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Quotation from An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith by John of Damascus
“the honour given to the image passes over to the prototype”
An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith, Book IV, Chapter XVI: Concerning Images., trans. S. D. F. Salmond (1899)
Book IV, chapter 16, on images, quoting Basil the Great to justify the veneration of icons.
Citation: "the honour given to the image passes over to the prototype" — John of Damascus, An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith, Book IV, Chapter XVI: Concerning Images., trans. S. D. F. Salmond (1899). (id john-of-damascus-exact-exposition-q2)
