[pegleg]

Even the Catholic Encyclopedia mentions only "apocryphal literature, and there are also certain historical data which suggest that some of this apocryphal material may contains germs of truth."

No argument on the literature but that’s not what I asked.

Whether or not one believes he was in India or not - there is no historical proof he was.

Since you’re browsing the Catholic Encyclopedia read the article on the St. Thomas Christians

Like Peter being the first bishop of Rome it is more likely than not merely more Catholic mythology.

It is more likely than not the witness of the early church.

[gscc]

Probably as reliable a "witness" as the 50,000 pieces of the cross that are scattered throughout Europe in RC churchs.