St. John of Damascus
An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith
The Exact Exposition, complete in four books
Contents99 sections
- 1Book I, Chapter I. That the Deity is incomprehensible, and that we ought not to pry into and meddle with the things which have not been delivered to us by the holy Prophets, and Apostles, and Evangelists
- 2Book I, Chapter II. Concerning things utterable and things unutterable, and things knowable and thing unknowable
- 3Book I, Chapter III. Proof that there is a God
- 4Book I, Chapter IV. Concerning the nature of Deity: that it is incomprehensible
- 5Book I, Chapter V. Proof that God is one and not many
- 6Book I, Chapter VI. Concerning the Word and the Son of God: a reasoned proof
- 7Book I, Chapter VII. Concerning the Holy Spirit, a reasoned proof
- 8Book I, Chapter VIII. Concerning the Holy Trinity
- 9Book I, Chapter IX. Concerning what is affirmed about God
- 10Book I, Chapter X. Concerning divine union and separation
- 11Book I, Chapter XI. Concerning what is affirmed about God as though He had body
- 12Book I, Chapter XII. Concerning the Same
- 13Book I, Chapter XIII. Concerning the place of God: and that the Deity alone is uncircumscribed
- 14Book I, Chapter XIV. The properties of the divine nature
- 15Book II, Chapter I. Concerning æon or age
- 16Book II, Chapter II. Concerning the creation
- 17Book II, Chapter III. Concerning angels
- 18Book II, Chapter IV. Concerning the devil and demons
- 19Book II, Chapter V. Concerning the visible creation
- 20Book II, Chapter VI. Concerning the Heaven
- 21Book II, Chapter VII. Concerning light, fire, the luminaries, sun, moon and stars
- 22Book II, Chapter VIII. Concerning air and winds
- 23Book II, Chapter IX. Concerning the waters
- 24Book II, Chapter X. Concerning earth and its products
- 25Book II, Chapter XI. Concerning Paradise
- 26Book II, Chapter XII. Concerning Man
- 27Book II, Chapter XIII. Concerning Pleasures
- 28Book II, Chapter XIV. Concerning Pain
- 29Book II, Chapter XV. Concerning Fear
- 30Book II, Chapter XVI. Concerning Anger
- 31Book II, Chapter XVII. Concerning Imagination
- 32Book II, Chapter XVIII. Concerning Sensation
- 33Book II, Chapter XIX. Concerning Thought
- 34Book II, Chapter XX. Concerning Memory
- 35Book II, Chapter XXI. Concerning Conception and Articulation
- 36Book II, Chapter XXII. Concerning Passion and Energy
- 37Book II, Chapter XXIII. Concerning Energy
- 38Book II, Chapter XXIV. Concerning what is Voluntary and what is Involuntary
- 39Book II, Chapter XXV. Concerning what is in our own power, that is, concerning Free-will [1874]
- 40Book II, Chapter XXVI. Concerning Events [1878]
- 41Book II, Chapter XXVII. Concerning the reason of our endowment with Free-will
- 42Book II, Chapter XXVIII. Concerning what is not in our hands
- 43Book II, Chapter XXIX. Concerning Providence
- 44Book II, Chapter XXX. Concerning Prescience and Predestination
- 45Book III, Chapter I. Concerning the Divine OEconomy and God's care over us, and concerning our salvation
- 46Book III, Chapter III. Concerning Christ's two natures, in opposition to those who hold that He has only one [1962]
- 47Book III, Chapter IV. Concerning the manner of the Mutual Communication [1985]
- 48Book III, Chapter V. Concerning the number of the Natures
- 49Book III, Chapter VI. That in one of its subsistences the divine nature is united in its entirety to the human nature, in its entirety and not only part to part
- 50Book III, Chapter VII. Concerning the one compound subsistence of God the Word
- 51Book III, Chapter VIII. In reply to those who ask whether [2031] the natures of the Lord are brought under a continuous or a discontinuous quantity [2032]
- 52Book III, Chapter IX. In reply to the question whether there is Nature that has no Subsistence
- 53Book III, Chapter X. Concerning the Trisagium ("the Thrice Holy")
- 54Book III, Chapter XI. Concerning the Nature as viewed in Species and in Individual, and concerning the difference between Union and Incarnation: and how this is to be understood, "The one Nature of God the Word Incarnate."
- 55Book III, Chapter XII. That the holy Virgin is the Mother of God: an argument directed against the Nestorians
- 56Book III, Chapter XIII. Concerning the properties of the two Natures
- 57Book III, Chapter XIV. Concerning the volitions and free-will of our Lord Jesus Christ
- 58Book III, Chapter XV. Concerning the energies in our Lord Jesus Christ
- 59Book III, Chapter XVI. In reply to those who say [2171] "If man has two natures and two energies, Christ must be held to have three natures and as many energies."
- 60Book III, Chapter XVII. Concerning the deification of the nature of our Lord's flesh and of His will
- 61Book III, Chapter XVIII. Further concerning volitions and free-wills: minds, too, and knowledges and wisdoms
- 62Book III, Chapter XIX. Concerning the theandric energy
- 63Book III, Chapter XX. Concerning the natural and innocent passions [2203]
- 64Book III, Chapter XXI. Concerning ignorance and servitude
- 65Book III, Chapter XXII. Concerning His growth
- 66Book III, Chapter XXIII. Concerning His Fear
- 67Book III, Chapter XXIV. Concerning our Lord's Praying
- 68Book III, Chapter XXV. Concerning the Appropriation
- 69Book III, Chapter XXVI. Concerning the Passion of our Lord's body, and the Impassibility of His divinity
- 70Book III, Chapter XXVII. Concerning the fact that the divinity of the Word remained inseparable from the soul and the body, even at our Lord's death, and that His subsistence continued one
- 71Book III, Chapter XXVIII. Concerning Corruption and Destruction
- 72Book III, Chapter XXIX. Concerning the Descent to Hades
- 73Book IV, Chapter I. Concerning what followed the Resurrection
- 74Book IV, Chapter II. Concerning the sitting at the right hand of the Father
- 75Book IV, Chapter III. In reply to those who say [2256] "If Christ has two natures, either ye do service to the creature in worshipping created nature, or ye say that there is one nature to be worshipped, and another not to be worshipped."
- 76Book IV, Chapter IV. Why it was the Son of God, and not the Father or the Spirit, that became man: and what having became man He achieved
- 77Book IV, Chapter V. In reply to those who ask if Christ's subsistence is create or uncreate
- 78Book IV, Chapter VI. Concerning the question, when Christ was called
- 79Book IV, Chapter VII. In answer to those who enquire whether the holy Mother of God bore two natures, and whether two natures hung upon the Cross
- 80Book IV, Chapter VIII. How the Only-begotten Son of God is called first-born
- 81Book IV, Chapter IX. Concerning Faith and Baptism
- 82Book IV, Chapter X. Concerning Faith
- 83Book IV, Chapter XI. Concerning the Cross and here further concerning Faith
- 84Book IV, Chapter XII. Concerning Worship towards the East
- 85Book IV, Chapter XIII. Concerning the holy and immaculate Mysteries of the Lord
- 86Book IV, Chapter XIV. Concerning our Lord's genealogy and concerning the holy Mother of God [2436]
- 87Book IV, Chapter XV. Concerning the honour due to the Saints and their remains
- 88Book IV, Chapter XVI. Concerning Images [2496]
- 89Book IV, Chapter XVII. Concerning Scripture [2514]
- 90Book IV, Chapter XVIII. Regarding the things said concerning Christ
- 91Book IV, Chapter XIX. That God [2607] is not the cause of evils
- 92Book IV, Chapter XX. That there are not two Kingdoms
- 93Book IV, Chapter XXI. The purpose [2629] for which God in His foreknowledge created persons who would sin and not repent
- 94Book IV, Chapter XXII. Concerning the law of God and the law of sin
- 95Book IV, Chapter XXIII. Against the Jews on the question of the Sabbath
- 96Book IV, Chapter XXIV. Concerning Virginity
- 97Book IV, Chapter XXV. Concerning the Circumcision
- 98Book IV, Chapter XXVI. Concerning the Antichrist [2705]
- 99Book IV, Chapter XXVII. Concerning the Resurrection