In former times, God, who is without form or body, could never be depicted. But now when God is seen in the flesh conversing with men, I make an image of the God whom I see. I do not worship… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
...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 Image
He who does not believe according to the tradition of the Catholic Church is an unbeliever. — John of Damascus Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
“But this is what leads the heretics astray: that they look upon nature and person as the same thing” — John of Damascus Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
