The Complete Works of St. Ambrose. Illustrated: On the Christian Faith, On the Holy Spirit, On the Mysteries, Letters and others

St. Ambrose

10/2021 · Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing

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Saint Ambrose, also known as Aurelius Ambrosius, is one of the four original doctors of the Church. He was the Bishop of Milan and became one of the most important theological figure of the 4th century.

He is considered a saint by the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion, and various Lutheran denominations, and venerated as the patron saint of Milan.

Ambrose's intense episcopal consciousness furthered the growing doctrine of the Church and its sacerdotal ministry, while the prevalent asceticism of the day, continuing the Stoic and Ciceronian training of his youth, enabled him to promulgate a lofty standard of Christian ethics. Thus we have the De officiis ministrorum, De viduis, De virginitate and De paenitentia.

In De Officiis, the most influential of his surviving works, and one of the most important texts of patristic literature, he reveals his views connecting justice and generosity by asserting these practices are of mutual benefit to the participants.

 

Exposition of the Christian Faith

On the Holy Spirit

On the Mysteries

Concerning Repentance

On the Duties of the Clergy

Concerning Virginity

Concerning Widows

On the Death of Satyrus

The Memorial

Letters