(01.06 lc)which of the following accurately describes who john of damascus was?
the patriarch of the byzantine church
the leading opponent of iconoclasm
the military governor of damascus
the pope who excommunicated leo iii

The correct answer for this question is that John of Damascus can be accurately described as the Patriarch of the Byzantine Church. John of Damascus was a great defender of the Orthodox and Byzantine church, and even though he lived in an Islamic empire still defended Christian practices.