Saint john of damascus biography of rory

RIGHTEOUS JOHN OF DAMASCUS.He was raised in Damascus, Syria, the capital of the Moslem world. When he was ten years of age, his father found a learned monk in the secular studies as well as music and theology.

He instructed John and his adopted brother, Cosmas, and John made great progress in theology.

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At last, the monk departed saying to their father, Sergius, that his sons had become remarkably wise.

Sergius soon died, and John was chosen for his office of counselor to the caliph. During this time, John wrote convincingly against the iconoclasts and Leo the Armenian, as well as the Moslems.

He effectively used deductive arguments, history, and parables of the saints. Against the iconoclasts, he argued that since the shadows and handkerchiefs of the apostles healed the sick, why was it not appropriate to venerate their icons.

His letters were circulated to strengthen and prepare the people to answer the attacks of the heretics. Seeing this, the emperor wrote a letter in John's han