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The Holy Apostolic Catholic Church Of The East - continues When Jesus received the letter. He replied to Kannan the Scribe: "Go and say to thy Lord that sent three unto me, blessed art thou, that believest in me, though thou hast not seen me, for it is written of me that which see me will not believe in me, and they which see me not, they will believe and be saved. Now touching what thou hast written to me that I shall come unto thee, it is meet that I should fulfil that for which I was sent hither, and I shall go up unto my Father that sent me; and when I shall have gone up to him, I will send thee one of my disciples, that whatever disease thou hast he may heal. And all that are with thee he shall bring to life eternal, and thy town shall be blessed." This promise was fulfilled soon after the resurrection by the visit of Mar Adai, and thus became the starting point of the Church of the East and the centre of early Christian life and literature. Perhaps even more so than Jerusalem, Antioch and Seleucia- Cteseiphon, in Babylon. Among the apostles that worked and established churches in Assyria and Babylon, was Mar Toma (St. Thomas) on his way to India, and Mar Adai who went to Phars in the heart of Persia. Among the first Patriarchs of Seleucia-Cteseiphon listed, are:
112 Patriarchs occupied the Patriarchal See of this most ancient Church of the East including the two present Patriarchs namely; Mar Adai II whose See is in Baghdad (Seleucia-Cteseiphon) and Mar Dinkha IV whose See is in United States of America.
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