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st. john of damascus (676-749 - Cristo Raul

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140 ST. JOHN OF DAMASCUS.<br />

<strong>of</strong> John <strong>of</strong> Damascus, in closing this review <strong>of</strong> them,<br />

that while they show a marvellous familiarity with the<br />

language <strong>of</strong> Holy Scripture, and are at times lit up<br />

with flashes <strong>of</strong> real eloquence, they leave a vague<br />

sense <strong>of</strong> unreality behind them, from the way in<br />

which facts are alluded to in<strong>st</strong>ead <strong>of</strong> being plainly<br />

<strong>st</strong>ated, and from the con<strong>st</strong>ant preference <strong>of</strong> the<br />

my<strong>st</strong>ical sense to the literal.

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