It was an event
of damascene revelation for me.
Not exact matches
[27] John
Damascene or
of Damascus (657 - 749) monk and theologian, 2 On the Virtues and the Vices, (in The Philokalia).
How many
of our people, indeed how many
of us in the ordained ministry, really understand that prayer is essentially what St. Thomas Aquinas, following St. John
Damascene, said it is: «the elevation
of the mind to God»?
He then gives cites Jerome, Basil, and
Damascene as examples
of this use
of conscience, and concludes: «we customarily designate causes and effects by one another.»
The combination with dates seems to give it something slightly more indulgent and I'll be bookmarking this recipe to be able to use it for when the
Damascene moment arrives... (probably, like for you, with a pile
of dates) Thank you for co-hosting FF — have a good one!
The MP for Huddersfield explained his
Damascene conversion: «I started looking at the evidence and research, and rather than bringing life into the regions, it would suck more life out
of the regions into London and the south - east.
Our last subject in the race for the 36th Council District seat is the Rev. Conrad Tillard, formerly known as Conrad Muhammad, formerly known as Conrad X. Reverend Tillard first came to public attention as the chief youth minister
of the Nation
of Islam, and then the minister
of Harlem's famed Mosque No. 7, the former seat
of Malcolm X. Reverend Tillard made some conventionally controversial remarks against white devils and Jewish slave masters, etc. from that esteemed perch, was later stripped
of his ministry under a cloud
of suspicion, and then underwent a second
Damascene moment when he left the NOI and returned to the faith
of his fathers, receiving baptism by the Reverend Calvin Butts.
Not that Corybn is alone on the issue — Jeremy Hunt, disastrously enough, used to be
of the same persuasion before he had a sudden
Damascene conversion upon becoming health secretary.
In the end it is difficult not to be delighted at the appearance
of this seemingly
Damascene conversion to the political centre.
But not all
of his colleagues were convinced by their leader's
Damascene conversion.
And then in 1954 Churchill has this
damascene moment when he read
of the appalling, utterly appalling destructiveness
of the hydrogen bomb.
O'Brien worked in mainstream schools for five years before moving into special education — and with the self - flagellating humility
of a convert, in his book describes himself as having been «blissfully unaware and completely uninterested» in the sector before what appears to have been his
Damascene awakening.
MADRID Welcome and farewell dinners; guided sightseeing, visit the Prado MuseumSEGOVIA Take pictures
of the Roman aqueductAVILA Visit the walled townSALAMANCA Orientation walk; [LF] wine tasting, dinner, and overnight stay at Hacienda ZoritaFATIMA Visit the Sanctuary
of Our Lady
of the RosaryLISBON Guided sightseeing, visit the Alfama quarter and Jeronimos MonasteryAZARUJA [LF] Visit a cork factorySEVILLE Guided sightseeing, visit the Casa de Pilatos, walk through the Santa Cruz quarterALGECIRAS - TANGIER By ferry across the Strait
of GibraltarTANGIER Panoramic [LF] drive to Cap Spartel, enjoy mint tea and biscuits; [LF] Moroccan show; guided sightseeing, visit Grand Socco squareCOSTA DEL SOLGRANADA Guided walking tour, visit the Alhambra complex and the Water Gardens
of the Generalife; a special dinner at a local restaurantTOLEDO Guided walking tour, visit an early synagogue, the gothic cathedral, and Santo Tom Church with one
of El Greco's masterpieces; visit a
Damascene steel workshop
MADRID Welcome and farewell dinners; guided sightseeing, visit the Prado MuseumSEGOVIA Take pictures
of the Roman aqueductAVILA Visit the walled townSALAMANCA Orientation walk; [LF] wine tasting, dinner, and overnight stay at Hacienda ZoritaFATIMA Visit the Sanctuary
of Our Lady
of the RosaryLISBON Guided sightseeing, visit the Alfama quarter and Jeronimos MonasteryAZARUJA [LF] Visit a cork factorySEVILLE Guided sightseeing, visit the Casa de Pilatos, walk through the Santa Cruz quarterALGECIRAS - TANGIER By ferry across the Strait
of GibraltarTANGIER Panoramic [LF] drive to Cap Spartel, enjoy mint tea and biscuits; [LF] Moroccan show; guided sightseeing, visit Grand Socco squareCOSTA DEL SOLGRANADA Guided walking tour, visit the Alhambra complex and the Water Gardens
of the Generalife; a special dinner at a local restaurantTOLEDO Guided walking tour, visit an early synagogue, the gothic cathedral, and Santo Tomé Church with one
of El Greco's masterpieces; visit a
Damascene steel workshop
Although he continued to promote abstract work produced in Britain and throughout Europe, Sylvester believed at this time that figurative art «was capable
of going further... that [it] could be more complex, more specific, richer in human content».18 By 1958, however, Sylvester had undergone what he later described as a «
Damascene conversion'to the profound achievements
of recent American abstraction.
As was argued here, this fusion
of environmentalism and advocacy
of nuclear power looks less like a
Damascene conversion, and more like a Reformation.