The Apostolic Fathers

Other Fragments from the Lost Writings of Justin

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Fragment 17: From the writings of John of Damascus

Just as the good of the body is health, so the good of the soul is knowledge, which is indeed a kind of health of the soul, through which a likeness to God is attained.