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ST. JOHN OF DAMASCUS:
An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith
BOOK TWO

Translated by the Rev. S. D. F. Salmond, 1898.


CHAPTER TWO: (unedited)

Concerning the creation. Since, then, God, Who is good and more than good, did not find satisfaction in self-contemplation, but in His exceeding goodness wished certain things to come into existence which would enjoy His benefits and share in His goodness, He brought all things out of nothing into being and created them, both what is invisible and what is visible. Yea, even man, who is a compound of the visible and the invisible. And it is by thought that He creates, and thought is the basis of the work, the Word filling it and the Spirit perfecting it1650.

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The St. Pachomius Orthodox Library, St. George of Mitylene, 2005.

Have mercy, O Lord, upon Thy servant the translator, the departed Lalande, and the parish of St. John of Damascus in Dedham.

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THE END, AND TO GOD BE THE GLORY!

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