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Incarnation and Icon in the Polemical Works of St. John of Damascus
Forum Theologicum SardicenseThe proposed text aims to present the meaning of the dogma of the Incarnation in relation to the representation of God, as articulated in the polemical writings of St. John Damascene, one of the most significant defenders of icon veneration.
Alena Kerezova
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Federalism in Post‐Assad Syria: Toward Durable Peace in a Pluralist Society
Middle East Policy, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 206-227, Summer 2026.Abstract Syria's civil war has left behind a fractured state. While the new president, Ahmed al‐Sharaa, seeks to unify the country and restore centralized governance, this appears unworkable. Instead, this article contends, asymmetrical federalism offers a pathway toward stability.
Dilan Okcuoglu
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The Transition from the Temple of Jupiter to the Great Mosque of Damascus in Architecture and Design
Studia Ceranea, 2015 Great Mosque of Damascus was built between 705 and 715 by the Umayyad Caliph al-Walid I. However, the origins of this building dates to the distant past. At first it was a location of an ancient Aramaean temple dedicated to the god Hadad.
Kamil Sobczak
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Signals, Red Lines, and Collision: The Israel‐Iran Spiral and US Intervention
Middle East Policy, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 5-23, Summer 2026.Abstract The Iran War erupted in February 2026 without UN authorization, and Washington's rationales—Iranian nuclear ambitions, missile capacity, and proxy threats—map more closely onto Israeli than US security interests. Why have we seen two major conflicts between these belligerents in less than one year?
Buğra Sari
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St. John Damascene and His Contribution to the Medieval Controversy over the “Right Religion”
Forum Theologicum SardicenseThe 100th chapter of the book On Heresies presents a peculiar mixture: a dispassionate, realistic exposition alongside scathing criticism. It includes verifiable facts about Islam and the Qur’an, interspersed with mere allegations.
Dietmar Schon
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An appraisal of the Damascus document and its significance for the Qumran community [PDF]
, 1992 This thesis is a study of the central themes of the Damascus Document and the purposes for which it was written. Before the discovery of the Qumran MSS a variety of opinions were held about the authorship of CD and the date of its composition. Since the (
Jones, Andrew Collins
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How Love for the Image Cast out Fear of It in Early Christianity
Religions, 2017 Iconoclastic and iconophilic impulses have long vied for pre-eminence in Christianity, coming to one particularly fraught crisis point in the Byzantine Iconomachy of the eighth and ninth centuries.
Natalie Carnes
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BMC Cancer, 2019 Background Most clinical trials on colorectal cancer (CRC) exclude cases who have history of a prior malignancy. However, no prior research studied this history’s actual impact on the survival of CRC.
Muneer J. Al-Husseini +5 more
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The cartesian shift: Redefining passions from medieval to contemporary perspectives [PDF]
Belgrade Philosophical AnnualOur aim in this paper is to investigate the novelties that Descartes' theory of passions brings to contemporary emotion theories by contrasting it with a medieval understanding of passions.
Filipović Anastasija +1 more
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Patristic Views on the Hierarchy of the Angels
Forum Theologicum SardicenseDanail Nikolov, Patristic Views on the Hierarchy of the Angels. There are numerous passages in the Bible that mention angels, but none provide direct information about angelic hierarchy. However, according to Orthodox Church Tradition, there is clear and
Danail Nikolov
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