I have tried to put Thomas in the context of broader movements that, for lack of any adequately descriptive term, we may call mystical. A few general matters of form and usage should be mentioned. I have retained the older usage, familiar to all. Parthia, the region southeast of the Caspian Sea, gave rise to a warrior race that ruled Persia, through the Arsacid dynasty, from about 250 B.C. to about A.D. 226. Several translations can be found on the Internet.
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