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Augustine — Confessions & Letters • SECTION 367
… Ambrose, bishop of Milan, effect of his preaching, [34]45 his ministry, [35]45 and note Augustin makes his acquaintance, and is received by him in a fatherly way, [36]88 his eloquence, [37]88 …
2,200 wordsEusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 150
… 2) and by Ambrose (De Parad. V. 28), and they have preserved but a few brief fragments. It must have been an extensive work, as Ambrose quotes from the 38th book. From these fragments we …
1,377 wordsJerome — Principal Works • SECTION 2
… He destroyed the temples--the destruction of the Serapeum at Alexandria in 389 being the most notable instance of this--and supported Ambrose in his vehement efforts for the suppression of Paganism. Though he loyally …
2,435 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 135
… Cf. Isa. vi. 3, and the Te Deum, verse 5 (the Trisagion). [1707] Isa. xlv. 14. St. Ambrose's version differs somewhat from the A.V. [1708] S. John xiv. 10. [1709] S. John xiv …
1,420 wordsChrysostom — Priesthood, Ascetic Treatises & Homilies • SECTION 134
… become propitious to me, and a ransom of my sins may be made and granted." To St. Ambrose, Ep. 197, al. 55, Ben. iii. 288, he speaks of the relics of a martyr as protection …
1,418 wordsBasil — Letters and Select Works • SECTION 187
… Letter CXCVII. [2684] To Ambrose, bishop of Milan. [2685] 1. The gifts of the Lord are ever great and many; in greatness beyond measure, in number incalculable. To those who are not insensible of His …
1,468 wordsEusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 188
… It must have been commenced, therefore, soon after he formed the connection with Ambrose mentioned in the previous chapter, and that it was one of the fruits of this connection is proved by the way …
1,431 wordsAugustine — Confessions & Letters • SECTION 369
… Martyr, [691]107 (note) how converts were received in his time, [692]118 (note) Justina, persecution of Ambrose by, [693]134 and note qn' and br' distinguished, [694]115 (note) Knowledge of God, [695]45 …
2,207 wordsEusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 180
… 3), who says that this was the first work which he undertook at the solicitation of Ambrose (see chap. 18). We may accept this as in itself quite probable, for there could be no better …
1,489 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 267
… life appears sad, she is happy, since the promises of the Lord are made to her. St. Ambrose then touches upon the benefits of weeping. 33. Does the widow Naomi seem to you of small …
1,494 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 281
… If Ambrose bade you, you would deliver me up to him in chains. You can think what may be coming after these words. All shuddered when they heard them, but he has some by whom …
1,531 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 133
… foreign peoples--especially if subject to kings--as gentes exteræ, in contradistinction to the Populus Romanus. St. Ambrose of course means those who still clung to the ancient religions, who were foreigners to the commonwealth …
1,586 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 38
… committed previous to its reception, so also it removes all impediments to ordination. This same idea St. Ambrose combats here. [353] Ex. xix. 10. [354] Num. iii. 12, 13. [355] Num. i. 49-51. [356 …
1,628 wordsSocrates and Sozomen — Ecclesiastical Histories • SECTION 136
… When Justina sought to revive the Arian standard in the West, her treatment of Ambrose is called persecution (vii. 13); but Ambrose's intolerant procedures against the Arians are not even noticed. No quizzical wrinkle …
2,747 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 294
Letter LVII. St. Ambrose informs the Emperor Eugenius why he was absent from Milan. He then proceeds to reprove him for his conduct with regard to heathen worship. This was, he says, the reason why …
1,643 wordsAugustine — Confessions & Letters • SECTION 55
… Book VI. ------------------------ Attaining his thirtieth year, he, under the admonition of the discourses of Ambrose, discovered more and more the truth of the Catholic doctrine, and deliberates as to the better regulation of his life …
1,639 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 242
… LXX.]. These words occur in the Septuagint only, and would seem to be taken here by St. Ambrose as a warning from God to Cain, not to sacrifice whilst in sin, and so be applied …
1,682 wordsSocrates and Sozomen — Ecclesiastical Histories • SECTION 226
Chapter XXIV.--Concerning St. Ambrose and his Elevation to the High Priesthood; how he persuaded the People to practice Piety. The Novatians of Phrygia and the Passover. The clergy of the West having thus anticipated …
1,662 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 193
[2475] Rom. xi. 33-36. St. Ambrose's quotation of the passage in extenso shows us how texts ought to be used in argument--namely, not rent from their context, not as unrelated apophthegms. [2476 …
1,662 wordsLeo the Great & Gregory the Great • SECTION 209
… This excellent teaching of thine is attested by the holy ancient fathers, doctors, and defenders of the Church; Hilary, Ambrose Augustin, Gregory Nazianzen: these all bear testimony to thee as did the prophets to the …
1,693 wordsTheodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 50
… de Syn. §8). [551] Auxentius, the elder, bishop of Milan, succeeded Dionysius in 355, and occupied the see till his death in 374, when Ambrose was chosen to fill his place. Auxentius, the younger, known …
1,706 wordsEusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 196
… It was one of Origen's latest works, as we are told here by Eusebius, and was composed (as we learn from its preface) at the urgent request of Ambrose, to whom also it was …
1,765 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 181
… Sabaoth, it surely follows that the Son of God is omnipotent! [2330] Col. ii. 3. [2331] St. Ambrose perhaps meant that John Baptist had, for a space, lost the prophetic Light, when he doubted, and …
1,872 wordsAugustine — Confessions & Letters • SECTION 82
… It is mentioned by Tertullian, Ambrose, and Jerome, and "in the fourth century," says Palmer (Origines Liturgicæ, c. 5, sec. 2, where the authorities will be found), "the renunciation was made with great solemnity. Cyril …
1,889 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 111
Chapter XVII. St. Ambrose shows by instances that the places in which those words were spoken help to the understanding of the words of the Lord; he shows that Christ uttered the passage quoted from …
1,904 wordsChrysostom — Priesthood, Ascetic Treatises & Homilies • SECTION 5
… Theodosius had profound reverence for bishops, and on another occasion he submitted to the rebuke of St. Ambrose for the wholesale massacre of the Thessalonians (390). In this period of public anxiety, which lasted several …
1,955 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 139
… no father, no son, and equally, no son, no father. [1777] S. John i. 1 f. St. Ambrose notices especially the quadruple "was" as unmistakably signifying the Son's eternity. We may also notice the …
1,969 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 252
Book II. Chapter I. In this book St. Ambrose purposes to treat of the training of virgins, using examples rather than precepts, and explains why he does so in writing rather than by word of …
2,041 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 88
… faults. [983] 1 John i. 1, 2. [984] Ps. xxxvi. [xxxv.] 9. [985] In these words St. Ambrose appears plainly to set forth the procession of the Holy Spirit from the Son, though he admits …
2,061 wordsTheodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 259
… Here the allusion is chiefly to Jerome's attack upon Ambrose. See Sect. 23-25. 44. It remains that every reader of this book should give his suffrage for one or the other of us …
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