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...