Angels are intelligent reflections of light, that original light which has no beginning. They can illuminate. They do not need tongues or ears, for they can communicate without speech, in thought. — John of Damascus Copy Share Image
Christ sits in the body at the right hand of God the Father, but we do not hold that the right hand of the… — John of Damascus Copy Share
Gluttony should be destroyed by self-control; unchastity by desire for God and longing for the blessings held in store; avarice by compassion for the… — John of Damascus Copy Share
Think of the Father as a spring of life begetting the Son like a river and the Holy Ghost like a sea, for the… — John of Damascus Copy Share
All who ask receive, those who seek find, and to those who knock it shall be opened. Therefore, let us knock at the beautiful… — John of Damascus Copy Share
...we shall incur no slight injury, but rather great danger, if we rashly yield ourselves to the inclinations of men who aim at exciting… — John of Damascus Copy Share
He who does not believe according to the tradition of the Catholic Church is an unbeliever. — John of Damascus Copy Share
The whole earth is a living icon of the face of God. ... I do not worship matter. I worship the Creator of matter… — John of Damascus Copy Share
All we know if an angel is that it is incorporeal, immaterial, and only by comparing it with God-who is incomparable-can we see that… — John of Damascus Copy Share
“But this is what leads the heretics astray: that they look upon nature and person as the same thing” — John of Damascus Copy Share
And all that is therein; Invisible and visible, Their notes let all things blend, For Christ the Lord is risen. Our joy that hath… — John of Damascus Copy Share
I do not worship matter, I worship the God of matter, who became matter for my sake and deigned to inhabit matter, who worked… — John of Damascus Copy Share
If a pagan asks you to show him your faith, take him into church and place him before the icons. — John of Damascus Copy Share
O Mother of God! If I place my confidence in thee, I shall be saved; if I am under thy protection, I have nothing… — John of Damascus Copy Share
The day of the Nativity of the Mother of God is a day of universal joy, because through the Mother of God, the entire… — John of Damascus Copy Share
