St. John Damascene / tradition and originality in Byzantine theology / Andrew Louth.

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Pt. I. Faith and Life. 1. Life and Times. 2. St. John Damascene and Tradition Pt. II. Faith and Logic. 3. The Fountain Head of Knowledge: Nature and Development. 4. Settling the Terms. a. Elementary Introduction. b. Dialectica. c. 'Christian' Logical Handbooks. d. John's Purpose. e. The Central Role of hypostasis. 5. Defining Error. a. Heresiology and On Heresies. b. Manichaeism. c. Messalianism. d. Islam. 6. Defining the Faith. a. On the Orthodox Faith. b. God and the Trinity. c. Creation and Human Kind. d. The Incarnate Oikonomia. e. Concluding Chapters Pt. III. Faith and Images. 7. Against the Iconoclasts. a. The Three Treatises against those who Attack the Holy Icons. b. The Florilegia and the Source of John's Arguments. c. John's Doctrine of the Icon. d. John's Place in Iconophile Theology. 8. [actual symbol not reproducible] ('flowing with gold'): John the Preacher. a. The Nature of John's Preaching. b. The Homily on the Transfiguration of the Lord. c. The Homilies on the Dormition of the Mother of God Interlude: Steps to the Altar: John the Monk at prayer. 9. [actual symbol not reproducible] ('sweetly speaking'): John the Poet. a. Palestinian Monasticism and the Development of the Canon. b. The Paschal Canon. c. The Canon on the Transfiguration of the Lord. d. The Canon on the Dormition of the Mother of God.