Thecla

Early Christian sarcophagus fragment shows Paul at the helm of a ship bearing the name Thecla, possibly that of the deceased.

The World of Paul

The name Thecla does not appear on the list of the abbesses of Kitzingen, but it is generally thought that she is designated as Heilga, or "the saint"; unless we admit this, the list must be considered interpolated.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon

Many others of the Fathers speak of Thecla as of a person whose history was well known.

The Canon of the Old and New Testaments Ascertained, or The Bible Complete without the Apocrypha and Unwritten Traditions.

As he suggests, the Jewish background of this text is obvious, and numerous parallels exist in later Jewish liturgy; the Christian references to Peter, Paul, and Thecla have been added at the end of this catalogue.

In the Valley of the Shadow

Thecla was an early Christian saint whose life was narrated in the apocryphal Acts of Paul and Thecla.

In the Valley of the Shadow

Some later Christians remembered Paul as an advocate for women's authority, as we see in the Acts of Paul and Thecla.

Greg Carey: The Power And Presence of Women In The Earliest Churches

Some later Christians remembered Paul as an advocate for women's authority, as we see in the Acts of Paul and Thecla.

Greg Carey: The Power And Presence of Women In The Earliest Churches

As he suggests, the Jewish background of this text is obvious, and numerous parallels exist in later Jewish liturgy; the Christian references to Peter, Paul, and Thecla have been added at the end of this catalogue.

In the Valley of the Shadow

Thecla was an early Christian saint whose life was narrated in the apocryphal Acts of Paul and Thecla.

In the Valley of the Shadow

As he suggests, the Jewish background of this text is obvious, and numerous parallels exist in later Jewish liturgy; the Christian references to Peter, Paul, and Thecla have been added at the end of this catalogue.

In the Valley of the Shadow