THE TRUE CHRISTIAN FAITH
This is the *FIRST* Systematic Theology of the Christian Church. Bookmark this extremely valuable resource by St. John of Damascus: you'll want to read it over and over again!
Written by a man who worked under Arian Islamic rule in Damascus, St. John of Damascus (676-749 A.D.) who lived at the time when the Church was still united, he is considered a saint in both Eastern Orthodoxy and Western Catholicism, and is also commemorated by the Lutherans, Anglicans, and Episcopalians.
St. John is one of the most trusted Orthodox theologians whose inspired hand penned the defense of icons, wrote hymns for the Orthodox Pascha Matins service, the Orthodox Funeral Service, and the entire Book of the Eight Tones (the “Octoechos”). According to one tradition, iconoclast Emperor Leo III reportedly sent forged documents to the Muslim caliph which implicated John in a plot to attack Damascus. The caliph then ordered John's right hand be cut off and hung up in public view. Some days afterwards, John prayed fervently before the icon of the Theotokos for the restitution of his hand: thereupon, his hand is said to have been miraculously restored... READ MORE: https://agape-biblia.org/AgBib/An-Exact-Exposition.htm
This is the *FIRST* Systematic Theology of the Christian Church. Bookmark this extremely valuable resource by St. John of Damascus: you'll want to read it over and over again!
Written by a man who worked under Arian Islamic rule in Damascus, St. John of Damascus (676-749 A.D.) who lived at the time when the Church was still united, he is considered a saint in both Eastern Orthodoxy and Western Catholicism, and is also commemorated by the Lutherans, Anglicans, and Episcopalians.
St. John is one of the most trusted Orthodox theologians whose inspired hand penned the defense of icons, wrote hymns for the Orthodox Pascha Matins service, the Orthodox Funeral Service, and the entire Book of the Eight Tones (the “Octoechos”). According to one tradition, iconoclast Emperor Leo III reportedly sent forged documents to the Muslim caliph which implicated John in a plot to attack Damascus. The caliph then ordered John's right hand be cut off and hung up in public view. Some days afterwards, John prayed fervently before the icon of the Theotokos for the restitution of his hand: thereupon, his hand is said to have been miraculously restored... READ MORE: https://agape-biblia.org/AgBib/An-Exact-Exposition.htm
THE TRUE CHRISTIAN FAITH
This is the *FIRST* Systematic Theology of the Christian Church. Bookmark this extremely valuable resource by St. John of Damascus: you'll want to read it over and over again!
Written by a man who worked under Arian Islamic rule in Damascus, St. John of Damascus (676-749 A.D.) who lived at the time when the Church was still united, he is considered a saint in both Eastern Orthodoxy and Western Catholicism, and is also commemorated by the Lutherans, Anglicans, and Episcopalians.
St. John is one of the most trusted Orthodox theologians whose inspired hand penned the defense of icons, wrote hymns for the Orthodox Pascha Matins service, the Orthodox Funeral Service, and the entire Book of the Eight Tones (the “Octoechos”). According to one tradition, iconoclast Emperor Leo III reportedly sent forged documents to the Muslim caliph which implicated John in a plot to attack Damascus. The caliph then ordered John's right hand be cut off and hung up in public view. Some days afterwards, John prayed fervently before the icon of the Theotokos for the restitution of his hand: thereupon, his hand is said to have been miraculously restored... READ MORE: https://agape-biblia.org/AgBib/An-Exact-Exposition.htm
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