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- St. John of Damascus penned the Treatises on the Divine Images in response to iconoclasm which swept across the Byzantine Empire under Emperor Leo III. Throughout his three treatise, St. John of Damascus works to distinguish veneration from worship, and he justifies icons imaging Jesus and the saints.
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Nov 29, 2021 · John of Damascus is best known for his defense of icons in the eighth century, 1 which won the day at the Council of Nicea II (AD 787), the last of the seven ecumenical councils.
Both were written by the Icons' most distinguished proponent, St. John of Damascus (c.675-c.749), John was able to write freely since lived under Muslim rule outside the boundaries of the Byzantine emperor.
Feb 21, 2014 · St. John of Damascus penned the Treatises on the Divine Images in response to iconoclasm which swept across the Byzantine Empire under Emperor Leo III. Throughout his three treatise, St. John of Damascus works to distinguish veneration from worship, and he justifies icons imaging Jesus and the saints. As a modern reader the distinction between ...
Jan 4, 2023 · When the Iconoclast controversy erupted (725) in the East, John of Damascus defended the veneration of images. He wrote the three Discourses against those who calumniate the Holy Images, which were condemned shortly after his death (ca. 749) by the iconoclastic Council of Hieria (754).
In studying the lives of St. John of Damascus and St. Theodore Abû Qurrah, one notices a few things the two had in common. In addition to their both writing treatises in support of icons, both wrote in the period in which Syria and parts of modern Turkey were under the tutelage of Islamic caliphs.1
Dec 4, 2023 · Saint John Damascene (c. 676-c. 749 A.D.), whose feast day we celebrate on Dec. 4, is an early Doctor of the Church, famous for defending the veneration of sacred images against the iconoclasts in the eighth and ninth centuries.
Saint John shows us that there is a dimension to iconography that reveals the true light of our salvation—Jesus Christ. Today, we will use his writings to explore icons as “the window of heaven” through which the Light that springs from the Holy Trinity can be revealed.
