Antiochus Strategos part 14
This Spaniard had a brother at the king’s court, who was the chamberlain of the King of the Saracens. And when the governor who...
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,...
Antiochus Strategos part 2
On the contrary they destroyed persons of every age, massacred them like animals, cut them into pieces, mowed sundry of them down like cabbages,...
Antiochus Strategos part 1
Antiochus Strategos: The Sack of Jerusalem (614)
Byzantine law granted toleration to Jews , although there were occasional attempts at forced conversion , but there...
John of Damascus part 34
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 33
This reverence will be expressed in signs determined by custom and etiquette. It must be noted that all outward marks of respect are only...
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...
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...
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...
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