full, ample, accurate, instructive, and universal history of every transaction in the life of our glorious redeemer, from His taking upon himself our sinful Nature, to his Crucifixion, Resurrection from the Dead, and his Glorious Ascension into Heaven. Particularly his Genealogy, Incarnation, Preservation, Circumcision, Presentation, Divine Mission, Baptism, Fasting, Temptation, Ministry, Sufferings, Doctrine, Calling the Apostles, Miracles, Parables, Charity, Meekness, Travels, Transfiguration, Passion, Institution of the Sacrament, Crucifixion, Burial, Resurrection, Appearance, and Ascension into Heaven. Together with The Lives, Transactions, and Sufferings of his Holy Evangelists, Apostles, Disciples, and other Primitive Martyrs, who have sealed the great Truth of Christianity with their Blood; particularly St. Matthew, St. Mark, St. Luke, St. John, St. Peter, St. Paul, St. James the Great, St. Andrew, St. Philip, St. Bartholomew, St. Thomas, St. James the Less, St. Simon, St. Jude, St. Matthias, St. Barnabas, St. Stephen, &c. &c. &c. Including the Transactions of John the Baptist, the great Forerunner of the Messiah; as also the Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, &c. &c. To which is added, a full defence of the Christian religion, In which the Evidences of Christianity are fairly stated, the New Testament proved to be genuine, and the Religion of the great Redeemer of Mankind truly Divine. The whole Properly adapted to promote the Knowledge of our Holy Religion, a firm Faith in the Merits of Our Blessed Redeemer, and the Practice of every Christian Virtue. By the Rev. John Fleetwood, D. D. Author of The History of the Holy Bible, Published by the King's Authority Fleetwood, John · 1790? · eng	Fleetwood, John. "The life of our blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ : Containing a full, ample, accurate, instructive, and universal history of every transaction in the life of our glorious redeemer, from His taking upon himself our sinful Nature, to his Crucifixion, Resurrection from the Dead, and his Glorious As…
The new and complete evangelical history of the life of Our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ : Containing a full and complete account of our glorious redeemer; particularly his nativity, genealogy, preservation, circumcision, baptism, fasting, temptation, ministry, doctrine, calling of the apostles, miracles, parables, travels, transfiguration, passion, institution of the sacrament, crucifixion, burial, resurrection, appearance, ascension, &c. &c. &c. To which will be added, the lives and sufferings of his holy apostles, evangelists, &c. those early ministers of the Gospel, viz. St. Matthew, St. Mark, St. Luke, St. John, St. Peter, St. Paul, St. Andrew, St. James the great, St. Philip, St. Bartholomew, St. James the less, St. Thomas, St. Simon, St. Jude, St. Matthias, St. Barnabas, St. Stephen, Virgin Mary, &c. Also, a brief account of their successors for 300 years after the crucifixion in the five great Apostolic Churches. Including the life and transactions of John the baptist, the harbinger or forerunner of the Great Messiah, &c. &c. &c. Together with a calculation of the present inhabitants of the world, shewing what proportion christianity bears to the Jews, Turks, and Heathens. To which will also be subjoined, a full defence of Christianity against all the objections of Jews, Arians, Socinians, Materialists, Atheists, deists, infidels, and free-thinkers, of the present age; who have endeavoured to place mankind on a level with the beasts that perish. The whole carefully collected from the four histories of the gospel, as written by the Evangelists, from the acts of the apostles, from the epistles, from the prophets, from Josephus, and other ecclesiastical historians, and from various other authentic records; and so digested and arranged, as to form a regular, connected, and uniform narrative and harmony of the gospels; interspersed with a great variety of curious particulars on the subject, barely alluded to in scripture, but explained at large by cotemporary authors, who wrote on the same transactions, and corroborated the great truths of Christianity, upon which our eternal happiness depends. By the Rev. T. Priestley, author of the Evangelical exposition of the Bible, a valuable family work, now publishing in numbers with great applause. The whole printed on a large new letter, and adorned with near thirty copper-plates, most elegantly designed and engraved by eminent artists Priestley, T. (Timothy), 1734-1814 · 1793? · eng	Priestley, T. (Timothy), 1734-1814. "The new and complete evangelical history of the life of Our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ : Containing a full and complete account of our glorious redeemer; particularly his nativity, genealogy, preservation, circumcision, baptism, fasting, temptation, ministry, doctrine, c…
The life of our blessed Saviour Jesus Christ: : with considerations and discourses upon the conception, nativity, circumcision, baptism, temptation, preaching, miracles, passion, resurrection, and ascension into heaven. : Including several unanswerable arguments obvious to the meanest capacity, in defence of the divinity of our Holy Redeemer, and the truth of the Christian religion. : Likewise, The lives, acts and deaths of the holy evangelists and apostles, as recorded by the primitive fathers, and ancient writers of unquestionable veracity Taylor, Jeremy, 1613-1667 · 1796 · eng	Taylor, Jeremy, 1613-1667. "The life of our blessed Saviour Jesus Christ: : with considerations and discourses upon the conception, nativity, circumcision, baptism, temptation, preaching, miracles, passion, resurrection, and ascension into heaven. : Including several unanswerable arguments obvious to the meanest capac…
Forsaken of man Sowerby, Leo, 1895-1968 · 1991, p1990 · eng	Sowerby, Leo, 1895-1968. "Forsaken of man." New York : New World Records, 1991, p1990. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990021517690203941

Record

Citation

The life of our blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. : Containing a full, ample, accurate, instructive, and universal history of every transaction in the life of our glorious redeemer, from His taking upon himself our sinful Nature, to his Crucifixion, Resurrection from the Dead, and his Glorious Ascension into Heaven. Particularly his Genealogy, Incarnation, Preservation, Circumcision, Presentation, Divine Mission, Baptism, Fasting, Temptation, Ministry, Sufferings, Doctrine, Calling the Apostles, Miracles, Parables, Charity, Meekness, Travels, Transfiguration, Passion, Institution of the Sacrament, Crucifixion, Burial, Resurrection, Appearance, and Ascension into Heaven. Together with The Lives, Transactions, and Sufferings of his Holy Evangelists, Apostles, Disciples, and other Primitive Martyrs, who have sealed the great Truth of Christianity with their Blood; particularly St. Matthew, St. Mark, St. Luke, St. John, St. Peter, St. Paul, St. James the Great, St. Andrew, St. Philip, St. Bartholomew, St. Thomas, St. James the Less, St. Simon, St. Jude, St. Matthias, St. Barnabas, St. Stephen, &c. &c. &c. Including the Transactions of John the Baptist, the great Forerunner of the Messiah; as also the Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, &c. &c. To which is added, a full defence of the Christian religion, In which the Evidences of Christianity are fairly stated, the New Testament proved to be genuine, and the Religion of the great Redeemer of Mankind truly Divine. The whole Properly adapted to promote the Knowledge of our Holy Religion, a firm Faith in the Merits of Our Blessed Redeemer, and the Practice of every Christian Virtue. By the Rev. John Fleetwood, D. D. Author of The History of the Holy Bible, Published by the King's Authority

Fleetwood, John · 1790? · eng

Fleetwood, John. "The life of our blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. : Containing a full, ample, accurate, instructive, and universal history of every transaction in the life of our glorious redeemer, from His taking upon himself our sinful Nature, to his Crucifixion, Resurrection from the Dead, and his Glorious A…

The life of our blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ : Containing a full, ample, accurate, instructive, and universal history of every transaction in the life of our glorious redeemer, from His taking upon himself our sinful Nature, to his Crucifixion, Resurrection from the Dead, and his Glorious Ascension into Heaven. Particularly his Genealogy, Incarnation, Preservation, Circumcision, Presentation, Divine Mission, Baptism, Fasting, Temptation, Ministry, Sufferings, Doctrine, Calling the Apostles, Miracles, Parables, Charity, Meekness, Travels, Transfiguration, Passion, Institution of the Sacrament, Crucifixion, Burial, Resurrection, Appearance, and Ascension into Heaven. Together with The Lives, Transactions, and Sufferings of his Holy Evangelists, Apostles, Disciples, and other Primitive Martyrs, who have sealed the great Truth of Christianity with their Blood; particularly St. Matthew, St. Mark, St. Luke, St. John, St. Peter, St. Paul, St. James the Great, St. Andrew, St. Philip, St. Bartholomew, St. Thomas, St. James the Less, St. Simon, St. Jude, St. Matthias, St. Barnabas, St. Stephen, &c. &c. &c. Including the Transactions of John the Baptist, the great Forerunner of the Messiah; as also the Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, &c. &c. To which is added, a full defence of the Christian religion, In which the Evidences of Christianity are fairly stated, the New Testament proved to be genuine, and the Religion of the great Redeemer of Mankind truly Divine. The whole Properly adapted to promote the Knowledge of our Holy Religion, a firm Faith in the Merits of Our Blessed Redeemer, and the Practice of every Christian Virtue. By the Rev. John Fleetwood, D. D. Author of The History of the Holy Bible, Published by the King's Authority

Fleetwood, John · 1790? · eng

Fleetwood, John. "The life of our blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ : Containing a full, ample, accurate, instructive, and universal history of every transaction in the life of our glorious redeemer, from His taking upon himself our sinful Nature, to his Crucifixion, Resurrection from the Dead, and his Glorious As…

The new and complete evangelical history of the life of Our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ : Containing a full and complete account of our glorious redeemer; particularly his nativity, genealogy, preservation, circumcision, baptism, fasting, temptation, ministry, doctrine, calling of the apostles, miracles, parables, travels, transfiguration, passion, institution of the sacrament, crucifixion, burial, resurrection, appearance, ascension, &c. &c. &c. To which will be added, the lives and sufferings of his holy apostles, evangelists, &c. those early ministers of the Gospel, viz. St. Matthew, St. Mark, St. Luke, St. John, St. Peter, St. Paul, St. Andrew, St. James the great, St. Philip, St. Bartholomew, St. James the less, St. Thomas, St. Simon, St. Jude, St. Matthias, St. Barnabas, St. Stephen, Virgin Mary, &c. Also, a brief account of their successors for 300 years after the crucifixion in the five great Apostolic Churches. Including the life and transactions of John the baptist, the harbinger or forerunner of the Great Messiah, &c. &c. &c. Together with a calculation of the present inhabitants of the world, shewing what proportion christianity bears to the Jews, Turks, and Heathens. To which will also be subjoined, a full defence of Christianity against all the objections of Jews, Arians, Socinians, Materialists, Atheists, deists, infidels, and free-thinkers, of the present age; who have endeavoured to place mankind on a level with the beasts that perish. The whole carefully collected from the four histories of the gospel, as written by the Evangelists, from the acts of the apostles, from the epistles, from the prophets, from Josephus, and other ecclesiastical historians, and from various other authentic records; and so digested and arranged, as to form a regular, connected, and uniform narrative and harmony of the gospels; interspersed with a great variety of curious particulars on the subject, barely alluded to in scripture, but explained at large by cotemporary authors, who wrote on the same transactions, and corroborated the great truths of Christianity, upon which our eternal happiness depends. By the Rev. T. Priestley, author of the Evangelical exposition of the Bible, a valuable family work, now publishing in numbers with great applause. The whole printed on a large new letter, and adorned with near thirty copper-plates, most elegantly designed and engraved by eminent artists

Priestley, T. (Timothy), 1734-1814 · 1793? · eng

Priestley, T. (Timothy), 1734-1814. "The new and complete evangelical history of the life of Our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ : Containing a full and complete account of our glorious redeemer; particularly his nativity, genealogy, preservation, circumcision, baptism, fasting, temptation, ministry, doctrine, c…

The life of our blessed Saviour Jesus Christ: : with considerations and discourses upon the conception, nativity, circumcision, baptism, temptation, preaching, miracles, passion, resurrection, and ascension into heaven. : Including several unanswerable arguments obvious to the meanest capacity, in defence of the divinity of our Holy Redeemer, and the truth of the Christian religion. : Likewise, The lives, acts and deaths of the holy evangelists and apostles, as recorded by the primitive fathers, and ancient writers of unquestionable veracity

Taylor, Jeremy, 1613-1667 · 1796 · eng

Taylor, Jeremy, 1613-1667. "The life of our blessed Saviour Jesus Christ: : with considerations and discourses upon the conception, nativity, circumcision, baptism, temptation, preaching, miracles, passion, resurrection, and ascension into heaven. : Including several unanswerable arguments obvious to the meanest capac…

Forsaken of man

Sowerby, Leo, 1895-1968 · 1991, p1990 · eng

Sowerby, Leo, 1895-1968. "Forsaken of man." New York : New World Records, 1991, p1990. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990021517690203941

Sources checked

Cite: Tergwame, “The Passion of the Holy Apostle Thomas (Latin recension)” (latin gap dossier), 2026. https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/latin-passio-thomae