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 Titus
- Titus 2:5
Not by the domestic nature, but by the will of the one receiving.
- Titus 2:13
If a believing woman living with an unbeliever is not actually virtuous, the sacrilege ordinarily becomes an offense against God.
- Titus 3:1
If men honor emperors, who are often corrupt and impious sinners, as well as those appointed by them to rule over provinces, who often are greedy and violent, in obedience to the words of the divine apostle, "Be submissive to rulers and authorities" and "Pay all of them their dues, honor to whom honor is due; respect to whom respect is due" and "Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's and to God the things that are God's"9—if we do all this, how much more ought we to worship the King of kings?
ON DIVINE IMAGES 3.41
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.