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Antiochus Strategos part 18

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In the valley there is a church of our Lady andl the church is her tomb (not that her body lies at rest there,...

War with the Scyths part 6

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Accordingly he set to work, invested the town on all sides, and after breaking down one side of the walls, he entered with his...

Antiochus Strategos part 22

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They were there for a long time waiting for a ship to get ready. Afterwards they sailed during the whole of the winter, from...

John of Damascus part 34

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For as often as they are seen in their pictorial representations, people who look at them are ardently lifted up to the memory and...

John of Damascus part 32

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So in the First Commandment we must distinguish the clauses — “Thou shalt not have strange gods before me”, “Thou shall not adore them...

John of Damascus part 31

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The count paid the expenses. Soon after, at his death, by his will (dated 3 July, 1636) he left considerable property to the chapter...

War with the Scyths part 7

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The Emperor who was very adventurous and liked to be the first to start a battle, did not take into consideration the arguments of...

War with the Scyths part 3

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The floor of this room was paved with marbles and the walls were panelled with it but not with ordinary sorts nor even with...

Antiochus Strategos part 10

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They had caught the black plague. So great a hold had it got on them that, scarcely able to move, worn out with fever...

John of Damascus part 29

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In both East and West the reverence we pay to images has crystallized into formal ritual. In the Latin Rite the priest is commanded...

Bosphorus in Istanbul

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John of Damascus part 8

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The Town of Ghremnitz

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