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John of Damascus, theologian and hymnwriter, c. 749 (Commemoration) W
Saint John of Damascus (Arabic: يوحنا الدمشقي Yuḥannā Al Demashqi; Greek: Ιωάννης Δαμασκήνος Iôannês Damaskênos; Latin: Iohannes Damascenus; also known as John Damascene, Χρυσορρόας/Chrysorrhoas, "streaming with gold"—i.e., "the golden speaker") (c. 676 - 4 December 749) was a Syrian Christian monk and priest. Born and raised in Damascus, he died at his monastery, Mar Saba, near Jerusalem. [1]
A polymath whose fields of interest and contribution included law, theology, philosophy, and music, before being ordained, he served as a Chief Administrator to the Muslim caliph of Damascus, wrote works expounding the Christian faith, and composed hymns which are still in everyday use in Eastern Christian monasteries throughout the world. The Catholic Church regards him as a Doctor of the Church, often referred to as the Doctor of the Assumption due to his writings on the Assumption of Mary. [2]
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Saint John Damascene (arabic icon)
Doctor of the Church
Born c. 676 AD
Damascus
Died December 4, 749
Mar Saba, Jerusalem
Venerated in Eastern Orthodox Church
Roman Catholic Church
Eastern Catholic Churches
Lutheran Church
Anglican Communion
Canonized Pre-Congregation
Feast December 4
March 27 (General Roman Calendar 1890-1969))
1. Biography
John of Damascus.
The most commonly used source for information on the life of John of Damascus is a work attributed to one John of Jerusalem, identified therein as the Patriarch of Jerusalem. [3] It is actually an excerpted translation into Greek of an earlier Arabic text. The Arabic original contains a prologue not found in most other translations that was written by an Arabic monk named Michael who relates his decision to write a biography of John of Damascus in 1084, noting that none was available in either Greek or Arabic at the time. The main text that follows in the original Arabic version seems to have been written by another, even earlier author, sometime between the early 9th and late 10th centuries AD. [3] Written from a hagiographical point of view and prone to exaggeration, it is not the best historical source for his life, but is widely reproduced and considered to be of some value nonetheless. [4] The hagiographic novel Barlaam and Josaphat, traditionally attributed to John, is in fact a work of the 10th century. [5]
1. 1. Family background
John was born into a prominent Arab Christian family known as Mansour (Arabic: Mansǔr, "victorious one") in Damascus in the 7th century AD. [6] [7] He was named Mansur ibn Sarjun Al-Taghlibi (Arabic: منصور بن سرجون التغلبي) after his grandfather Mansur, who had been responsible for the taxes of the region under the Emperor Heraclius. [6] When the region came under Arab Muslim rule in the late 7th century AD, the court at Damascus remained full of Christian civil servants, John's grandfather among them. [6] [8] John's father, Sarjun (Sergius) or Ibn Mansur, went on to serve the Umayyad caliphs, supervising taxes for the entire Middle East. [6] After his father's death, John also served as a high official to the caliphate court before leaving to become a monk and adopting the monastic name John at Mar Saba, where he was ordained as a priest in 735. [6] [7]
1. 2. Education
Until the age of 12, John apparently undertook a traditional Muslim education. [9] One of the vitae describes his father's desire for him to, "learn not only the books of the Muslims, but those of the Greeks as well." [9] John grew up bilingual and bicultural, living as he did at a time of transition from Late Antiquity to Early Islam. [9]
Other sources describes his education in Damascus as having been conducted in a traditional Hellenic way, termed "secular" by one source and "Classical Christian" by another. [10] [11] One account identifies his tutor as a monk by the name of Cosmas, who had been captured by Arabs from his home in Sicily, and for whom John's father paid a great price. Under the instruction of Cosmas, who also taught John's orphan friend (the future St. Cosmas of Maiuma), John is said to have made great advances in music, astronomy and theology, soon rivaling Pythagoras in arithmetic and Euclid in geometry. [11]
1. 3. Defense of holy images
In the early 8th century AD, iconoclasm, a movement seeking to prohibit the veneration of the icons, gained some acceptance in the Byzantine court. In 726, despite the protests of St. Germanus, Patriarch of Constantinople, Emperor Leo III issued his first edict against the veneration of images and their exhibition in public places. A talented writer in the secure surroundings of the caliph's court, John of Damascus initiated a defense of holy images in three separate publications. "Apologetic Treatises against those Decrying the Holy Images", the earliest of these works gained him a reputation. Not only did he attack the emperor, but the use of a simpler literary style brought the controversy to the common people, inciting revolt among those of Christian faith. His writings later played an important role during the Second Council of Nicaea which met to settle the icon dispute.
To counter his influence, Leo III sent forged documents implicating John of Damascus in a plot to attack Damascus to the caliph. The caliph did not suspect the forgery, and ordered John's right hand to be cut off and hanged publicly. Some days afterwards, John asked that his hand be given back to him, which was granted. He prayed fervently to the Theotokos in front of her icon, and his hand was supposedly miraculously restored. [12] Being grateful for this healing, he attached a silver hand on this icon, which is since then known as "Three-handed", or Tricherousa. [13]
After this event, John asked to leave his post and retired to Mar Saba monastery near Jerusalem. There, he studied, wrote and preached and was ordained a priest in 735. [7]
1. 4. Last Days
John died in 749 as a revered Father of the Church, and is recognized as a saint. He is sometimes called the last of the Church Fathers by the Roman Catholic Church. In 1883 he was declared a Doctor of the Church by the Holy See.
1. 5. Veneration
When the name of Saint John of Damascus was inserted in the General Roman Calendar in 1890, it was assigned to 27 March. This date always falls within Lent, a period during which there are no obligatory Memorials. The feast day was therefore moved in 1969 to the day of the saint's death, 4 December, the day on which his feast day is celebrated also in the Byzantine Rite calendar. [14]
2. List of works
John of Damascus Greek icon.
2. 1. Early Works
•Three "Apologetic Treatises against those Decrying the Holy Images" - These treatises were among his earliest expositions in response to the edict by the Byzantine Emperor Leo III, banning the veneration or exhibition of holy images. [15]
2. 2. Teachings and Dogmatic Works
•"Fountain of Knowledge" or "The Fountain of Wisdom", is divided into three parts:
1."Philosophical Chapters" (Kephalaia philosophika) - Commonly called 'Dialectic', deals mostly with logic, its primary purpose being to prepare the reader for a better understanding of the rest of the book.
2."Concerning Heresy" (peri haireseon) - The last chapter of this part (Chapter 101) deals with the Heresy of the Ishmaelites. Differently from the previous 'chapters' on other heresies which are usually only a few lines long, this chapter occupies a few pages in his work. It is one of the first Christian polemical writings against Islam, and the first one written by a Greek Orthodox/Melkite.
3."An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith" (Ekdosis akribes tes orthodoxou pisteos) - a summary of the dogmatic writings of the Early Church Fathers, the third section of the book is known to be the most important work of John de Damascene, and a treasured antiquity of Christianity.
•Against the Jacobites
•Against the Nestorians
•Dialogue against the Manichees
•Elementary Introduction into Dogmas
•Letter on the Thrice-Holy Hymn
•On Right Thinking
•On the Faith, Against the Nestorians
•On the Two Wills in Christ (Against the Monothelites)
•Sacred Parallels (dubious)
•"Octoechos" (the Church's service book of eight tones)
•On Dragons and Ghosts
3. References
1.M. Walsh, ed. Butler's Lives of the Saints(HarperCollins Publishers: New York, 1991), pp. 403.
2.Christopher Rengers The 33 Doctors Of The Church Tan Books & Publishers, 200, ISBN 0895554402
3.^ Sahas, 1972, pp. 32-33.
4.Sahas, 1972, p. 35.
5.R. Volk, ed., Historiae animae utilis de Barlaam et Ioasaph (Berlin, 2006).
6.^ Brown, 2003, p. 307.
7.^ McEnhill and Newman, 2004, p. 154.
8.Sahas, 1972, p. 17.
9.^ Vila in Valantasis, 2000, p. 455.
10.Louth, 2002, p. 284.
11.^ Butler et al., 2000, p. 36.
12.http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=66
13.Jameson, 2008, p. 24.
14.Calendarium Romanum (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 1969), pp. 109 and 119; cf. Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
15.* "St. John Damascene on Holy Images, Followed by Three Sermons on the Assumption" - Eng. transl. by Mary H. Allies, London, 1899.
4. Bibliography
•Brown, Peter Robert Lamont (2003). The rise of Western Christendom: triumph and diversity, A.D. 200-1000 (2nd, illustrated ed.). Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 0631221387, 9780631221388. http://books.google.ca/books?id=i7lcmtHQOLIC&pg=PA307&dq=john+of+damascus+arab#v=onepage&q=&f=false.
•Butler, Alban; Jones, Kathleen; Burns, Paul (2000). Butler's lives of the saints: Volume 12 of Butler's Lives of the Saints Series (Revised ed.). Continuum International Publishing Group. ISBN 0860122611, 9780860122616. http://books.google.ca/books?id=eOVkcqmS_okC&pg=PA36&dq=john+damascus+leo&lr=&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=john%20damascus%20leo&f=false.
•Jameson (2008). Legends of the Madonna. BiblioBazaar, LLC. ISBN 0554334135, 9780554334134. http://books.google.ca/books?id=ZPdIuT4BvsEC&pg=PA24&dq=john+damascene+cut+hand+legend&lr=&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=john%20damascene%20cut%20hand%20legend&f=false.
•Louth, Andrew (2002). St. John Damascene: tradition and originality in Byzantine theology (Illustrated ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 0199252386, 9780199252381. http://books.google.ca/books?id=PhoYQTwcqrEC&pg=PA284&dq=john+of+damascus+education&lr=#v=onepage&q=&f=false.
•McEnhill, Peter; Newlands, G. M. (2004). Fifty key Christian thinkers. Routledge. ISBN 0415170494, 9780415170499. http://books.google.ca/books?id=F1jhun5szTUC&pg=PA154&dq=john+damascus+leo&lr=&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=john%20damascus%20leo&f=false.
•Sahas, Daniel J. (1972). John of Damascus on Islam. BRILL. ISBN 9004034951, 9789004034952. http://books.google.ca/books?id=pYSl_cyYHssC&pg=PA17&lpg=PA17&dq=John+of+Damascus+origin+family&source=bl&ots=IWzg7VdqkP&sig=mD2zg07GnwIH-Zy9qotL5AbIsSQ&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=6&ct=result.
•Vila, David (2000). Richard Valantasis. ed. Religions of late antiquity in practice (Illustrated ed.). Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691057516, 9780691057514. http://books.google.ca/books?id=-N6u74StgmUC&pg=PA454&dq=%22john+of+damascus%22&cd=9#v=onepage&q=%22john%20of%20damascus%22%20%22arab%22&f=false.
•The Works of St. John Damascene. Martis Publishing House, Moscow. 1997.
ELCA Readings:
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19
Psalm 72
1Give the king your justice, O God, and your righteousness to a king’s son.
2May he judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice.
3May the mountains yield prosperity for the people, and the hills, in righteousness.
4May he defend the cause of the poor of the people, give deliverance to the needy, and crush the oppressor.
5May he live while the sun endures, and as long as the moon, throughout all generations.
6May he be like rain that falls on the mown grass, like showers that water the earth.
7In his days may righteousness flourish and peace abound, until the moon is no more.
18Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who alone does wondrous things.
19Blessed be his glorious name forever; may his glory fill the whole earth. Amen and Amen.
Isaiah 40:1-11
Isaiah 40:1-11
40Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God. 2Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that she has served her term, that her penalty is paid, that she has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins.
3A voice cries out: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. 4Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low; the uneven ground shall become level, and the rough places a plain. 5Then the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all people shall see it together, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.” 6A voice says, “Cry out!” And I said, “What shall I cry?” All people are grass, their constancy is like the flower of the field. 7The grass withers, the flower fades, when the breath of the Lord blows upon it; surely the people are grass. 8The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God will stand forever.
9Get you up to a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good tidings; lift up your voice with strength, O Jerusalem, herald of good tidings, lift it up, do not fear; say to the cities of Judah, “Here is your God!” 10See, the Lord God comes with might, and his arm rules for him; his reward is with him, and his recompense before him. 11He will feed his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms, and carry them in his bosom, and gently lead the mother sheep.
John 1:19-28
John 1:19-28
19This is the testimony given by John when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” 20He confessed and did not deny it, but confessed, “I am not the Messiah.” 21And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the prophet?” He answered, “No.” 22Then they said to him, “Who are you? Let us have an answer for those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?” 23He said, “I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’” as the prophet Isaiah said. 24Now they had been sent from the Pharisees. 25They asked him, “Why then are you baptizing if you are neither the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?” 26John answered them, “I baptize with water. Among you stands one whom you do not know, 27the one who is coming after me; I am not worthy to untie the thong of his sandal.” 28This took place in Bethany across the Jordan where John was baptizing.
LCMS Readings:
December 4th, 2010
Saturday of Ad Te Levavi (Advent 1)
John of Damascus, Theologian and Hymnwriter
Read today's Higher Things Daily Reflection
December 4, 2010 - Saturday of the First Week of Advent
Daily Lectionary: Isaiah 10:12-27, 33-34; 2 Peter 1:1-21
Restore us, O God; Cause Your face to shine, And we shall be saved! (Psalm 80:3, from the Introit for Advent 2)
In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. If God doesn't cause His face to shine on us, we are doomed. But if we were to see the bright shining glory of His face, we would be destroyed for “no one can see His face and live.” (Exodus 33:20).
We need to be restored. We crumble. We cave. We give in. We fail. We fall. All around us, the temptations to stop living as a Christians and to give in to the pleasures and lifestyles the world offers assault us. We drift from the Lord, setting up idols and false gods, living for ourselves and treating others like dirt. We need to be restored.
But the face of God will kill us! How can we tell God to cause His face to shine on us? Well have no fear because that face that shines on us shines out of a manger. If it shines on us from the Jordan River. If that face looks upon us from the cross, we can't be destroyed but saved! God looks upon us in the face of Jesus Christ who came to be one of us, to give His life for us and to save us. The prayer in tomorrow's Introit is a prayer for Jesus' advent, His coming. Let the Lord come and look upon us and save us from our sins.
Tomorrow in the Divine Service the Lord will cause His face to shine upon you and you will be saved. Saved as you are reminded of the Name put upon you in holy Baptism. Saved as the Lord shines His face upon you through the words of absolution your pastor speaks. Saved by the shining face of Christ in the preaching of the Word. Saved by the shining face of Christ who speaks His body and blood upon the altar and into your mouth. Saved with that final blessing that wraps it all up and reminds you of what the Lord has done, and to answer this prayer:
The Lord bless you and keep you, the Lord make His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you. The Lord lift up His countenance (His face) upon you and give you peace. In the Name of Jesus. Amen.
Come, Thou precious Ransom, come, Only hope for sinful mortals! Come, O Savior of the world! Open are to Thee all portals. Come, They beauty let us see; Anxiously we wait for Thee. (LSB 350:1)
Questions or comments regarding the Reflections may be sent to the Rev. Mark Buetow, Reflectons Editor, reflections@higherthings.org
Collect
Stir up Your power, O Lord, and come, that by Your protection we may be rescued from the threatening perils of our sins and saved by Your mighty deliverance; for You live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
First Reading: Is. 10:12-27; Is. 10:33-34
12(A) When the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem,(B) he[a] will punish the speech of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the boastful look in his eyes. 13(C) For he says:
"By the strength of my hand I have done it,
and by my wisdom, for I have understanding;I remove the boundaries of peoples,
and plunder their treasures;
like a bull I bring down those who sit on thrones. 14My hand has found like a nest
the wealth of the peoples;and as one gathers eggs that have been forsaken,
so I have gathered all the earth;and there was none that moved a wing
or opened the mouth or chirped."
15Shall(D) the axe boast over him who hews with it,
or the saw magnify itself against him who wields it?As if a rod should wield him who lifts it,
or as if a staff should lift him who is not wood! 16Therefore the Lord GOD of hosts
will send wasting sickness among his(E) stout warriors,and under his glory(F) a burning will be kindled,
like the burning of fire. 17(G) The light of Israel will become a fire,
and(H) his Holy One a flame,and(I) it will burn and devour
his thorns and briers(J) in one day. 18The glory of(K) his forest and of his(L) fruitful land
the LORD will destroy, both soul and body,
and it will be as when a sick man wastes away. 19The remnant of the trees of his forest will be so few
that a child can write them down.
The Remnant of Israel Will Return
20(M) In that day(N) the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no more(O) lean on him who struck them, but(P) will lean on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. 21A remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob,(Q) to the mighty God. 22(R) For though your people Israel be as the sand of the sea,(S) only a remnant of them will return.(T) Destruction is decreed, overflowing with righteousness. 23For the Lord GOD of hosts will make a full end, as decreed, in the midst of all the earth.
24Therefore thus says the Lord GOD of hosts: "O my people,(U) who dwell in Zion,(V) be not afraid of the Assyrians when they strike with the rod and lift up their staff against you as(W) the Egyptians did. 25For(X) in a very little while my fury will come to an end, and my anger will be directed to their destruction. 26And(Y) the LORD of hosts will wield against them a whip, as when he struck(Z) Midian(AA) at the rock of Oreb. And his staff will be over the sea, and he will lift it(AB) as he did in Egypt. 27And in that day(AC) his burden will depart from your shoulder, and(AD) his yoke from your neck; and the yoke will be broken because of the fat."[b]
Footnotes:Isaiah 10:12 Hebrew I Isaiah 10:27 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
Cross references:Isaiah 10:12 : Isaiah 29:4, 5; 30:18; 2 Kgs 19:31 Isaiah 10:12 : 2 Kgs 19:35-37 Isaiah 10:13 : Isaiah 37:23-25; 2 Kgs 19:22-24 Isaiah 10:15 : Isaiah 10:5; Isaiah 29:16; 45:9; Rom 9:17 Isaiah 10:16 : Psalm 78:31 Isaiah 10:16 : Isaiah 30:33 Isaiah 10:17 : Obad 18 Isaiah 10:17 : Isaiah 37:23 Isaiah 10:17 : Isaiah 27:4; Isaiah 9:18; Nah 1:10 Isaiah 10:17 : Isaiah 9:14; 2 Kgs 19:35 Isaiah 10:18 : Isaiah 10:33; Isaiah 2:13 Isaiah 10:18 : Psalm 107:33-34 Isaiah 10:20 : Isaiah 10:27; Isaiah 2:11 Isaiah 10:20 : Isaiah 4:2 Isaiah 10:20 : 2 Kgs 16:7; 2 Chr 28:20, 21 Isaiah 10:20 : 2 Kgs 19:14 Isaiah 10:21 : Isaiah 9:6 Isaiah 10:22 : Cited Rom 9:27, 28 Isaiah 10:22 : Isaiah 6:13 Isaiah 10:22 : Isaiah 28:22 Isaiah 10:24 : Isaiah 31:5 Isaiah 10:24 : 2 Kgs 19:6 Isaiah 10:24 : Exodus 2:23 Isaiah 10:25 : Isaiah 17:14 Isaiah 10:26 : 2 Kgs 19:35 Isaiah 10:26 : Isaiah 9:4 Isaiah 10:26 : Judg 7:25; Isaiah 9:4 Isaiah 10:26 : Exodus 14:30 Isaiah 10:27 : 2 Kgs 18:14 Isaiah 10:27 : Isaiah 9:4; Nah 1:13
33Behold, the Lord GOD of hosts
(A) will lop(B) the boughs with terrifying power;the great in height will be hewn down,
and the lofty will be brought low. 34He will cut down(C) the thickets of the forest with an axe,
and(D) Lebanon will fall by the Majestic One.
Cross references:Isaiah 10:33 : Nah 1:12 Isaiah 10:33 : Isaiah 10:18 Isaiah 10:34 : Isaiah 10:33 Isaiah 10:34 : Ezek 31:3; Amos 2:9
Second Reading: 2 Pt. 1:1-21
Greeting
1Simeon[a] Peter, a servant[b] and apostle of Jesus Christ,
To those who have obtained(A) a faith of equal standing with ours(B) by the righteousness of our(C) God and Savior Jesus Christ:
2(D) May grace and peace be multiplied to you(E) in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
Make Your Calling and Election Sure
3His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him(F) who called us to[c] his own glory and excellence,[d] 4by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become(G) partakers of the divine nature,(H) having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire. 5For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith(I) with virtue,[e] and virtue(J) with knowledge, 6and knowledge with self-control, and self-control(K) with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, 7and godliness(L) with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection(M) with love. 8For if these qualities[f] are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or(N) unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9For whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that he(O) is blind, having forgotten that he was(P) cleansed from his former sins. 10Therefore, brothers,[g] be all the more diligent to make your calling and(Q) election sure, for if you practice these qualities(R) you will never fall. 11For in this way there will be richly provided for you(S) an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
12Therefore I intend(T) always to remind you of these qualities, though you know them and are established in(U) the truth that you have. 13I think it right, as long as I am in this(V) body,[h](W) to stir you up by way of reminder, 14(X) since I know that the putting off of my body will be soon,(Y) as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me. 15And I will make every effort so that after my departure you may be able at any time to recall these things.
Christ’s Glory and the Prophetic Word
16For we did not follow(Z) cleverly devised(AA) myths when we made known to you(AB) the power and(AC) coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but(AD) we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. 17For when he received honor and glory from God the Father, and the voice was borne to him by the Majestic Glory,(AE) "This is my beloved Son,[i] with whom I am well pleased," 18we ourselves heard this very voice borne from heaven, for we were with him on(AF) the holy mountain. 19And(AG) we have something more sure, the prophetic word, to which you will do well to pay attention(AH) as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until(AI) the day(AJ) dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts, 20knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone’s own interpretation. 21For(AK) no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God(AL) as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
Footnotes:2 Peter 1:1 Some manuscripts Simon 2 Peter 1:1 Or slave; Greek bondservant 2 Peter 1:3 Or by 2 Peter 1:3 Or virtue 2 Peter 1:5 Or excellence; twice in this verse 2 Peter 1:8 Greek these things; also verses 9, 10, 12 2 Peter 1:10 Or brothers and sisters. The plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) refers to siblings in a family. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, adelphoi may refer either to men or to both men and women who are siblings (brothers and sisters) in God’s family, the church 2 Peter 1:13 Greek tent; also verse 14 2 Peter 1:17 Or my Son, my (or the) Beloved
Cross references:2 Peter 1:1 : Rom 1:12; 2 Cor 4:13; Titus 1:4 2 Peter 1:1 : Rom 3:21-26 2 Peter 1:1 : Titus 2:13 2 Peter 1:2 : 1 Pet 1:2; Jude 2 2 Peter 1:2 : 2 Peter 1:3, 8; 2 Peter 2:20; John 17:3; Phil 3:8 2 Peter 1:3 : 1 Thess 2:12; 2 Thess 2:14; 2 Tim 1:9; 1 Pet 5:10 2 Peter 1:4 : Eph 4:24; Heb 12:10; 1 John 3:2 2 Peter 1:4 : 2 Peter 2:18, 20 2 Peter 1:5 : Phil 4:8 2 Peter 1:5 : 1 Pet 3:7 2 Peter 1:6 : Heb 10:36; James 1:3 2 Peter 1:7 : Heb 13:1 2 Peter 1:7 : 1 Cor 13; 1 John 4:16 2 Peter 1:8 : John 15:2; Titus 3:14 2 Peter 1:9 : Job 5:14; 12:25; Isa 59:10; Zeph 1:17; 1 John 2:9-11 2 Peter 1:9 : Eph 5:26; Titus 2:14; Heb 9:14; 1 John 1:7; Rev 7:14 2 Peter 1:10 : 1 Thess 1:4 2 Peter 1:10 : 2 Peter 3:17; 1 John 2:10 2 Peter 1:11 : Col 1:13; Acts 14:22 2 Peter 1:12 : Jude 5; Rom 15:14, 15; Phil 3:1; 1 John 2:21 2 Peter 1:12 : 2 John 2 2 Peter 1:13 : 2 Cor 5:1, 4 2 Peter 1:13 : 2 Peter 3:1 2 Peter 1:14 : Deut 4:21, 22; 31:14; 2 Tim 4:6 2 Peter 1:14 : John 21:18, 19 2 Peter 1:16 : 1 Cor 1:17 2 Peter 1:16 : 1 Tim 1:4 2 Peter 1:16 : 1 Cor 2:4 2 Peter 1:16 : 1 Thess 2:19 2 Peter 1:16 : Matt 17:1, 2, 6; Mark 9:2; Luke 9:28, 29; John 1:14 2 Peter 1:17 : Matt 17:5; Mark 9:7; Luke 9:35; Matt 3:17 2 Peter 1:18 : Exodus 3:5; Josh 5:15 2 Peter 1:19 : 1 Pet 1:10 2 Peter 1:19 : Psalm 119:105; John 5:35 2 Peter 1:19 : Rev 2:28; 22:16; Mal 4:2 2 Peter 1:19 : 2 Cor 4:6 2 Peter 1:21 : 2 Tim 3:16 2 Peter 1:21 : 1 Pet 1:11; 2 Sam 23:2; Luke 1:70; Acts 1:16; 3:18
Saturday Father Reading
"Since the Word of God is living and active, and God created all things that He wanted to create, for example when He said, 'Let there be light' and the light was immediately made, and when He said, 'Let there be an expanse' and it was so, and, above all, since God willed that the Word should be born as man, how then, I ask you, could the Word of God Himself not be able to make bread the Body of Christ, and the wine His Blood?" [St. Ephraem. "Sermon I on the Most Holy Christian Sacraments." 4th Century]
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