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st. john of damascus (676-749 - Cristo Raul

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216 ST. JOHN OF DAMASCUS.<br />

Doctor <strong>of</strong> Chri<strong>st</strong>ian art. But while some may be<br />

found to doubt the beneficial nature <strong>of</strong> his work in<br />

one or more <strong>of</strong> these departments, though none<br />

would dispute his di<strong>st</strong>inction in them, in one con<br />

clusion all mu<strong>st</strong> agree. There can be no greater<br />

glory to a Chri<strong>st</strong>ian poet than to have furnished the<br />

words in which the devotion <strong>of</strong> a Church finds utter<br />

ance. That in his <strong>st</strong>rains, more than in any other,<br />

the triumphant joy <strong>of</strong> Ea<strong>st</strong>er, and the solemn fare<br />

wells <strong>of</strong> the graveside, should alike find expression, is<br />

surely one <strong>of</strong> the highe<strong>st</strong> tributes that can be paid<br />

him. And this tribute, this high prerogative, has<br />

been for ages awarded to John <strong>of</strong> Damascus by the<br />

Ea<strong>st</strong>ern Church.

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