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Author:
St. John of Damascus. Translation by Andrew Louth
Publisher:
St. Vladimir's Seminary Press
Year:
2003
Cover:
Paperback
Type of Paper:
Weight:
Number of Pages:
164
Format:
7 x 5 in
ISBN:
978-0-88141-245-1
Description:
In AD 726, the Byzantine emperor ordered the destruction of all icons, or religious images, throughout the empire, and icons were subject to an imperial ban that was to last, with a brief remission, until AD 843. A defender of icons, St John of Damascus wrote three treatises against "those who attack the holy images." He differentiates between the veneration of icons, which is a matter of expressing honor, and idolatry, which is offering worship to something other than God.
Content:
introduction
Treatise 1.
Treatise 2.
Treatise 3.
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