Tag: John of Damascus

Orthodox Christianity: Offering Material Piety to Twenty-first Century America

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Public Orthodoxy

May 17, 2017

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Church and Modern Society, OTSA Faith and Public Life, Uncategorized

Carrie Frederick Frost, Consumerism, John of Damascus, Materiality

by Carrie Frederick Frost Material piety was central to the early Church and it flourishes to this day within Orthodox Christianity. That Christians would love the material, created world makes perfect sense—their God took on matter in order to appear in the world of His creation. And early Christians understood that their path to God […]
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