Apologia of St John Damascene Against those who Decry Holy Images Part 75
Tarasius, the new Patriarch of Constantinople and a supporter of images, succeeded, after overcoming much difficulty, and especially distrust in Rome and the East,...
Apologia of St John Damascene Against those who Decry Holy Images Part 76
Second Council of Nicea: Decree on Icons, 787.Decree of Second Council of Nicea, 787THE DECREE OF THE HOLY, GREAT, ECUMENICAL SYNOD, THE SECOND OF...
Apologia of St John Damascene Against those who Decry Holy Images Part 77
We believe …life of the world to come. Amen.We detest and anathematize Arius and all the sharers of his absurd opinion; also Macedonius and...
Apologia of St John Damascene Against those who Decry Holy Images Part 62
Saint Athanasius against the Arians.–Book III.The Son being of the same substance as the Father, He can justly say that He has what the...
Apologia of St John Damascene Against those who Decry Holy Images Part 78
For by so much more frequently as they are seen in artistic representation, by so much more readily are men lifted up to the...
Apologia of St John Damascene Against those who Decry Holy Images Part 63
St Cyril of Jerusalem, twelfth Instruction.If you seek the cause of Christ’s presence, go back to the first chapter of Scripture. God made the...
Apologia of St John Damascene Against those who Decry Holy Images Part 64
Jerome, Priest of Jerusalem, On The Holy Trinity.As the Scripture nowhere enjoins you to worship the Cross, what makes you adore it? Tell us,...
Apologia of St John Damascene Against those who Decry Holy Images Part 65
St Athanasius of Mount Sinai on the New Sabbath, and on St Thomas the Apostle.Those who saw Christ in the flesh looked upon Him...
Apologia of St John Damascene Against those who Decry Holy Images Part 66
Throwing myself on the ground, and worshipping that holy floor, I came out, and went to her who had promised to be my security....
Apologia of St John Damascene Against those who Decry Holy Images Part 67
As then Christ armed his Apostles against the ancient idolatry with the power of the Holy Spirit, and sent them out into all the...