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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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In fact, many in the past believed, like the seventh-century theologian Saint John Damascene, that Islam, rather than being a separate religion, was another new and heretical form of Christianity.
At the same time, these windows also reflect our belief, as expressed by Saint John Damascene and the Second Council of Nicea (787), that in making such images we are not worshiping matter but praising the God who created us and took on our flesh.
 
 
 
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