John Damascene

In his own words on Romans

• Romans 1:4

  By his miracles and resurrection and by the descent of the Holy Spirit, it was made plain and certain to the world that Christ was the Son of God.

  ORTHODOX FAITH 4.18

• Romans 1:20

  The very creation, by its harmony and ordering, proclaims the majesty of the divine nature.

  ORTHODOX FAITH 1.1

• Romans 1:25

  Sun and moon are subject to change and variation, as is evident in an eclipse. This refutes the folly of those who worship the creature. Now, anything that is subject to change is not God, for by its very nature it is subject to corruption and change.

  ORTHODOX FAITH 2.13

• Romans 10:17

  Faith comes by hearing, because when we hear the holy Scriptures we believe in the teaching of the Holy Spirit. This faith is made perfect by all the things which Christ has ordained; it believes truly, it is devout and it keeps the commandments of him who has renewed us. For he who does not believe in accordance with the traditions of the catholic church or who through untoward works holds communion with the devil is without faith.

  ORTHODOX FAITH 4.10

• Romans 11:32

  This is not to be taken in the sense of God acting but in the sense of God permitting, because of free will and because virtue is not forced.

  ORTHODOX FAITH 4.19

• Romans 11:36

  "In him are all things" not only because he has brought them from nothing into being but because it is by his operation that all things he made are kept in existence and held together. Living things, however, participate more abundantly, because they participate in the good both by their being and by their living. But rational beings, while they participate in the good in the aforementioned ways, do so still more by their very rationality. For in a way they are more akin to him, although of course he is immeasurably superior to them.

  ORTHODOX FAITH 4.13