Church of the East texts

Tang Chinese Christian stele (est. 781)

Arabic chronicle from the 11th century

early Chinese language manuscripts blending Taoist, Buddhist, and Christian teachings, connected with the 7th century mission of Alopen, a Church of the East bishop from Sassanian Mesopotamia

13th-century compilation containing numerous Bible legends

eucharist liturgy in East Syriac Rite

anonymous 7th-century Nestorian Christian chronicle

Middle-Persian translation of a Syriac version of the Book Of Psalms

tang Chinese stele erected in 781

The Marganitha (; ) is a book summarising the doctrine of the Church of the East written by Mar Odisho, Metropolitan of N’siwin and Armenia, in 1298. The website of the Assyrian Church calls the Marganitha the "official manual of the faith of the Church of the East". The explanation of the author for naming the book as Margānītā (Pearl) is as follows: “I […] wrote this book, small in size and brief, but extensive in its subject matter. Hence, I have called it “The Pearl”, the truth of Christianity; and herein I have briefly treated of the origin, roots, plants and branches of the teaching of t