Three Treatises on the Divine Images

Three Treatises on the Divine Images
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Publisher : St Vladimir's Seminary Press
Total Pages : 192
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ISBN-10 : 0881412457
ISBN-13 : 9780881412451
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Book Synopsis Three Treatises on the Divine Images by : Saint John (of Damascus)

Download or read book Three Treatises on the Divine Images written by Saint John (of Damascus) and published by St Vladimir's Seminary Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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