St John Damascene on Holy Images (πρὸς τοὺς διαβάλλοντας τᾶς ἁγίας εἰκόνας). Followed by Three Sermons on the Assumption (κοίμησις)
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ST JOHN DAMASCENE
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Herbertus Cardinalis Vaughan
Archiepiscopus Westmonasteriensis
Die 12 Augusti 1898
ST JOHN DAMASCENE
HOLY IMAGES (πρὸς τοὺς διαβάλλοντας τᾶς ἁγίας εἰκόνας)
FOLLOWED BY
THREE SERMONS ON THE ASSUMPTION (κοίμησις)
TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL GREEK
Saint John of Damascus
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TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE
CONTENTS
Authentic Testimony of Ancient Fathers in favour of Images.
PART II.
Fourth Chapter. What an Image is, what it is not; and how each Image is to be set forth.
Who first made an Image.
On Adoration. What is Adoration?
On the kinds of Adoration.
What we find worshipped in Scripture, and in how many ways we show worship to creatures.
Testimony of Ancient and Learned Fathers concerning Images.
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