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St. John of Damascus was born around the year 675 A.D. at a time the Muhammaden heresy was in full power in the Holy Lands. Not only this, but the Emperor Leo the Isaurian began to reign during the lifetime of this holy man and would pursue with a vengeance this man of God. Leo the Isaurian was a notorious God-hating iconoclast who despised the veneration of holy images and the orthodox faith of the Apostolic Catholic Church. Though heresy was rampant throughout his birthplace, St. John's…

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