Apologia of St John Damascene Against those who Decry Holy Images Part 8
Of old, God the incorporeal and uncircumscribed was never depicted. Now, however, when God is seen clothed in flesh, and conversing with men, (Bar....
Apologia of St John Damascene Against those who Decry Holy Images Part 7
Again, in His tabernacles, as when all the people of Israel adored in the tent, and standing round the temple in Jerusalem, fixing their...
Apologia of St John Damascene Against those who Decry Holy Images Part 6
A certain conception through the senses thus takes place in the brain, which was not there before, and is transmitted to the judicial faculty,...
Apologia of St John Damascene Against those who Decry Holy Images Part 5
Jacob worshipped his brother Esau and Pharao, the Egyptian, but on the point of his staff. (Gen 33.3) He worshipped, he did not adore....
Apologia of St John Damascene Against those who Decry Holy Images Part 4
You see that He forbids image-making on account of idolatry, and that it is impossible to make an image of the immeasurable, uncircumscribed, invisible...
Apologia of St John Damascene Against those who Decry Holy Images Part 3
Therefore I venture to draw an image of the invisible God, not as invisible, but as having become visible for our sakes through flesh...
Apologia of St John Damascene Against those who Decry Holy Images Part 2
In the first place, then, before speaking to you, I beseech Almighty God, to whom all things lie open, who knows my small capacity...
Apologia of St John Damascene Against those who Decry Holy Images Part 1
Apologia of St John Damascene Against those who Decry Holy Images Part I
With the ever-present conviction of my own unworthiness, I ought to have...
The Secret History part 1
Procopius of Caesarea: The Secret History
The Secret History claims to provide explanations and additions that the author could not insert into his work on...
Memnon the Philosopher or Human Wisdom part 5
Petrified with astonishment, and his heart broken with grief, Memnon returns homeward in despair. As he was about to enter his house, he is...
