Devotion to you, O Blessed Virgin, is a means of salvation which God gives to those whom he wishes to save.
John of DamascusI do not worship matter; I worship the Creator of matter who became matter for my sake.
John of DamascusAll we know if an angel is that it is incorporeal, immaterial, and only by comparing it with God-who is incomparable-can we see that it has some density and body after all, since in reality only God is truly immaterial and incorporeal.
John of DamascusI do not worship matter, I worship the God of matter, who became matter for my sake and deigned to inhabit matter, who worked out my salvation through matter. I will not cease from honoring that matter which works for my salvation. I venerate it, though not as God.
John of Damascus