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John of Damascus

(Biographies / John of Damascus, Saint (?675-749) M, Syrian, RELIGION: theologian, RELIGION: saint) 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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saint			John Damascene wrote, "When the Lord was crucified, He looked toward the west, and so we worship gazing toward Him (to the East. Gabriel Bunge, OSB, Earthen Vessels; the Practice of Personal Prayer ... by Wilson, Ann / Catholic Insight In fact, the dogma's substance is based not on "pious legends" (page 150), as Cahill claims, but on Scripture, liturgy, and such theologians as John Damascene and Aquinas. To the Editors by Commonweal 4), he did concede to John Damascene that wonder (admiratio) and amazement (stupor) can be species of fear, adding that they are to the intellect what sloth is to the body, though according to Park "he differentiated between wonder and amazement just enough to save Aristotle's basic point" (113). Wonders and the Order of Nature by LAIRD, W. R. / Renaissance Quarterly			John Birch Society John Birks Gillespie John Broadus Watson John Brown John Bull John Bullism John Bunyan John Burdon Sanderson Haldane John Burgoyne John C. Fremont John Cabot John Cage John Calvin John Cash John Chapman John Charles Fremont John Cheever John Chrysostom John Churchill John Ciardi John Constable John Copley John Cowper Powys John D. Rockefeller John Dalton John Damascene John Davis John Davison Rockefeller John Davys John Day John Deere John Dewey John Doe John Donald Budge John Donne John Doree John Dory John Dos Passos John Dowland John Drew John Dryden John Duns Scotus John Eccles John Edgar Hoover John Edward Masefield John Endecott John Endicott John Ernst Steinbeck John Fitzgerald Kennedy John Fletcher John Florio			John Curtin College of the Arts John Curtin Institute of Public Policy John Curtin International Institute John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library John Curtin School of Medical Research John Curtis Christian School John D Rockefeller John D Rockefeller John D Rockefeller Jr Memorial Parkway John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation John D. and Catherine T. McArthur Foundation John D. Campbell Agricultural Center John D. Hamilton Society John D. Johnson Bulldog John D. MacArthur Beach John D. MacArthur Beach State Park John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences John D. Rockefeller John D. Rockefeller John D. Rockefeller John D. Rockefeller Jr. Memorial Parkway John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway John D. Wild John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton John Dalton John Dalton John Dalton (scientist) John Dalton (scientist) John Damascene John Damascene, Saint John Damascenus John Damascenus John Damascinus John Damascinus John Daniel Wild John Dark John Dark John Davenport John David Ashcroft John Davidson John Davidson John Davies John Davis John Davis John Davis (disambiguation) John Davis (disambiguation) John Davis (English explorer) John Davison Rockefeller John Davison Rockefeller John Davys John Day John Day John Day (disambiguation) John Day (disambiguation) John Day Dam John Day Formation John Day Fossil Beds John Day Fossil Beds National Monument John Day Fossil Beds National Monument

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John of Damascus (redirected from John Damascene)

John of Damascus
(redirected from John Damascene)