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.

Santa Tekla
"Tekla di antara hewan-hewan buas", altar katedral Tarragona, Spanyol (abad ke-12)
Perawan dan Martir
Lahir30 Masehi
Konya, Turki (Likaonia)
MeninggalAbad ke-1 Masehi
Dihormati diGereja Ortodoks Oriental
Gereja Katolik Roma
Gereja Ortodoks Timur
Gereja Episkopal
Pesta23 September (Gereja Katolik Roma, Gereja Episkopal)
24 September (Gereja Ortodoks Timur)
3 Oktober (Gereja Ortodoks Koptik)

Daftar pustaka

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  • 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.

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