Tekla

Santa Tekla
Santa Tekla
	"Tekla di antara hewan-hewan buas", altar katedral Tarragona, Spanyol (abad ke-12)
Perawan dan Martir
Lahir	30 Masehi; Konya, Turki (Likaonia)
Meninggal	Abad ke-1 Masehi
Dihormati di	Gereja Ortodoks Oriental; Gereja Katolik Roma; Gereja Ortodoks Timur; Gereja Episkopal
Pesta	23 September (Gereja Katolik Roma, Gereja Episkopal); 24 September (Gereja Ortodoks Timur); 3 Oktober (Gereja Ortodoks Koptik)

Tekla (bahasa Yunani Kuno: Θέκλα, Thékla) adalah orang kudus gereja perdana, dan pengikut Rasul Paulus. Catatan terawal dari kehidupannya berasal dari apokrifa kuno Kisah Paulus dan Tekla.

Daftar pustaka

Barrier, J. W., J. N. Bremmer, T. Niklas, A. Puig I Tàrrech. 2016. Thecla: Paul's disciple and saint in the East and the West. Bristol, CN: Peeters.
Eliott, J.K., "The Apocryphal New Testament: A Collection of Apocryphal Christian Literature in an English Translation," Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993.
Johnson, Scott Fitzgerald, The Life and Miracles of Thekla: A Literary Study, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2006.
MacDonald, D.R., "The Legend and the Apostle: The Battle for Paul in Story and Canon," Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1983.
Kirsch, J.P., Catholic Encyclopedia: "Sts. Thecla", Volume XIV, New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912.
Ehrman, Bart D., "Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew," Oxford University Press, 2005, ISBN 978-0-19-518249-1.
Davis, Stephen J. The Cult Of Saint Thecla. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. Print.
Osiek, Carolyn. 'The Cult Of Thecla: A Tradition Of Women's Piety In Late Antiquity (Review)'. Journal of Early Christian Studies 11.3 (2003): 422-424. Web.