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John of Damascus part 19
We notice, however, in the first centuries a certain reluctance to express the pain and humiliation of the Passion of Christ. Whether to spare...
John of Damascus part 18
The famous statue of the Good Shepherd in the Lateran Museum was made as early as the beginning of the third century, the statues...
John of Damascus part 17
The old pagan sarcophagi had been carved with figures of gods, garlands of flowers, and symbolic ornament; pagan cemeteries, rooms, and temples had been...
John of Damascus part 16
At Palmyra is a Jewish funeral chamber painted throughout with winged female figures holding up round portraits, above is a picture, quite in the...
John of Damascus part 23
Long afterwards the Frankish bishops in the eighth century were still unable to understand forms that in the East were natural and obvious, but...
John of Damascus part 14
The many cases of idolatry and various deflections from the Law which the prophets denounce are not, of course, cases in point. It is...
John of Damascus part 13
Among the several works that are dubiously attributed to John Damascene the most important is the romance entitled “Barlaam and Josaphat”. Throughout the Middle...
John of Damascus part 24
The icon seems to have been in some sort the channel through which the saint was approached; it has an almost sacramental virtue in...
John of Damascus part 11
The first book of “The Orthodox Faith” treats of the essence and existence of God, the Divine nature, and the Trinity. As evidence of...
John of Damascus part 10
Like Epiphanius, he brings the work to a close with a fervent profession of Faith. John’s authorship of this book has been challenged, for...
