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Augustine — Confessions & Letters • SECTION 97
… The prayers of his mother, the silent influence of his friend, the high character of Ambrose, the preparation for Christian truth in the writings of heathen philosophers, were all laid up, as it were, waiting …
1,051 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 113
Chapter XIX. Having proved above that the Spirit abides and speaks in the prophets, St. Ambrose infers that He knows all things which are of God, and therefore is One with the Father and the …
1,082 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 140
Chapter IX. St. Ambrose questions the heretics and exhibits their answer, which is, that the Son existed, indeed, before all time, yet was not co-eternal with the Father, whereat the Saint shows that they …
1,069 wordsAugustine — City of God & Christian Doctrine • SECTION 192
… Philo was, of course, the leading culprit, but Ambrose and other Church fathers went nearly as far. Augustin condemns the Seleucians for this among other heresies, that they denied a visible Paradise.--De Hæres. 59.
1,082 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 186
… 16, 17; i. 29. [2397] S. John xi. 40. [2398] Lat. "ex personæ hominis incarnati susceptione." St. Ambrose does not mean that there were two Persons in Christ--the Divine Logos or Word and the …
1,103 wordsAugustine — Confessions & Letters • SECTION 1
… It is to embrace in about twenty-five large volumes the most important works of the Greek Fathers from Eusebius to Photius, and of the Latin Fathers from Ambrose to Gregory the Great. The series …
1,090 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 264
Chapter III. St. Ambrose returns to the story of the widow of Sarepta, and shows that she represented the Church, hence that she was an example to virgins, married women, and widows. Then he refers …
1,132 wordsThe Seven Ecumenical Councils • SECTION 161
… Justin Martyr in his Second Apology, Ambrose, or whoever was the author of the books on the Sacraments (Lib. v., cap. i.), Augustine and many others make mention of this rite, and above all St …
1,137 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 223
… is answered from several passages of Scripture, wherein God promises forgiveness to sinners on their repentance. St. Ambrose also shows that mercy will be more readily accorded to such as have sinned, as it were …
1,159 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 167
… could not "be made" God if we use the Name "God" in its proper sense, but St. Ambrose probably had in his mind the sense which the Arians attached to the name, as applicable to …
1,154 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 269
… To an objection that the state of widowhood might indeed be endurable if circumstances were pleasant, St. Ambrose replies that pleasant surroundings are more dangerous than even trouble; and goes to show by examples taken …
1,160 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 163
… Judge are shortly refuted. Christ's remonstrances regarding the rest of His adversaries being set forth, St. Ambrose expresses a hope of milder judgment for himself. 108. Let us proceed, then, with your accusations, and …
1,190 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 104
… up in the brazen serpent: but the Apostle says that the Spirit also was there tempted. St. Ambrose infers from this that the Israelites were guided into the promised land by the same Spirit, and …
1,203 wordsAugustine — City of God & Christian Doctrine • SECTION 424
… xii. [2006] Ambrose, de Virginibus, lib. ii. Chapter 22.--The Necessity of Variety in Style. 51. But we are not to suppose that it is against rule to mingle these various styles: on the contrary …
1,196 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 110
… Unity of the Godhead is established. Lastly, after explaining how the Son receives from the Father, St. Ambrose shows how various heresies are refuted by the passage cited. 109. So, then, the Father is holy …
1,224 wordsAugustine — Anti-Pelagian Writings • SECTION 373
… of death." Augustin says "of death" is genitive of the object, not of the author or subject.--W.] [2786] Commentaries by Hilary the Deacon, printed among the Works of Ambrose, vol. iv. (Patrol. Lat. xvii.)
1,205 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 93
… in translating this verse to keep the words "spirit" and "breath" as suiting the argument of St. Ambrose. But there can be little doubt that the ordinary translation is the correct one. Bp. Westcott has …
1,248 wordsTheodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 211
Chapter CXXVI. Ambrose [2559] of Alexandria, pupil of Didymus, wrote a long work On doctrines against Apollinaris, and as some one has lately informed me, Commentaries on Job. He is still living. [2559] Died after …
1,249 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 154
… 4. [1932] Ps. cxviii. 8. [1933] Ps. cxviii. 1; cxxxvi. 1; cvi. 1; cvii. 1. [1934] St. Ambrose's syllogism appears to be: The Judge is the righteous God, the Son of God is the …
1,245 wordsSulpitius Severus, Vincent of Lerins & John Cassian • SECTION 3
… does not take place before baptism, and that baptism is, in fact, absolutely necessary to regeneration. St. Ambrose has the following strong statement on the subject: "Credit catechumenus; sed nisi baptizetur, remissionem peccatorum non potest …
1,252 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 237
Chapter VI. St. Ambrose teaches out of the prophet Isaiah what they must do who have fallen. Then referring to our Lord's proverbial expression respecting piping and dancing, he condemns dances. Next by the …
1,259 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 179
… dependent on bread alone--his whole existence is not material, though one side of it is. St. Ambrose, however, seems rather disposed to overlook the physical material bread (which we are certainly taught to pray …
1,257 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 148
… operation subsisting in Father and Son. The witness of the apostles and of the centurion--which St. Ambrose sets over against the Arian teaching--is adduced, together with that of Isaiah and St. John. 108 …
1,249 wordsAugustine — Anti-Pelagian Writings • SECTION 227
… Jerome, Theodoret, Ambrose (De Abrahamo, i. cap. ult.), Prosper (Prædicat. i. 7), and Gregory the Great, who says: "He orders him to put his hand under his thigh, since through that member would descend the …
1,266 wordsAugustine — Homilies on John & First John • SECTION 138
… his presumption, and he lived again, because that Other had looked on him with kindness. [1246] See Ambrose, on Luke xxii. [1247] 1 Tim. ii. 5. [1248] Rom. v. 19. [1249] 1 Cor. xv. 21 …
1,293 wordsAugustine — Sermon on the Mount & Gospel Harmony • SECTION 4
… Spiritual mourning in general (Ambrose, Jerome, Tholuck, etc.) sorrow according to God (2 Cor. vii. 10). We are helped to the meaning by comparing the woe on those that laugh (Luke vi. 22); that is …
1,291 wordsEusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 193
… Origen's reply was written from Nicomedia (see §1), where he was staying with Ambrose (see §15). It seems probable that this visit to Nicomedia was made on his way to or from his second …
1,295 wordsBasil — Letters and Select Works • SECTION 142
… read Cæsarius. [2330] John vi. 54. [2331] A various reading is "martyr." In Letter cxcvii. to S. Ambrose, S. Basil, states that the same honour was paid to S. Dionysius of Milan in his place …
1,308 wordsThe Seven Ecumenical Councils • SECTION 81
… is known that even after this Synod many hymns composed by individual Christians, for instance, Prudentius, Clement, Ambrose, came into use in the Church. Only those not sanctioned were to be banished. This idea was …
1,314 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 227
… themselves Hebrew [Shomrim], Guardians, that is, of the Law. This idea is referred to here by St. Ambrose as elsewhere by others of the Fathers. [2990] S. Luke x. 33 ff. [2991] S. Luke x …
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