Antiochus Strategos part 24
After this, a priest who came from Spain to St. Benedict’s and stayed there asked permission of Abbot Petronax to go to Rome. When...
Antiochus Strategos part 27
Willibald and Mother Church, like a hen that cherishes her offspring beneath her wings, won over many adoptive sons to the Lord, protecting them...
War with the Scyths part 1
War with the Scyths (1087-90)I at the approach of spring Tzelgu (the supreme commander of the Scythian army) crossed the passes above the Danube...
War with the Scyths part 2
II In this manner, then, the Scythians were driven out from the districts round Macedonia and Philippopolis, but they returned and encamped beside the...
John of Damascus part 30
The coronation of images is an example of an old and obvious symbolic sign of honour that has become a fixed rite. The Greek...
War with the Scyths part 3
The floor of this room was paved with marbles and the walls were panelled with it but not with ordinary sorts nor even with...
John of Damascus part 31
The count paid the expenses. Soon after, at his death, by his will (dated 3 July, 1636) he left considerable property to the chapter...
Antiochus Strategos part 13
At that time there were seven companions with Willibald and he made the eighth. Almost at once they were arrested by the pagan Saracens,...
War with the Scyths part 4
And later he devoted himself to history, and at the suggestion of my mistress mother, I mean the Empress Irene, he composed a work...
John of Damascus part 32
So in the First Commandment we must distinguish the clauses — “Thou shalt not have strange gods before me”, “Thou shall not adore them...
