Thomas of Marga
Bishop of Marga in northern Mesopotamia and secretary to the patriarch; he wrote the Book of Governors, a history of the monastery of Beth ʿAbhe and of the monks of the Church of the East.
Writings
English translations (older public-domain ones, and a few modern ones shared under open licences), divided into chapters and short sections, with a download for each. A modern English version and the original-language text are planned for the works that matter most.
- The Book of Governors (Budge translation) Older EnglishOCR text 10.2 h read
Most translations are the older ones in the public domain (mostly the nineteenth-century Ante-Nicene, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers); a few are modern translations shared under an open licence, with the translators credited on the work’s page. Square brackets and any Greek or Latin words are as the source prints them.