Subjects:  1. Ambrose,    2. Biography / Autobiography    3. Christianity - History - General    4. Church and state    5. Church history    6. General    7. History    8. History: World    9. Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600    10. Religion    11. Rome    12. Saint, Bishop of Milan,    13. d. 397    14. Christianity    15. History / General    16. World history: c 500 to C 1500   

Subjects:  1. Ambrose,    2. Christianity    3. Christianity - History - General    4. Christianity - Theology - Feminine    5. Christianity - Theology - General    6. Feminism & Feminist Theory    7. History of doctrines    8. Masculinity    9. Men (Christian theology)    10. Religion    11. Religious aspects    12. Saint, Bishop of Milan,    13. Social Science    14. Theology - Feminine    15. d. 397   

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The Peoples Ambrose
In this new Church Fathers series, Boniface Ramsey, a Dominican priest, presents selections from some of St Ambrose's key works, all of which are conveniently rendered into comfortable, contemporary English.To begin, Father Ramsey offers us a finely written fifty-page intro that will acquaint readers with all the essentials of Ambrose's life and times; he also hands us helpful chapter headings for every text available with exhaustive footnotes for further aid; and at last, he furnishes a complete critical catalogue of all St Ambrose's works, listing those reasoned to be genuine, doubtful, or utterly spurious.Of St Ambrose's writings, three of his treatises will be discovered here: (1) On Naboth (2) On Virgins and (3) On the Mysteries.One of his exegetical pamphlets is given, The Prologue to the Commentary on Luke, and four of his outstanding Hymns, are available in both the original Latin and the new English.And finally, the famous Letters Concerning the Altar of Victory are present within this compact edition.Yet on top of this, Father Ramsey places a valuable complement to this selection of works--he adds the very reliable account of the Life of St Ambrose written by Paulinus of Milan, a first-hand source for the time and an acquaintance of both Ambrose and Augustine.Now the overall estimate for Father Ramsey's Ambrose is a good one, since it readily makes a portion of the saint's writings accessible to general readers, namely those less likely to encounter Ambrose in the original Latin or in the older rigorous English translations.His choice of Ambrose's oeuvre, however, could certainly have been broadened a bit.It would have been a mark in the positive direction to have seen excerpts from On the Duties of the Clergy or On the Holy Spirit provided as well.But this might have proved too excessive for Father Ramsey's purpose--to display the many attributes of St Ambrose within a "limited number of pages."So in respect of the writings selected here and in the fashion they are presented, it would be an injustice to deem this book anything less than worthy of honor and good repute. For it should be regarded as priority seek and a privilege to possess.(Other volumes printed concern Irenaeus of Lyons and St Maximus the Confessor.Forthcoming volumes in this Church Fathers series will be on Origen and Gregory of Nyssa.) ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Ambrose,    2. Christianity - Catholicism    3. Christianity - History - Catholic    4. Christianity - History - General    5. General    6. Religion    7. Religion - Classic Works    8. Saint, Bishop of Milan,    9. d. 397    10. Ambrose    11. Ancient Rome    12. Christian doctrinal theology    13. Early Church    14. European history: BCE to c 500 CE    15. Religion / General    16. Saints & hagiography   

Subjects:  1. Ambrose,    2. Arianism    3. Christianity - History - General    4. Church history    5. Early Church (To 476)    6. Europe - Great Britain - General    7. History    8. History: World    9. Italy    10. Milan Region    11. Milan Region (Italy)    12. Religion    13. Religion - Church History    14. Saint, Bishop of Milan,    15. d. 397    16. Ambrose    17. Early Church    18. Religion & Theology | History of Christianity | Early Church    19. Religion / Church History    20. United Kingdom, Great Britain    21. Views on Arianism   

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Fascinating for its scholarship
I enjoyed reading this book as much for its footnotes as for its lively and engaging text. McLynn has done a superb job of piecing together bits of information from many sources to provide a new interpretation of Ambrose's career, especially his relations with the imperial court. The basic argument, that Ambrose didn't win all the battles he himself presented as victories, is refreshing but not always convincing. Of necessity the author must speculate a great deal, and at times his arguments border on special pleading -- as, for example, when he insists on reading Theodosius's famous law of 391, usually interpreted as the final blow against the public practice of pagan rites, as a minor statute directed only at a few officials. All in all, though, this is a masterly work of scholarship, and bound to give the reader new insight into the life and character of a key figure in the advance of Christianity as a political force. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Ambrose,    2. Ancient - General    3. Antiquities & Archaeology    4. Biography / Autobiography    5. Church And Government    6. Church and state    7. Church history    8. Early Church (To 476)    9. General    10. History - General History    11. Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600    12. Religion    13. Rome    14. Saint, Bishop of Milan,    15. d. 397    16. Ambrose    17. Ancient Rome    18. Early Church    19. European history: BCE to c 500 CE    20. History / Ancient / General    21. POLITICS & GOVERNMENT   

Subjects:  1. Ambrose,    2. Catholic Church    3. Christianity - Ritual & Practice    4. Mystagogy    5. Preaching    6. Religion    7. Religion - Worship - Preaching    8. Saint, Bishop of Milan,    9. d. 397    10. Ambrose   

Subjects:  1. Christianity - History - General    2. Church And Society    3. Europe - Italy    4. History - General History    5. History: World    6. Medieval    7. Medieval Church (476-1517)    8. Religion    9. Social History   

Subjects:  1. Ambrose    2. Philo   

Subjects:  1. Reference    2. Religion    3. Religion - Commentaries / Reference    4. Spirituality - General    5. Christian spirituality    6. Religion & Beliefs   

Subjects:  1. Benedict,    2. Benedictines    3. Catholic Church    4. Customs and practices    5. Inspirational - Catholic    6. Monasticism    7. Regula    8. Religion    9. Religion - Classic Works    10. Saint,    11. Spiritual life    12. ca. 480-543.    13. Christian communities & monasticism   

Subjects:  1. Baltimore catechism    2. Catechetics   

Subjects:  1. Ambrose,    2. Church and state    3. Saint, Bishop of Milan,    4. d. 397   

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The only study of the treatises of Ambrose of Milan
Marcia L. Colish's AMBROSE'S PATRIARCHS is also an excellent survey which offers the only monograph-length study of the treatises of Ambrose of Milan, which developed an early ethics set for the laity in c. 340-397. College-level lay audiences will appreciate the study of Ambrose's patriarch treatises which were aimed at those outside the church.
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Subjects:  1. Ambrose,    2. Christian ethics    3. Christianity - History - General    4. Christianity - Theology - Ethics    5. Christianity - Theology - History    6. Ethics    7. Patriarchs (Bible)    8. Religion    9. Religion - Church History    10. Saint, Bishop of Milan,    11. d. 397   

Subjects:  1. Ambrose    2. Latin language    3. Nature in literature    4. Terms and phrases