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Top 20 John of Damascus Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “The whole earth is a living icon of the face of God.”

— John of Damascus

John of Damascus Quote: “Christ the Lord is risen. Our joy that hath no end.”

2. “Christ the Lord is risen. Our joy that hath no end.”

— John of Damascus

John of Damascus Quote: “I do not worship matter, I worship the God of matter, who became matter for my sake and deigned to inhabit matter, who worked out my salvation through matter. I will not cease from honoring that matter which works for my salvation. I venerate it, though not as God.”

3. “I do not worship matter, I worship the God of matter, who became matter for my sake and deigned to inhabit matter, who worked out my salvation through matter. I will not cease from honoring that matter which works for my salvation. I venerate it, though not as God.”

— John of Damascus

John of Damascus Quote: “Now all things have been filled with light, both heaven and earth and those beneath the earth; so let all creation sing Christ’s rising, by which it is established.”

4. “Now all things have been filled with light, both heaven and earth and those beneath the earth; so let all creation sing Christ’s rising, by which it is established.”

— John of Damascus

John of Damascus Quote: “The Eucharist is a fire which inflames us.”

5. “The Eucharist is a fire which inflames us.”

— John of Damascus

John of Damascus Quote: “In former times, God, who is without form or body, could never be depicted. But now when God is seen in the flesh conversing with men, I make an image of the God whom I see. I do not worship matter; I worship the Creator of matter who became matter for my sake.”

6. “In former times, God, who is without form or body, could never be depicted. But now when God is seen in the flesh conversing with men, I make an image of the God whom I see. I do not worship matter; I worship the Creator of matter who became matter for my sake.”

— John of Damascus

John of Damascus Quote: “I do not worship matter; I worship the Creator of matter who became matter for my sake.”

7. “I do not worship matter; I worship the Creator of matter who became matter for my sake.”

— John of Damascus

John of Damascus Quote: “Because of the Incarnation, I salute all remaining matter with reverence.”

8. “Because of the Incarnation, I salute all remaining matter with reverence.”

— John of Damascus

John of Damascus Quote: “To serve Mary and to be her courtier is the greatest honor we can possibly possess; for to serve the Queen of Heaven is already to reign there; and to live under her command is more than to govern.”

9. “To serve Mary and to be her courtier is the greatest honor we can possibly possess; for to serve the Queen of Heaven is already to reign there; and to live under her command is more than to govern.”

— John of Damascus

John of Damascus Quote: “An angel is an intelligent essence, always in motion. It has free will, is incorporeal, serves God, and has been bestowed with immortality. Only the Creator understands its true nature.”

10. “An angel is an intelligent essence, always in motion. It has free will, is incorporeal, serves God, and has been bestowed with immortality. Only the Creator understands its true nature.”

— John of Damascus

John of Damascus Quote: “But this is what leads the heretics astray: that they look upon nature and person as the same thing.”

11. “But this is what leads the heretics astray: that they look upon nature and person as the same thing.”

— John of Damascus

John of Damascus Quote: “The day of the Nativity of the Mother of God is a day of universal joy, because through the Mother of God, the entire human race was renewed, and the sorrow of the first mother, Eve, was transformed into joy.”

12. “The day of the Nativity of the Mother of God is a day of universal joy, because through the Mother of God, the entire human race was renewed, and the sorrow of the first mother, Eve, was transformed into joy.”

— John of Damascus

John of Damascus Quote: “And all that is therein; Invisible and visible, Their notes let all things blend, For Christ the Lord is risen. Our joy that hath no end.”

13. “And all that is therein; Invisible and visible, Their notes let all things blend, For Christ the Lord is risen. Our joy that hath no end.”

— John of Damascus

John of Damascus Quote: “Woman is the daughter of falsehood, a sentinel of hell, the enemy of peace.”

14. “Woman is the daughter of falsehood, a sentinel of hell, the enemy of peace.”

— John of Damascus

John of Damascus Quote: “If a pagan asks you to show him your faith, take him into church and place him before the icons.”

15. “If a pagan asks you to show him your faith, take him into church and place him before the icons.”

— John of Damascus

John of Damascus Quote: “He who does not believe according to the tradition of the Catholic Church is an unbeliever.”

16. “He who does not believe according to the tradition of the Catholic Church is an unbeliever.”

— John of Damascus

John of Damascus Quote: “O Mother of God! If I place my confidence in thee, I shall be saved; if I am under thy protection, I have nothing to fear; for the fact of being thy client is a possession of a certainty of salvation which God grants only to those whom He intends to save.”

17. “O Mother of God! If I place my confidence in thee, I shall be saved; if I am under thy protection, I have nothing to fear; for the fact of being thy client is a possession of a certainty of salvation which God grants only to those whom He intends to save.”

— John of Damascus

John of Damascus Quote: “Both angels and demons are ignorant of the future, yet they make predictions. The angels do so when God reveals the future to them and commands them to prophesy, and what they prophesy comes to pass. Demons also make predictions, but these are only guesses based on what they see from afar.”

18. “Both angels and demons are ignorant of the future, yet they make predictions. The angels do so when God reveals the future to them and commands them to prophesy, and what they prophesy comes to pass. Demons also make predictions, but these are only guesses based on what they see from afar.”

— John of Damascus

John of Damascus Quote: “Angels are intelligent reflections of light, that original light which has no beginning. They can illuminate. They do not need tongues or ears, for they can communicate without speech, in thought.”

19. “Angels are intelligent reflections of light, that original light which has no beginning. They can illuminate. They do not need tongues or ears, for they can communicate without speech, in thought.”

— John of Damascus

John of Damascus Quote: “Devotion to you, O Blessed Virgin, is a means of salvation which God gives to those whom he wishes to save.”

20. “Devotion to you, O Blessed Virgin, is a means of salvation which God gives to those whom he wishes to save.”

— John of Damascus

John of Damascus Quote: “All we know if an angel is that it is incorporeal, immaterial, and only by comparing it with God-who is incomparable-can we see that it has some density and body after all, since in reality only God is truly immaterial and incorporeal.”

21. “All we know if an angel is that it is incorporeal, immaterial, and only by comparing it with God-who is incomparable-can we see that it has some density and body after all, since in reality only God is truly immaterial and incorporeal.”

— John of Damascus

John of Damascus Quote: “It is needless to say that fear, desire, and honour are tokens of worship, as also submission and humiliation. No one should be worshipped as God except the one true God. Whatever is due to all the rest is for God’s sake. You.”

22. “It is needless to say that fear, desire, and honour are tokens of worship, as also submission and humiliation. No one should be worshipped as God except the one true God. Whatever is due to all the rest is for God’s sake. You.”

— John of Damascus

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