St. John of Damascus: Patron Saint of Visual Communication Terry Lindvall, Ph.D. Virginia Wesleyan University Introduction When Moses brought down the imposing Ten Commandments from Mt. Sinai, the second law seemed to quarantine the place of the visual arts outside the communal life of God’s chosen people. At the very moment when Moses was dutifully engaged in receiving this law …
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