John of Damascus

American  

noun

1. Saint, a.d. c675–749, priest, theologian, and scholar of the Eastern Church, born in Damascus.

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John of Damascus British  

noun

1. Saint. ?675–749 _ad , Syrian theologian, who defended the veneration of icons and images against the iconoclasts. Feast day: Dec 4

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John of Damascus

A few streets away, the St John of Damascus school that took a direct hit had already resumed its normal rhythms.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2013

It’s countered by manuscripts bearing arguments from two powerful defenders of icons, St. John of Damascus and Theodore Abu Qurrah.

From New York Times ● Mar. 15, 2012

Just as the internal development of the Greek Church in all essentials reached its limit with the Iconoclasts, so also its productive intellectual activity ceased with John of Damascus.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various

John of Damascus is by far the most prominent and most poetical of all the Greek Christian poets.

From Hymns of the Greek Church Translated with Introduction and Notes by Brownlie, John

But Gregory was not alone in his policy, nor John of Damascus in his controversies.

From History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition by Draper, John William