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John of Damascus (Latin: Iohannes Damascenus or Johannes Damascenus also known as John Damascene, Chrysorrhoas, "streaming with gold"—i.e., "the golden speaker") (c.
He was born and raised in Damascus but died (in all probability) at the monastery of Mar Saba, southeast of Jerusalem.
John's father arranged for the release of this man and appointed him tutor to his son.
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 JOHN OF DAMASCUS (JOHANNES DAMASCENUS) - LoveToKnow Article on JOHN OF DAMASCUS (JOHANNES DAMASCENUS)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
JOHN OF ASIA (or OF EPHESUS), a leader of the Monophysite Syriac-speaking Church in the 6th century, and one of the earliest and most important of Syriac historians.
John is said to have owed his education in philosophy, mathematics and theology to an Italian monk named Cosmas, whom Sergius had redeemed from a band of captive slaves.
Thus while John is an adherent of Chalcedon and a dyothelite, the drift of his teaching is in the monophysite direction.
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 John of Damascus, Saint. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
He was brought up at the court of the caliph in Damascus, where his father was an official, and he was educated by a Sicilian monk.
John inherited his father’s office but resigned it (c.726) and entered a monastery in Palestine.
John also wrote hymns and regulated the choral parts of the Byzantine liturgy.
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 JOHN OF DAMASCUS (JOHAN... - Online Information article about JOHN OF DAMASCUS (JOHAN...
Church, derives his surname from Damascus, where he was See also:
John is said to have owed his See also:
The Christological position of John may be summed up in the following description:' " He tries to secure the unity of the two G.
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