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    Apologia of St John Damascene against those who decry holy images. (Part III)

    EVERY one must recognise that a man who attempts to dishonour an image which has been set up for the glory and remembrance of Christ, of His holy Mother, or one of his saints, is an enemy of Christ, of His holy Mother, and the saints. It is also set up to shame the devil […] More

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    Apologia of St John Damascene against those who decry Holy images

    PART IWITH the ever-present conviction of my own unworthiness, I ought to have kept silence and confessed my shortcomings before God, but all things are good at the right time. I see the Church which God founded on the Apostles and Prophets, its corner-stone being Christ His Son, tossed on an angry sea, beaten by […] More

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    Cyril of Jerusalem, Homily on the Dormition

    To understand the position of the Catholic Church on the Dormition and Assumption of Mary, the Munificentissimus Deus should be read.The text we report is not part of the deposit of faith but is one of the sources of study. The passage describes a text that represents one of the earliest Coptic traditions concerning the […] More

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    Joseph of Arimathea, The Passing of the Blessed Virgin Mary

    To understand the position of the Catholic Church on the Dormition and Assumption of Mary, the Munificentissimus Deus should be read.The text we report is not part of the deposit of faith but is one of the sources of study. The passage examines a Latin text that portrays a later rendition of the narrative surrounding […] More

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    Melito of Sardis, The Passing of Blessed Mary

    To understand the position of the Catholic Church on the Dormition and Assumption of Mary, the Munificentissimus Deus should be read.The text we report is not part of the deposit of faith but is one of the sources of study. Text from ANF, vol. 8. Preface is quoted from Montague Rhodes James, The Apocryphal New […] More

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    John the Theologian, The Dormition of the Holy Theotokos

    This ancient Greek narrative is among the earliest proofs of the traditions linked to the Dormition of the Virgin Mary within the framework of “Bethlehem.” To understand the position of the Catholic Church on the Dormition and Assumption of Mary, the Munificentissimus Deus should be read.The text we report is not part of the deposit […] More

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