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Augustine — Anti-Pelagian Writings • SECTION 462
Chapter 20.--Ambrose on God's Control Over Men's Thoughts. And when Ambrose said this, he was speaking in that treatise which he wrote concerning Flight from the World, wherein he taught that this …
786 wordsTheodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 255
I really can no longer wonder or complain of his unfriendly dealings with me since he has not spared such men, such great men.' For another man whom he tears to pieces is Ambrose that …
2,254 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 171
… in view. [2193] [2183] S. John i. 4. Observe that St. Ambrose follows a different punctuation to that of our Bible. St. Ambrose's stopping is the same as that adopted by Westcott (Commentary on …
823 wordsAugustine — Anti-Pelagian Writings • SECTION 215
Chapter 55 [L.]--Ambrose Witnesses that Perfect Purity is Impossible to Human Nature. He ought, moreover, carefully to note that, in the very same context from which he quoted that passage of Ambrose's, which …
864 wordsSulpitius Severus, Vincent of Lerins & John Cassian • SECTION 495
… He shows that Ambrose agrees with S. Hilary. Ambrose, that illustrious priest of God, who never leaving the Lord's hand, ever shone like a jewel upon the finger of God, thus speaks in his …
936 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 149
… Partly overawed by the Emperor, partly deceived by the Arians, the Bishops agreed to strike out the words substance' and consubstantial.' After this came the correction,' which Ambrose calls the second,' being made either by …
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… by St. Ambrose. [1465] Acts ix. 39. [1466] S. Luke vii. 12. [1467] Gen. v. 24. [1468] Wisd. iv. 11. [1469] Symmachus is called parens of Satyrus here and elsewhere by St. Ambrose. The title …
971 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 76
… Damasus cleansed not, Peter cleansed not, Ambrose cleansed not, Gregory cleansed not; [816] for ours is the ministry, but the sacraments are Thine. For it is not in man's power to confer what is …
1,479 wordsAugustine — Confessions & Letters • SECTION 56
Chapter II.--She, on the Prohibition of Ambrose, Abstains from Honouring the Memory of the Martyrs. 2. When, therefore, my mother had at one time--as was her custom in Africa--brought to the oratories …
1,498 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 212
… at the time when those addresses which have come down to our times were drawn up. St. Ambrose goes through and explains the greater part, first of the rites usual at the time of solemn …
722 wordsTheodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 99
… Her first conflict with Ambrose was probably in 380 at Sirmium. On the murder of Gratian in 383 Maximus for four years left the young Valentinian in possession of Italy, in deference to the pleading …
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… Finally," he says, "the same Scripture affirms above, Blessed is the man whose help is of Thee; O Lord, [3633] ascent is in his heart.'" [3634] Assuredly, Ambrose was not only enabled to say this …
717 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 295
Letter LXI. St. Ambrose explains his absence from Milan on the arrival of the Emperor Theodosius after his victory over Eugenius, [3643] and after expressing his thankfulness for that success he promises obedience to the …
747 wordsAugustine — Confessions & Letters • SECTION 81
… 6. [594] "Simplicianus became a successor of the most blessed Ambrose, Bishop of the Church of Milan' (Aug. Retract. ii. 1). To him St. Augustin wrote two books, De Diversis Quæstionibus (Op. t. vi. p …
2,204 wordsSocrates and Sozomen — Ecclesiastical Histories • SECTION 239
… 23. [1537] Ambrose, and other bishops of Italy, convened in an undesignated Synod, condemned Nectarius, both for his part in this procedure and also as improperly ordained. Hard. i. c. 844. Chapter XII.--Project of …
2,206 wordsJerome — Principal Works • SECTION 1
… It was the age of the great Fathers, of Ambrose and Augustine in the West, of Basil, the Gregories, and Chrysostom in the East. With several of these Jerome was brought into personal contact; of …
2,204 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 107
… Fathers, and in St. Ambrose elsewhere; e.g. De Fide, V. 10; De Mysteriis, §§ 52-54, 58. Bishop Andrewes, formerly of Winchester (ob. a.d. 1626), refers to St. Ambrose as follows: "Nos vero et …
1,275 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 285
… For why should we fear for the Name of Christ? Unless perchance I ought to be troubled because they say: "Ought not the Emperor to have one basilica, to which to go, and Ambrose wants …
1,713 wordsEusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 187
… At that time Origen began his commentaries on the Divine Scriptures, being urged thereto by Ambrose, [1956] who employed innumerable incentives, not only exhorting him by word, but also furnishing abundant means. 2. For he …
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Chapter 48.--Pelagius Rightly Condemned and Really Opposed by Ambrose. These words, however, of the man of God are contradicted by Pelagius, notwithstanding all his commendation of his author, when he himself declares that "we …
1,885 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 282
… I, Ambrose, Bishop, offer this memorial to the most gracious Emperor, and most blessed Augustus Valentinian. [3461] "When Valentinian was journeying from Constantinople to Rome...some bishops despatched Hypatian...to request permission to assemble themselves …
2,422 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 191
… is applicable to all His fellow-men. The first construction, however, explains St. Ambrose's analogy more fully." [2457] St. Ambrose quotes the words from St. John vi. 58, thus: "propter Patrem." This seeming expression …
877 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 151
Chapter XX. St. Ambrose declares his desire that some angel would fly to him to purify him, as once the Seraph did to Isaiah--nay more, that Christ Himself would come to him, to the …
908 wordsTheodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 101
… He therefore bowed to the rebuke of Ambrose, and retired sighing and weeping to the palace. After a considerable time, when eight months had passed away, the festival of our Saviour's birth came round …
1,990 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 219
… to many modern sects." [See Dict. Chr. Biog., Blunt, Sects and heresies, Ceillier, II. 427, etc.] St. Ambrose, in writing against the Novatians, seems to have had some recent publication of theirs in his mind …
990 wordsAugustine — Confessions & Letters • SECTION 57
Chapter III.--As Ambrose Was Occupied with Business and Study, Augustin Could Seldom Consult Him Concerning the Holy Scriptures. 3. Nor did I now groan in my prayers that Thou wouldest help me; but my …
980 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 241
… way in which St. Ambrose and other writers occasionally quote the words of holy Scripture without reference to their context or real meaning. The words suit the argument of St. Ambrose and he uses them …
1,030 wordsHilary of Poitiers & John of Damascus • SECTION 14
… Ambrose has borrowed from them liberally and quite uncritically for his own exposition of certain of the Psalms; and Ambrose, accredited by his own fame and that of his greater friend Augustine, has quite overshadowed …
2,291 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 141
… Arians, certainly was open to St. Ambrose's censure. We should remember, however, that a man is not properly a father until his child is born. [1798] St. Ambrose perhaps thought that the curse laid …
1,164 wordsSocrates and Sozomen — Ecclesiastical Histories • SECTION 253
… Gerontius, however, was a very skillful physician; he was eloquent and persuasive, and knew well how to gain friends; he therefore ridiculed the command of Ambrose, and repaired to Constantinople. In a short time he …
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