https://freerepublic.com/tag/defendsicons/ en-us Fri, 6 Dec 2002 01:52:00 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/801680/posts MONDAYNovemer 25, 2002volume 13, no. 143 E-mail       Print Saint John DamascenePourer of gold - Defender of the orthodox Catholic treasure of the Faith     The seventeenth Doctor in this chronological series on the Doctors of the Church was the most remarkable of the Greek writers of the 8th century. He stood up strongly to false doctrines. He led the defenders of the orthodox Catholic faith against the iconoclast movement of the Byzantine regime. He was known as the last of the Greek Fathers and one whom greatly inspired the Angelic Doctor several centuries later. He was Saint John of... Daily Catholic https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/801680/posts#comment Fri, 6 Dec 2002 01:52:00 GMT