Three Treatises on the Divine Images by St. John of Damascus

Popular Patristics Series Volume 24

Is all Christian art fundamentally blasphemous? That was the question posed aggressively by the Christian iconoclasts of the eighth century in a bitter controversy. The resounding answer 'no' from John of Damascus helped to secure the future of art in the service of Christ. Without his brilliant defense, both profound and at times earthy, we might well have had no icons, murals, and mosaics in churches to elevate and enrich our spirits and to enhance our worship. This fresh and complete translation, by a distinguished patristic scholar, of John's three treatises on the divine images shows us the issue at stake both then and now. 

About the Translator: Andrew Louth is Professor of Patristics and Byzantine Studies at the University of Durham and the preeminent scholar on St. John of Damascus.

Other works by Andrew Louth:

- Abba: The Tradition of Orthodoxy in the West

- Greek East and Latin West

- Orthodoxy and Western Culture

- Orthodox Readings of Augustine

- Introducing Eastern Orthodox Theology

- The Origins of the Christian Mystical Tradition

SKU:

PB-THTRLO

ISBN:

978-0-88141-245-1

Author:

St. John of Damascus

Translator:

Andrew Louth

Series:

Popular Patristics Series

Volume:

24

Published:

2003

Size:

5x7.25

Pages:

163