Angel Quote by John of Damascus

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

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

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

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

...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

The whole earth is a living icon of the face of God.

— John of Damascus

He who does not believe according to the tradition of the Catholic Church is an unbeliever.

— John of Damascus

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

“But this is what leads the heretics astray: that they look upon nature and person as the same thing”

— John of Damascus

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

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

If a pagan asks you to show him your faith, take him into church and place him before the icons.

— John of Damascus