{"podcast":{"title":"Banned Books","slug":"banned-books-1005383","podcast_index_feed_id":1005383,"rss_url":"https://bannedbooks.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.1517.org/podcasts/banned-books","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/b/1/b/e/b1be8b5f4a63f8e488c4a68c3ddbc4f2/banned_books_podcast-20230812-29m6c8u8m4.jpg","author":"1517 Legacy","episode_count":461,"summary":"Welcome to Banned Books, where we read and converse with the rebel children, the holy mischief-makers of God, who fight against the kind of useless religious, spiritual, and moral methods of life improvement that seeks to smother the glory of God in Jesus Christ. We want to introduce you to those who forgot everything except Jesus Christ and him crucified. We all struggle with fear of being last, lost, least, littlest, and dead, and so we are here to encourage, challenge, provoke, and maybe even offend you by introducing you to theologians who at one time or another were banned by their church, declared dangerous, or simply vilified for daring to confess that Christ alone is the way, truth, and life. Welcome rebel children, holy mischief makers, and fools for Christ. This podcast is for you.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/banned-books-1005383"},"episode":{"title":"437: John of Damascus - Apologia Against Those Who Decry Holy Images","slug":"437-john-of-damascus-apologia-against-those-who-decry-holy-images","published_at":"2026-04-26T11:58:17+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/banned-books-1005383/437-john-of-damascus-apologia-against-those-who-decry-holy-images","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/banned-books-1005383","url":"https://www.1517.org/podcast-overview/437-john-of-damascus","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bannedbooks/BB_437.mp3?dest-id=697691","summary":"Every Picture Tells a Story. In this episode, we sit with John of Damascus to listen to him teach us about the veneration of icons — what that means, why it's a subject of dispute, how scripture distinguishes between graven images and god- pleasing icons, and how this all ties into worship and vocation. This and much, much more on this week's episode. SHOW NOTES: John of Damascus Apologia https://archive.org/details/isbn_2900881412450/page/19/mode/1up Rohlin tweet https://x.com/richardrohlin/status/2046741799322984835 Christ Pantocrator icon https://www.thebyzantinelegacy.com/catherine-pantocrator More from 1517: Support 1517 Podcast Network: https://www.1517.org/donate-podcasts 1517 Podcasts : http://www.1517.org/podcasts 1517 on YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/@1517org 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/1517-podcast-network/id6442751370 1517 Events Schedule : https://www.1517.org/events 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education : https://academy.1517.org/ What's New from 1517: 1517 Youtube: How God Still Speaks Today https://youtu.be/oqTGOUe7YG0?si=ZAdFLVhZYmSNgzsp Being Family by Dr. Scott Keith https://shop.1517.org/products/9781964419961-being-family A Reasoned Defense of the Faith by Adam Francisco https://shop.1517.org/collections/coming-soon/products/9781964419879-a-reasoned-defense-of-the-faith Stretched: A Study for Lent and the Entire Christian Life by Dr. Christopher Richmann https://shop.1517.org/products/9781964419381-stretched The Essential Nestingen: Essays on Preaching, Catechism, and the Reformation https://shop.1517.org/products/9781964419121-the-essential-nestingen Philip Melanchthon's Commentary on Ecclesiastes, Translated by Dr. Derek Cooper https://shop.1517.org/products/9781964419299-philip-melanchth…","meta_description":"Every Picture Tells a Story. In this episode, we sit with John of Damascus to listen to him teach us about the veneration of icons — what that means, why…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":9748,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/banned-books-1005383/episodes/437-john-of-damascus-apologia-against-those-who-decry-holy-images/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/banned-books-1005383/437-john-of-damascus-apologia-against-those-who-decry-holy-images.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}