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===Seventh century===

===Seventh century===

John of Damascus '''Apologia Against those who Decry Holy Images''' (A.D. 676-749)—From the Life of the Abbot Daniel, on Eulogius the Quarryman: "Then he went away dejected, and threw himself before an image of Our Lady, and crying out, he said: "Lord, enable me to pay what I promised this man."<ref name=Fathers/><br>—"St Basil says, ‘Honouring the image leads to the prototype.’ If you raise churches to the saints of God, raise also their trophies."<ref name=Fathers/><br>—"A tradition has come down to us that Angaros, King of Edessa, was drawn vehemently to divine love by hearing of our Lord,and that he sent envoys to ask for His likeness. If this were refused, they were ordered to have a likeness painted. Then He, who is all-knowing and all-powerful, is said to have taken a strip of cloth, and pressing it to His face, to have left His likeness upon the cloth, which it retains to this day."<ref>According to the tradition associated with an ancient document purporting to be "The Letters of Abgarus king of Edessa and Jesus Christ the Lord" this was before the Lord's passion, death, crucifixion and resurrection. See [http://www.pseudepigrapha.com/LostBooks/lettersJesusAbgarus.htm Letters of Jesus and Abgarus (pseudepigrapha.com)]</ref> ([[Shroud of Turin]]?)<ref name=Fathers/><br>—"If you say to this that blessed Epiphanius clearly rejected our use of images, you must know that the work in question is spurious and written by some one else in the name of Epiphanius, as often happens. A father does not fight his own children. All have become participators in the one Spirit. The Church is a witness of this in adorning images, until some men rose up against her and disturbed the peace of Christ's fold, putting poisoned food before the people of God."<ref name=Fathers/><br>—"Listen to what I am going to say as a proof that images are no new invention. It is an ancient practice well known to the best and foremost of the fathers. Elladios, the disciple of blessed Basil and his successor, says in his ''Life of Basil'' that the holy man was standing by the image of Our Lady, on which was painted also the likeness of Mercurius, the renowned martyr. He was standing by it asking for the removal of the impious apostate [[Julian]], and he received this revelation from the statue. He saw the martyr vanish for a time, and then reappear, holding a bloody spear."<ref name=Fathers/>

John of Damascus '''Apologia Against those who Decry Holy Images''' (A.D. 676-749)—From the Life of the Abbot Daniel, on Eulogius the Quarryman: "Then he went away dejected, and threw himself before an image of Our Lady, and crying out, he said: "Lord, enable me to pay what I promised this man."<ref name=Fathers/><br>—"St Basil says, ‘Honouring the image leads to the prototype.’ If you raise churches to the saints of God, raise also their trophies."<ref name=Fathers/><br>—"A tradition has come down to us that Angaros, King of Edessa, was drawn vehemently to divine love by hearing of our Lord,and that he sent envoys to ask for His likeness. If this were refused, they were ordered to have a likeness painted. Then He, who is all-knowing and all-powerful, is said to have taken a strip of cloth, and pressing it to His face, to have left His likeness upon the cloth, which it retains to this day."<ref>According to the tradition associated with an ancient document purporting to be "The Letters of Jesus Christ the Lord and Abgarus king of Edessa" this was before the Lord's passion, death, crucifixion and resurrection. See [http://www.pseudepigrapha.com/LostBooks/lettersJesusAbgarus.htm Letters of Christ and Abgarus (pseudepigrapha.com)]</ref> ([[Shroud of Turin]]?)<ref name=Fathers/><br>—"If you say to this that blessed Epiphanius clearly rejected our use of images, you must know that the work in question is spurious and written by some one else in the name of Epiphanius, as often happens. A father does not fight his own children. All have become participators in the one Spirit. The Church is a witness of this in adorning images, until some men rose up against her and disturbed the peace of Christ's fold, putting poisoned food before the people of God."<ref name=Fathers/><br>—"Listen to what I am going to say as a proof that images are no new invention. It is an ancient practice well known to the best and foremost of the fathers. Elladios, the disciple of blessed Basil and his successor, says in his ''Life of Basil'' that the holy man was standing by the image of Our Lady, on which was painted also the likeness of Mercurius, the renowned martyr. He was standing by it asking for the removal of the impious apostate [[Julian]], and he received this revelation from the statue. He saw the martyr vanish for a time, and then reappear, holding a bloody spear."<ref name=Fathers/>

'''Constantinople/Trullo/Quinisext canon 82''' (A.D. 692): "In some pictures of the venerable icons, a lamb is painted to which the [[John the Baptist|Precursor]] points his finger, which is received as a type of grace, indicating beforehand through the Law, our true Lamb, Christ our God."<ref name=Fathers/>

'''Constantinople/Trullo/Quinisext canon 82''' (A.D. 692): "In some pictures of the venerable icons, a lamb is painted to which the [[John the Baptist|Precursor]] points his finger, which is received as a type of grace, indicating beforehand through the Law, our true Lamb, Christ our God."<ref name=Fathers/>