Marganitha

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 the Church” .

==Structure== The book is divided in four parts: On God Theory Concerning God That God is One and Not Many That God is Eternal That God is Incomprehensible On the Trinity On the Creation On the Creation of the Universe On First Man's Sin On the Divine Laws and Ordinances, and On the Prophets Prophecies Concerning Christ On the Christian Dispensation On the Advent of Christ, and His Union On the Dispensation of Christ On the Truth of Christianity On the Different Sects Refutation of the Foregoing Creeds On the Title "Begetter of God" On Four Qnume (Hypostasis) On the Church On the Church Sacraments On the Number of the Church Sacraments On the Priesthood On Baptism On the Oil of Unction On the Oblation On the Holy Leaven On the Remission of Sins and Repentance On Matrimony and on Virginity