JOHN OF DAMASCUS HYMN-WRITER, DEFENDER OF ICONS (4 DEC - TopicsExpress

JOHN OF DAMASCUS HYMN-WRITER, DEFENDER OF ICONS (4 DEC 750) 14th c. icon of John of DamascusJohn is generally accounted the last of the Fathers. He was the son of a Christian official at the court of the moslem khalif Abdul Malek, and succeeded to his fathers office. In his time there was a dispute among Christians between the Iconoclasts (image-breakers) and the Iconodules (image-venerators or image-respectors). The Emperor, Leo III, was a vigorous upholder of the Iconoclast position. John wrote in favor of the Iconodules with great effectiveness. Ironically, he was able to do this chiefly because he had the protection of the moslem khalif (ironic because the moslems have a strong prohibition against the religious use of pictures or images). John is also known as a hymn-writer. Two of his hymns are sung in English at Easter (Come ye faithful, raise the strain and The Day of Resurrection! Earth, tell it out abroad!). Many more are sung in the Eastern Church.

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