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 15
So also in “De bello Jud.”, 1. l, c. xxxiii (xxi), 2, he says: “It is unlawful to have in thetemple images or pictures...
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 1
John of Damascus: In Defense of Icons, c. 730
The Iconoclastic controversy lasted from 726, when Emperor Leo III (717-741) began an attack on the...
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 2
Holy Scripture clothes in figure God and the angels, and the same holy man (Blessed Denis) explains why. When sensible things sufficiently render what...
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...
Tips From The Artists
With all the exhibitions opening nowadays, Istanbul is becoming a veritable art city`. Catching alt of them is out of the question. If you`d...
John of Damascus part 3
Either, therefore, take away images altogether and be out of harmony with God ,who made these regulations, or receive them with the language and...
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...
