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 | |
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| 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) |
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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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Wikimedia Commons memiliki media mengenai Saint Thecla.
- Acts of Paul and Thecla: translated probably by Jeremiah Jones, (1693–1724)
- Early Christian Writings:`Acts of Paul and Thecla (e-text) ed. M.R. James, 1924.
- Catholic Encyclopedia: Sts. Thecla
- St. Thecla Catholic Church & School, Chicago, IL