St. John of Damascus

c. 675–749 ADPost-Nicene1 work on Theoria

Monk, priest, and Doctor of the Church, last of the Greek Fathers, defender of holy icons

Works available to read

An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faithc. 743 ADThe third part of the Fount of Knowledge, a systematic summary of Orthodox Christian theology that became the standard dogmatic textbook for Eastern Christianity.

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