John of Damascus
The same, on the Piscina.
On Holy Images — translated by Mary H. Allies
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Just as when the royal effigy and image is sent or carried into the city, rulers and people go out to meet it with respect and reverence, not honouring the wooden receptacle, or the waxen representation, but the person of the king; so is it with created things.
Translated by Mary H. Allies. Edition opa.patristics.john-of-damascus.on-holy-images.en.