John of Damascus

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John of Damascus

Saint. ?675--749 ad, Syrian theologian, who defended the veneration of icons and images against the iconoclasts. Feast day: Dec. 4

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No references found			It is also deeply Trinitarian, drawing from the tradition of social trinity, going back to John of Damascus (8 CE), and associated today with Juergen Moltmann. A call for community: Charles Fensham's book is richly informed and ... by Wells, Harold / Presbyterian Record But art of this kind, whether from the eastern or western churches, is distinctively Christian art in the sense defined initially by John of Damascus around 700 and in 843 with the end of the iconoclastic controversy. The Lion Companion to Christian Art by Harries, Richard / Art and Christianity John of Damascus, a 5th- and 6th-century Syrian priest who had his right hand cut off during a period when writing about icons was prohibited. `Russian empress' visits museum displaying icons by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)			John Martin Reservoir State Park John Masefield John Mauchly John Maurice Clark John Maurice of Nassau John Maynard Keynes John McCarthy John Mcdouall Stuart John McLaren Park John Metaxas John Millington Synge John Milton John Milton Hay John Mitchel John Morrison John Muir National Historic Site John Murray John Napier John Newport Langley John o'Groat's John O'Groat's House John ODonovan John of Austria John of Balue John of Brienne John of Damascus John of Damascus, Saint John of Ephesus John of Gaunt John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster John of Hollywood John of Lancaster, duke of Bedford John of Leiden John of Leyden John of Luxemburg John of Nepomuk, Saint John of Paris John of Procida John of Salisbury John of Speyer John of the Cross John of the Cross, Saint John of the Funnels, Friar John Oliver Killens John Osborne John Ousterhout John Passalides John Paul I John Paul II John Paul Jones State Historic Site John Pendlebury			John Nicholson Fine Art John Nicholson Web Design John Nike Leisuresport Ltd. John Northrop John o' Groats John o' Groats John O' Groats to Land's End John O'Bail John o'Groat's John o'Groat's John O'Groat's House John o'Groats John O'Hara John O'Noakes John O'Noakes John O'Noakes John O'Noakes John ODonovan John of Asia John of Austria John of Austria John of Austria the Younger John of Aviz John of Aviz John of Balue John of Bologna John of Bologna John of Brienne John of Damascus John of Damascus, Saint John of England John of England John of Ephesus John of Fidanza John of Fidanza John of Gaunt John of Gaunt John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster John of Hollywood John of Lancaster John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford John of Leiden John of Leiden John of Leyden John of Leyden John of Luxemburg John of Nepomuk John of Nepomuk, Saint John of Nevers John of Paris John of Procida John of Salisbury John of Salisbury John of Speyer John of the Cross

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