{"product_id":"on-the-fount-of-knowledge-leo-eusebius-9798233498961","title":"On the Fount of Knowledge","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOn the Fount of Knowledge: A Thematic Study of the Writings of St. John of Damascus\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Last Great Father of the Eastern Church\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen Emperor Leo III ordered the destruction of every holy image across the Byzantine Empire in 726 AD, one Syrian monk refused to stay silent. From his monastery cell in the Judean wilderness, John of Damascus penned the theological masterwork that would save Christian art forever - and establish him as the supreme synthesizer of eight centuries of Christian doctrine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy This 1,300-Year-Old Theologian Matters More Than Ever\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSaint John of Damascus (675-749 AD) accomplished what no theologian before or since has achieved: he gathered the scattered theological treasures of the early Church Fathers - Athanasius, Basil, Gregory, Chrysostom, Cyril - and forged them into one magnificent systematic theology. His Pege Gnoseos (Fount of Knowledge) became the theological textbook that educated the Eastern Church for nearly a millennium and profoundly influenced Western scholastics like Thomas Aquinas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Theological Giant Hidden in Plain Sight\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile every seminary student knows Augustine and Aquinas, few understand the Syrian monk whose theological precision defended the veneration of icons, systematized Trinitarian doctrine, and articulated christological truths with unprecedented clarity. This comprehensive study reveals how John's threefold masterwork - philosophical foundations, refutation of heresies, and systematic exposition of faith - created the intellectual framework that preserved orthodox Christianity through its most dangerous crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat You Will Learn From This Authoritative Study: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe complete theological system that influenced both Eastern Orthodoxy and Western Catholicism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow the iconoclastic controversy (726-843 AD) produced Christianity's most sophisticated defense of religious art\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe philosophical method that perfectly balanced faith and reason centuries before the Scholastics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInsights into Trinitarian theology that resolved conflicts dating to the Council of Nicaea (325 AD)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe christological synthesis that united the decisions of Ephesus (431 AD) and Chalcedon (451 AD)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpiritual theology that bridges mystical experience and systematic doctrine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Serious Students of Christian Doctrine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether you are a seminary student, pastor, theology professor, or educated layperson seeking to understand the foundations of Christian doctrine, this book provides the comprehensive introduction to John of Damascus that scholarship has long needed. Here is the theologian who demonstrated that the Incarnation makes religious art not only permissible but necessary, who showed how divine and human natures unite in Christ without confusion or division, and who proved that systematic theology serves the ultimate goal of union with God.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leo Eusebius\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798233498961\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Leo Eusebius\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.22d","brand":"Leo Eusebius","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48517143199999,"sku":"9798233498961","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_832ea018-015d-4c8d-9d03-6fc662985282.jpg?v=1778730193","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/on-the-fount-of-knowledge-leo-eusebius-9798233498961","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}