On The Divine Images by John of Damascus
A defense of sacred images composed amid the Byzantine iconoclast controversy, asserting that worship belongs to God alone while veneration shown to material depictions and relics passes to the prototypes they signify. Drawing on Scripture, patristic testimony, and the theology of the Incarnation, it argues that because the Word became visible, depiction is both legitimate and beneficial. The work rebuts charges of idolatry, highlights the pedagogical value of images for instructing the faithful, and upholds the honor given to saints as directing believers toward divine glory.
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- Nationality
- Greek
- Length
- Short
- Pages
- 120-180
- Original Language
- Greek
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- Alternate Titles
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- Apologetic Treatises Against Those Who Attack the Holy Images
- Apologia Against Those Who Decry the Holy Images
- On the Holy Images
- Three Apologies Against Those Who Attack the Divine Images
- Three Treatises on the Divine Images
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