Apologia of St John Damascene Against those who Decry Holy Images Part 34
Behold, then, matter is honoured, and you dishonour it. What is more insignificant than goat’s hair, or colours, and are not violet and purple...
Apologia of St John Damascene Against those who Decry Holy Images Part 33
God took from him his royalty, and gave it to the meek David. (I Sam. 15.27-28) Jezabel pursued Elias, pigs and dogs licked up...
Apologia of St John Damascene Against those who Decry Holy Images Part 32
Be assured that any one wishing to pull down an image erected out of pure zeal for the glory and enduring memory of Christ,...
Apologia of St John Damascene Against those who Decry Holy Images Part 31
And because everything told about them is true, and the object in view is the glory of God and the saints whom He has...
Apologia of St John Damascene Against those who Decry Holy Images Part 30
Again “Thou shalt not have strange gods in my sight; thou shalt not make to thyself a graven thing nor any likeness.” (Deut. 5.7)...
Apologia of St John Damascene Against those who Decry Holy Images Part 29
It is impossible to make an image of God, who is a pure spirit, invisible, boundless, having neither form nor circumscription. How can we...
Apologia of St John Damascene Against those who Decry Holy Images Part 28
Listen to me, people of all nations, men, women, and children, all of you who bear the Christian name: If any one preach to...
Apologia of St John Damascene Against those who Decry Holy Images Part 27
The truth proclaims also that in Christ, the second person of the Holy Trinity, there are two natures and one person. Now, the devil,...
Apologia of St John Damascene Against those who Decry Holy Images Part 26
The man who received one, and buried it, gave it back without interest, and being pronounced a wicked servant, was banished into external darkness....
Apologia of St John Damascene Against those who Decry Holy Images Part 25
If any one should enter a house and should see on the walls a history in painting of Moses and Aaron, perchance he might...
