St. John Damascene: Barlaam and Ioasaph (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from St. John Damascene: Barlaam and IoasaphOur book falls roughly into three distinct parts: the narrative - the thread on which the whole is strung: the speeches - many of them of great length - containing long expositions of Christian doctrine, confessions of Faith and hymns of praise.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.