John Damascene
8th century · AD 749 · Eastern & Byzantine · 211 passages
The last of the Greek fathers; gathered earlier teaching into an orderly summary of the faith and defended sacred images.
In his own words on Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 4:24
And the Holy Spirit descended upon the holy apostles in the form of fire, because he is God, and "God is a consuming fire."
ON THE ORTHODOX FAITH 4.9
Quoted verbatim from public-domain English translations of the fathers — Aquinas's Catena Aurea, the Ante-Nicene and Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers, and related editions. Each quotation links to its source.