To the day of John's death, 4 December, the day on which his feast day is celebrated also in the Byzantine Rite calendar, Lutheran Commemorations, and the Anglican Communion
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John of Damascus
John of Damascus or John Damascene, born Yūḥana ibn Manṣūr ibn Sarjūn, was a Christian monk, priest, hymnographer, and apologist. He was born and raised in Damascus c. AD 675 or AD 676; the precise date and place of his death is not known, though tradition places it at his monastery, Mar Saba, near Jerusalem, on 4 December AD 749. A polymath whose fields of interest and contribution included law,…
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culture · Christian monk, priest, hymnographer and apologist (675/6–749) · theologian · writer · cleric · philosopher · astronomer · composer · also John of Damascus, Saint John of Damascus, John Damascene, Ioannes Damascenus, Joannus Damascenus, Johannes van Damascus
Born 0675 · Died 4 December 0749 · Q51884
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And then translated into many languages (German, Russian and English)
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Was declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope Leo XIII
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Died 0749-12-04.
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“Duch Święty jest mocą (dynamis) Ojca, objawiającą tajemnice Bóstwa, pochodzącą z Ojca przez Syna (ek Patros… di’Hyiou ekporeuomene) w sposób, który zna tylko On; jednakże nie drogą zrodzenia.”
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“Należy wiedzieć – powiada on – że nie mówimy, jakoby Ojciec pochodził od kogoś, ale zwiemy go Ojcem Syna. Podobnie Syna nie nazywamy ani przyczyną [bez przyczyny] ani Ojcem; mówimy natomiast i to, że jest On z Ojca, i to, że jest Synem Ojca. Ducha Świętego wreszcie nazywamy Tym, który i z Ojca jest i Ojca jest Duchem; nie mówimy jednak, że jest On ze Syna, lecz nazywamy Go Duchem Syna (…).”
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“Bóg bowiem zbiera w sobie całość bytu, jak gdyby ocean istoty bez wybrzeża ni granic.”
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Born 0675.
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