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Apologia of St John Damascene Against those who Decry Holy Images Part 20

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Commentary.–You see that the divine beauty is not set forth in form or shape, and on this account it cannot be conveyed by an...

Apologia of St John Damascene Against those who Decry Holy Images Part 19

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Commentary.-What better proof have we that images are the books of the illiterate, the ever-speaking heralds of honouring the saints, teaching those who gaze...

Apologia of St John Damascene Against those who Decry Holy Images Part 18

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Commentary.-The remembrance of the saints is thus, you see, a glory to God, praise of the saints, joy and salvation to the whole world....

Apologia of St John Damascene Against those who Decry Holy Images Part 17

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If you say that only intellectual worship befits God, take away all corporeal things, light, and fragrance, prayer itself through the physical voice, the...

Apologia of St John Damascene Against those who Decry Holy Images Part 16

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Commentary.-If, then, it be rational that we are led to the divine vision by sensible images, and if Divine Providence mercifully clothes in form...

Apologia of St John Damascene Against those who Decry Holy Images Part 15

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We have seen that prophets worshipped angels, and men, and kings, and the impious, and even a staff. David says, “And you adore His...

Apologia of St John Damascene Against those who Decry Holy Images Part 14

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These are the great Basil’s words. How do we know the Holy place of Calvary, or the Holy Sepulchre? Does it not rest on...

Apologia of St John Damascene Against those who Decry Holy Images Part 13

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The just man is not bound by the law. (I. Tim. 1.9) We are not held by the letter of the law, nor do...

Apologia of St John Damascene Against those who Decry Holy Images Part 12

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They have withstood sin unto blood, and followed Christ in shedding their blood for Him, who shed His blood for them. I put on...

Apologia of St John Damascene Against those who Decry Holy Images Part 11

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God charged David to build Him a temple through his son, and to prepare a place of rest. Solomon, in building the temple, made...

Balkan Tours 2019

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Treasures of Brusa

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