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Anastasius reneged
No sooner had Vitalian and his troops withdrawn than Anastasius reneged, sending out a general named Cyril to oppose him. This was a mistake....
The end of Theoderic
By the time Anastasius died, his successors Justin I (r. 518-527) and Justinian I (r. 527-565), devout Balkan westerners that they were and deep...
Apologia of St John Damascene Against those who Decry Holy Images Part 78
For by so much more frequently as they are seen in artistic representation, by so much more readily are men lifted up to the...
Apologia of St John Damascene Against those who Decry Holy Images Part 77
We believe …life of the world to come. Amen.
We detest and anathematize Arius and all the sharers of his absurd opinion; also Macedonius and...
Apologia of St John Damascene Against those who Decry Holy Images Part 76
Second Council of Nicea: Decree on Icons, 787.
Decree of Second Council of Nicea, 787
THE DECREE OF THE HOLY, GREAT, ECUMENICAL SYNOD, THE SECOND OF...
Apologia of St John Damascene Against those who Decry Holy Images Part 75
Tarasius, the new Patriarch of Constantinople and a supporter of images, succeeded, after overcoming much difficulty, and especially distrust in Rome and the East,...
Apologia of St John Damascene Against those who Decry Holy Images Part 74
Monasteries were destroyed, made into barracks, or secularized. Lachanodraco, governor of the Thracian Theme, seems to have exceeded Copronymus in his ribaldry and injustice....
Apologia of St John Damascene Against those who Decry Holy Images Part 73
The Emperor, after the death of the Patriarch Anastasius (A.D. 753), summoned the bishops of his Empire to a great synod in the palace...
Apologia of St John Damascene Against those who Decry Holy Images Part 72
(18) If anyone denies the resurrection of the dead, and the judgment, and the condign retribution to everyone, endless torment and endless bliss, etc.
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Apologia of St John Damascene Against those who Decry Holy Images Part 71
(5) If anyone does not confess that the flesh of the Lord is life-giving because it is the flesh of the Word of God,...
