John of Damascus

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Byzantine theologian Christian apologist Christian monk Christian philosopher Christian theologian Church Father hymnographer saint

John of Damascus was an 8th-century Christian monk, theologian, and hymnographer renowned for defending the veneration of icons and systematizing Eastern Orthodox theology.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
John of Damascus canonical	9
John Damascene	1
St. John Damascene	1
St. John of Damascus	1
Yuhanna al-Dimashqi	1

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Byzantine theologian ⓘ Christian apologist ⓘ Christian monk ⓘ Christian philosopher ⓘ Christian theologian ⓘ Church Father ⓘ hymnographer ⓘ saint ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Ioannes Damaskenos ⓘ John of Damascus ⓘ surface form: John Damascene John of Damascus ⓘ surface form: Yuhanna al-Dimashqi
associatedWith	Damascus ⓘ Monastery of Saint Sabas (Mar Saba) ⓘ surface form: Mar Saba Monastery
birthPlace	Damascus ⓘ Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
church	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ Melkite Greek Catholic ⓘ surface form: Melkite Church
deathPlace	Monastery of Saint Sabas (Mar Saba) ⓘ surface form: Mar Saba Monastery near Jerusalem ⓘ
declaredDoctorOfTheChurchBy	Pope Leo XIII ⓘ
era	8th century ⓘ Byzantine Empire ⓘ surface form: Byzantine era
feastDay	December 4 ⓘ
field	Christology ⓘ dogmatic theology ⓘ liturgics ⓘ mariology ⓘ
influenced	Byzantine theology ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox theology St. Thomas Aquinas ⓘ surface form: Thomas Aquinas medieval scholasticism ⓘ
influencedBy	Basil of Caesarea ⓘ Gregory of Nazianzus ⓘ John Chrysostom ⓘ St. Maximus the Confessor ⓘ surface form: Maximus the Confessor
knownFor	contributions to Christian hymnography ⓘ defense of the veneration of icons ⓘ opposition to iconoclasm ⓘ systematizing Eastern Orthodox theology ⓘ
language	Greek ⓘ
movement	pro-icon veneration ⓘ
name	John of Damascus self-link ⓘ
notableWork	Dialectica ⓘ Exposition of the Orthodox Faith ⓘ Fount of Knowledge ⓘ On the Divine Images ⓘ Sacra Parallela ⓘ On the Divine Images ⓘ surface form: Three Treatises on the Divine Images various canons and hymns ⓘ
occupation	civil servant ⓘ hymnographer ⓘ monk ⓘ priest ⓘ theologian ⓘ
philosophicalSchool	Aristotelianism ⓘ surface form: Christian Aristotelianism
region	Levant region ⓘ surface form: Levant
religion	Christianity ⓘ
theologicalPosition	affirmation of Chalcedonian Christology ⓘ affirmation of the use of images in Christian worship ⓘ defense of icons as windows to the divine ⓘ
title	Doctor of the Church ⓘ
tradition	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox theology
veneratedIn	Anglican Communion ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Lutheranism ⓘ surface form: Lutheran Church Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gregory of Nazianzus → influenced → John of Damascus ⓘ

St. Maximus the Confessor → influenced → John of Damascus ⓘ

subject surface form: Maximus the Confessor

Octoechos → associatedWith → John of Damascus ⓘ

this entity surface form: St. John of Damascus

Byzantine poetry → hasNotableAuthor → John of Damascus ⓘ

Paschal canon → author → John of Damascus ⓘ

Paschal canon → attributedTo → John of Damascus ⓘ

Doctor of the Church → includes → John of Damascus ⓘ

this entity surface form: St. John Damascene

Byzantine Iconoclasm → significantPerson → John of Damascus ⓘ

John of Damascus → name → John of Damascus self-link ⓘ

John of Damascus → alsoKnownAs → John of Damascus ⓘ

this entity surface form: John Damascene

John of Damascus → alsoKnownAs → John of Damascus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yuhanna al-Dimashqi

Byzantine Empire under Isaurian dynasty → hasNotableFigure → John of Damascus ⓘ

Leo III the Isaurian → opposedBy → John of Damascus ⓘ