Chrysorrhoas
Tomorrow, the Latin Church remembers...Interesting that the "Doctor of Christian Art," the great defender of icons, should have lived in Damascus under the ultimate iconoclasts, the Muslims. [Notice the splendid Arabic calligraphy on the icon.]
John Chrysorrhoas ("golden-stream") was the author of, among more important works, Barlaam and Ioasaph, "a retelling of the Buddha Legend from within a Christian context, with the singular difference that the 'Buddha' in this tale reaches enlightenment through the love of Jesus Christ."
Tomorrow, the Latin Church remembers...Interesting that the "Doctor of Christian Art," the great defender of icons, should have lived in Damascus under the ultimate iconoclasts, the Muslims. [Notice the splendid Arabic calligraphy on the icon.]
John Chrysorrhoas ("golden-stream") was the author of, among more important works, Barlaam and Ioasaph, "a retelling of the Buddha Legend from within a Christian context, with the singular difference that the 'Buddha' in this tale reaches enlightenment through the love of Jesus Christ."
Redeemed by Our Savior, I work out my salvation with fear and trembling in Pohang, South Korea, where I live with my wife, daughter, and son and teach English at a science and technology university. Baptized a Methodist and raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran in Buffalo, NY, I spent six years as a guest of the Anglican Communion before being received by the Grace of God into the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on the Feast of Saint Andrew, my patron, anno domini 2002.
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