The Cult of St. Thecla

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Thecla was an incredibly important said in the first few centuries of Christianity. How did her cult start and what was it like? Who was allowed into the circle?
Sources:
Valeria Kuvatova - Iconography of the Procession of Virgins, Chapel of Exodus (Egypt): Origins and Parallels
Vincent Skemp, Gina Christ - An Introduction to the Acts of Thecla
Stephen J. Davis - The Cult of Thecla
Martin Dibelius, Hans Conzelmann - The Pastoral Epistles (Hermeneia)
Jeremy Barrier, Jan Bremmer, Tobias Nicklas, Armand Puig I Tarrech - Thecla: Paul’s Disciple and Saint in the East and West
J. K. Elliott - The Apocryphal New Testament
Lee Martin MacDonald - The Biblical Canon
Bart Ehrman - Lost Christianities
John Wilkinson - Egeria’s Travels
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[@LilithLiberated]

Also, it’s pretty clear that Christianity owes a lot of its beginnings to completely out of control chastity/control, kink.

[@TheUniversalPrincess]

🤓 Why are the Mushrik and Ku**ar so obsessed with sex?
Why are you so much obsessed with dominantion and submission for the sake of pleasure?

[@MrWesford]

Holy Saint of God Thekla pray to God for us!

[@Denuhm]

Love it! Thank you so much :3

[@LilithLiberated]

Even the female heroes of the early faith have to be fixed to make them “male”. 🙇🏻‍♀️🙇🏻‍♀️

[@nolanwebb4165]

More fantastic work! Love it!

[@Barbara-li5yb]

Interesting analysis! Thanks!

[@user-qd7kh1tr8h]

I'm in the cult of Thickla

[@UnapologeticallyKrissi]

"Man eating seals" 😂

[@ArthriticThumb]

I have several questions. First being how many of the Pauline letters do you think were written by Paul?
Second where did the rest of the story go? Thecla was a young woman and then she’s old and claims into a rock. WTH?
Third who is the idiot with a lot of views on YT you mentioned on Blasphemers Bible. I need to know if I’m watching the wrong ch.