Saint Ambrose: Theological and Dogmatic Works

by Ambrose of Milan

Publisher:

Catholic University of America

, 1963

Overview

St. Ambrose was an archbishop of Milan and one of the most influential figures of the fourth century. He is one of the original four Doctors of the Church and Latin theologians. His writings had a direct influence on St. Augustine, and his intense ecclesiastical awareness expanded and reinforced the Church’s sacerdotal ministry and the high standards of Christian ethics. He furthered fourth-century Mariology, Christology, and soteriology, and allegedly ended Arianism in his diocese, Milan. These volumes of his collected and translated writings bring the intensity of his ancient rhetoric back to the present, allowing us an unusually full glimpse at the early church.

Key Features

• Quality translation of Ambrose’s highly influential teaching
• Provides readers with a glimpse of this effective theologian and Church administrator
• One of 127 published volumes in a well-respected series on the Church Fathers

Contents

Top Highlights

“ the expression of Christ performs this sacrament.” (Page 302)

“The water is that in which the flesh is immersed, that all carnal sin may be washed away. All disgrace is buried there. The wood is that on which the Lord Jesus was fastened, when He suffered for us. The dove is that in whose form the Holy Spirit descended, as you have learned in the New Testament, who inspires peace of soul and tranquility of mind in us. The raven is the figure of sin, which goes out and does not return, if in you also the custody and form of justice be preserved.” (Page 9)

“So, cannot the words of Christ, which were able to make what was not out of nothing, change those things that are into the things that were not? For it is not of less importance to give things new natures than to change natures.” (Page 25)

“The Lord Jesus himself declares: ‘This is my body.’⁷ Before the benediction of the heavenly words another species is mentioned; after the consecration the body is signified. He Himself speaks of His blood. Before the consecration it is mentioned as something else; after the consecration it is called blood. And you say ‘Amen,’ that is, ‘It is true.’ What the mouth speaks, let the mind within confess; what words utter, let the heart feel.” (Page 26)

“And this body which we make is from the Virgin. Why do you seek here the course of nature in the body of Christ, when the Lord Jesus himself was born of the Virgin contrary to nature? Surely it is the true flesh of Christ, which was crucified, which was buried; therefore it is truly the sacrament of that flesh.” (Pages 25–26)

Product Details

• Title: Saint Ambrose: Theological and Dogmatic Works
• Author: Ambrose of Milan
• Series: The Fathers of the Church
• Volume: 44
• Publisher: Catholic University of America
• Print Publication Date: 1963
• Logos Release Date: 2014
• Pages: 366
• Era: era:nicene
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Holy Spirit › Early works to 1800; Sacraments › Early works to 1800
• ISBNs: 0813213436, 9780813213439
• Resource ID: LLS:LGCLDGMTCWRKS
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T20:13:31Z

About Ambrose of Milan

Aurelius Ambrosius, better known in English as Saint Ambrose (c. between 337 and 340 – 4 April 397), was a bishop of Milan who became one of the most influential ecclesiastical figures of the 4th century. He was one of the four original doctors of the Church.