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Saint John of Damascus

675–749

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Saint John of Damascus (c. 675–749) was a Christian monk, priest, hymnographer, and apologist, born and raised in Damascus. A polymath whose fields of interest included law, theology, philosophy, and music, he wrote works expounding the Christian faith and composed hymns that remain in liturgical use in Eastern Christian practice and in western Lutheranism at Easter. He is the author of Three Treatises on the Divine Images, published in the Popular Patristics Series. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)

Born
675
Known for
Popular Patristics Series

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Popular Patristics Series

5 books in order · 2005–2011

  1. Cover of On the unity of Christ

    On the unity of Christ

    Year unknown · Cyril Saint, Patriarch of Alexandria

    In the early fifth century, the Christian world was racked by a fierce theological dispute over the nature of Christ's personhood, polarizing into…

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  2. Cover of On the church

    On the church

    Year unknown · Saint Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage

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