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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 FIVE: (unedited)

Concerning the visible creation.

Our God Himself, Whom we glorify as Three in One, created the heaven and the earth and all that they contain1682, and brought all things out of nothing into being: some He made out of no pre-existing basis of matter, such as heaven, earth, air, fire, water: and the rest out of these elements that He had created, such as living creatures, plants, seeds. For these are made up of earth, and water, and air, and fire, at the bidding of the Creator.

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The St. Pachomius Orthodox Library, St. Daniel of Pereyaslavl, 2005.

Have mercy, O Lord, upon Thy servant the translator and upon 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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