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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Barlaam and Ioasaph by St. John of Damascus: and temple treasure was taken from them, and in their stead holy
courts were built for God. For these King Ioasaph dedicated the
riches and costly vestments and treasures of the idolatrous
temples, thereby making this worthless and superfluous material
fit for service, and profitable. And the foul fiends that dwelt
in their altars and temples were rigorously chased away and put
to flight; and these, in the hearing of many, loudly lamented the
misfortune that had overtaken them. And all the region round
about was freed from their dark deceit, and illuminated with the
light of the blameless Christian faith.
And, soothly, the king was a good example to all; and he inflamed
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