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  2. John of Damascus - Wikipedia

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    John of Damascus or John Damascene, born Yūḥana ibn Manṣūr ibn Sarjūn, [a] was an Assyrian Christian monk, priest, hymnographer, and apologist.He was born and raised in Damascus c. AD 675 or AD 676; the precise date and place of his death is not known, though tradition places it at his monastery, Mar Saba, near Jerusalem, on 4 December AD 749. [5]

  3. Popular Patristics Series - Wikipedia

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    On the Orthodox Faith: Volume 3 of the Fount of Knowledge: St. John of Damascus: Norman Russell: 63 Headings on Spiritual Knowledge: The Second Part, Chapters 1-3: St. Isaac of Nineveh: Sebastian Brock: 64 On Death and Eternal Life: St. Gregory of Nyssa: Brian E. Daley: 65 The Prayers of Saint Sarapion: The Bishop of Thmuis: St. Serapion of ...

  4. Christianity and Islam - Wikipedia

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    In 746, John of Damascus (sometimes St. John of Damascus) wrote the Fount of Knowledge part two of which is entitled Heresies in Epitome: How They Began and Whence They Drew Their Origin. [47] In this work, John makes extensive reference to the Quran and, in John's opinion, its failure to live up to even the most basic scrutiny.

  5. Portal:Catholic Church/Patron Archive/March 27 - Wikipedia

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    John of Damascus or John Damascene, born Yūḥana ibn Manṣūr ibn Sarjūn, was an Arab Christian monk, priest, hymnographer, and apologist.He was born and raised in Damascus c. AD 675 or AD 676; the precise date and place of his death is not known, though tradition places it at his monastery, Mar Saba, near Jerusalem, on 4 December AD 749.

  6. Cosmas the Monk - Wikipedia

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    Any knowledge of Cosmas comes from the notably unreliable [1] 10th-century hagiography of John of Damascus. He was a scholar who became the teacher to John of Damascus and his foster brother. To the Chalcedonians he is known as Cosmas the Sicilian ( fl. late 7th century).

  7. Theosis (Eastern Christian theology) - Wikipedia

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    Theosis (Ancient Greek: θέωσις), or deification (deification may also refer to apotheosis, lit. "making divine"), is a transformative process whose aim is likeness to or union with God, as taught by the Eastern Catholic Churches and the Eastern Orthodox Church; the same concept is also found in the Latin Church of the Catholic Church, where it is termed "divinization".

  8. Peter of Damascus - Wikipedia

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    Peter of Damascus (Greek: Πέτρος του Δαμασκηνοῦ) or Peter Damascene was an Eastern Christian monastic, theologian, and Church Father who lived in the 12th century. He is notable for being the second most voluminous author in the Philokalia .

  9. John X of Antioch - Wikipedia

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    Patriarch John X arrived in Damascus, Syria on December 20, 2012 for prayers in the Mariamite Cathedral of Damascus, where he also received congratulations from members, civil authorities (including the Minister for Presidential Affairs of the Syrian Arab Republic, Mansour Fadlallah Azzam, on behalf of the President of Syria) and other well ...