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Sulpitius Severus, Vincent of Lerins & John Cassian • SECTION 133
… from the South the most blessed Cyprian, bishop of Carthage and martyr, and from the North St. Ambrose, bishop of Milan. [80.] These all then, to the sacred number of the decalogue, [520] were produced …
1,344 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 19
… 14. [159] Gen. xv. 4; xvii. 15. [160] Gen. xxvii. 42 ff. [161] Gen. xxv. 34. St. Ambrose at times gets carried away by his subject and says more than is warranted by the words …
1,345 wordsGregory of Nyssa — Dogmatic Treatises • SECTION 217
… Christ's blood, was paid, is shared by Origen, Ambrose, and Augustine. The latter says, "Sanguine Christi diabolus non ditatus est, sed ligatus," i.e. bound by compact. On the other hand Gregory Naz. (tom …
1,351 wordsBasil — Letters and Select Works • SECTION 62
… The Hexæmeron of Ambrose is rather an imitation than a translation or adaptation of that of Basil. Basil's Hexæmeron was translated into Latin by Eustathius Afer (c. A.D. 440) and is said to …
1,324 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 257
… of Mary. Then after narrating the story of a heathen youth, and saying of a poet, St. Ambrose relates a miracle wrought by a holy priest. 9. I will, too, that visits amongst the younger …
1,361 wordsEusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 1
… I am happy to state that the Second Series, containing the chief works of the Fathers from Eusebius to John of Damascus, and from Ambrose to Gregory the Great, will be issued on the same …
1,360 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 112
… As he purposes to establish the Godhead of the Holy Spirit by the points already discussed, St. Ambrose touches again on some of them; for instance, that He does not commit but forgives sin; that …
1,403 wordsAugustine — Anti-Pelagian Writings • SECTION 371
… In conclusion, he brings forward the testimonies of Cyprian and Ambrose on behalf of the Catholic faith, some concerning original sin, others about the assistance of grace, and the last concerning the imperfection of present …
1,406 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 164
… xvii. 5. [2075] S. John xvi. 15; xvii. 10. [2076] S. Matt. xvii. 6. Chapter XV. St. Ambrose deprecates any praise of his own merits: in any case, the Faith is sufficiently defended by the …
1,421 wordsAugustine — Anti-Pelagian Writings • SECTION 482
… 491. Almsgiving, [53]164, [54]172, [55]386, [56]408, [57]426. Alypius, [58]283, [59]377. Ambrose, [60]147, [61]233 sq., [62]254, [63]279, [64]304, [65]431 sq., [66]532, [67 …
1,198 wordsChrysostom — Priesthood, Ascetic Treatises & Homilies • SECTION 25
… women who had taken the vow of virginity occur in the middle of the 4th century. St. Ambrose mentions one at Bologna. De Virg. i. 10. St. Basil is said to have founded some (see …
1,431 wordsTheodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 233
… ii [2775] This is a mistaken reading (though said by Vallarsi to be accepted by both Ambrose and Augustin), Cilicium for heliki. Rufinus adopts the latter. "Binding his ass's colt to the tendril of …
1,432 wordsAugustine — Confessions & Letters • SECTION 33
… This method of interpretation he first learned from Ambrose. See note on "the letter killeth," etc. (below, vi. sec. 6), for the danger attending it. On the general subject, reference may also be made to …
1,483 wordsAugustine — Confessions & Letters • SECTION 95
… See Ch. Schoettgen, Hor. Heb. et Talmud, i. 300. [767] "Animam oportet assiduis saliri tentationibus,' says St. Ambrose. Some errors and offences do rub salt upon a good man's integrity, that it may not …
1,472 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 46
… and carried away with them a vast number of captives and afterwards sold them into slavery. St. Ambrose busied himself in redeeming all he could. He tells us himself how his efforts were met by …
1,545 wordsThe Seven Ecumenical Councils • SECTION 38
… Exposition of the Catholic Faith. To these remarks of Mr. Ludlow's, I may add that St. Ambrose had written (De Viduis, c. xi.), "We do not prohibit second marriages, but we do not approve …
1,561 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 54
… With regard to this, reference is made to the well-known story about the sacred vessels which were broken up by Ambrose to pay for the redemption of captives; and very beautiful advice is given …
1,573 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 213
… of Jerusalem in this series, Vol. VII. p. 144 ff. [2833] Mal. ii. 7. Chapter III. St. Ambrose points out that we must consider the divine presence and working in the water and the sacred …
1,599 wordsBasil — Letters and Select Works • SECTION 73
… s Translation. The addition in question appears neither in the Vulgate, nor in Aquila, or Symmachus, or Theodotion. Ambrose, however, in Hexæm. iii. 5 approves of it. [1533] Gen. i. 10. [1534] Gen. i. 10.
1,591 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 238
… Lazarus. After showing that the Novatians are the successors of those who planned to kill Lazarus, St. Ambrose argues that the full forgiveness of every sin is signified by the odour of the ointment poured …
1,640 wordsAthanasius — Select Works and Letters • SECTION 252
… 347, by Pope Julius; nor in the Council of Aquileia in 381, was it offered by S. Ambrose to Palladius and Secundianus. S. Jerome's account of the apology made by the Fathers of Ariminum …
1,630 wordsLactantius, Venantius, Asterius, Victorinus & Others • SECTION 136
… See a passage in Ambrose's Epistle to the Thessal., ch. v. (Migne). [2175] [Vol. ii. [207]pp. 4, 5.] [2176] [Compare Num. xvi. 41.] [2177] ametropho'nous. So Homer in the Iliad calls Thersites …
1,598 wordsEusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 391
… cf. Pseud-Cypr. de dupl. Mart. c. 31), yet its use for martyrs is not uncommon (cf. Ambrose, ad Gratian, c. 2). Later the term was used of all, especially faithful professors of Christ. [3434 …
1,615 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 239
Chapter VIII. In urging repentance St. Ambrose turns to his own case, expressing the wish that he could wash our Lord's feet like the woman in the Gospel, which is a great pattern of …
1,650 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 209
… From these Ambrose argues against them that if they admit ignorance and inability in the Father, they must admit that the same Substance exists in the Son as in the Father; unless they prefer to …
1,661 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 247
… Cor. x. 4. [3182] 1 Cor. vii. 25. [3183] 1 Cor. vii. 32, 34. Chapter VI. St. Ambrose explains that he is not speaking against marriage, and proceeds to compare the advantages and disadvantages of …
1,675 wordsAugustine — Anti-Pelagian Writings • SECTION 117
… Towards the end of this treatise there is an examination of sundry extracts from old writers, which Pelagius adduced in support of his views, and expressly from Hilary, Ambrose, and even Augustin himself.
1,655 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 233
Book II. Chapter I. St. Ambrose gives additional rules concerning repentance, and shows that it must not be delayed. 1. Although in the former book we have written many things which may tend to the …
1,688 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 230
Chapter XIV. St. Ambrose explains that the flesh given to Satan for destruction is eaten by the serpent when the soul is set free from carnal desires. He gives, therefore, various rules for guarding the …
1,709 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 96
… about to prove that the will, the calling, and the commandment of the Trinity is one, St. Ambrose shows that the Spirit called the Church exactly as the Father and the Son did, and proves …
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