St. John Chrysostom

Byzantine Catholic Church

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Week VII - Special Presentation

- Catechesis

Week VII - Special Presentation - St. John Damascene and the Veneration of Icons
Preparation
Read pages 109-110, 196-203, 214, 230 in
Christ Our Pascha Catechism
Topics
- The theology of icons
- The iconoclastic controversy in the 8^th and 9^th centuries
- The life of St. John of Damascus and his defense of holy images
- Victory over iconoclasm
- The Sunday of Orthodoxy
- The role of icons in public worship
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