Author:John of Damascus

John of Damascus
(c. 675 – 749)

John of Damascus

Works

Apologetics

• Apologia Against Those Who Decry Holy Images (Λόγοι ἀπολογητικοί πρὸς τοῦς διαβάλλοντας τας ἀγίας εἰκόνας) [1], translated by Mary H. Allies. London: Thomas Baker, 1898 (online: Fordham Sourcebook 1998).

Dogmatics

• The Fount of Knowledge (Πηγή Γνώσεως) [2], translated by Frederic H. Chase (New York 1958).
  • I. Philosophical Chapters (Φιλοσοφικά Κεφάλαια) [3])
  • II. On Heresies (Περί Αιρέσεων) [4]
  • III. Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith (Έκδοσις ακριβής της ορθοδόξου πίστεως), translated by James L. Salmond, in Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: Series II, vol. 9 (1885).

Homiletics

• 3 Homilies on the Dormition of the Theotokos (3 Ἐγκώμια εἰς τὴν κοίμησιν τῆς πανυμνήτου, καὶ ὐπερενδόξου εὐλογημένης Δεσποίνης ἡμῶν Θεοτόκου καὶ Ἀειπαρθένου Μαρίας) [5], translated by Mary H. Allies. London: Thomas Baker, 1898 (online: Fordham Sourcebook 1998).

Hymns

• Golden Canon
  • "The Day of Resurrection", modern hymn based on Ode 1 of the Golden Canon
• "Δόξα ἐν ὑψίστοις Θεῷ" (Glory be to God on High)

Works about John

• "St. John Damascene," in Catholic Encyclopedia, (ed.) by Charles G. Herbermann and others, New York: The Encyclopaedia Press (1913)
• "John of Damascus," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)