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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Example Sentences

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

In the seventh century, John of Damascus compiled from the Greek Fathers a celebrated treatise on theology.

From Outline of Universal History by Fisher, George Park

In Athanasius the relation of the work of Christ to Satan retires into the background, Gregory of Nazianzus and John of Damascus felt scruples about this view.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" by Various

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