A SELECT LIBRARY
OF THE
NICENE AND
POST-NICENE FATHERS
OF
THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Second Series
TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH WITH PROLEGOMENA AND EXPLANATORY NOTES
VOLUMES I–VII
UNDER THE EDITORIAL SUPERVISION OF
PHILIP SCHAFF, D.D., LL.D., | AND | HENRY WACE, D.D., |
Professor of Church History in the Union Theological Seminary, New York. |
| Principal of King’s College, London. |
IN CONNECTION WITH A NUMBER OF PATRISTIC SCHOLARS OF EUROPE AND AMERICA.
LOGOS CATHOLIC EDITION
Containing Only the Words of the Fathers
and Translator’s Notes
VOLUME X
ST. AMBROSE:
SELECT WORKS AND LETTERS
NEW YORK:
THE CHRISTIAN LITERATURE COMPANY
1896
THE CHRISTIAN LITERATURE COMPANY
Volume X
Three Books on the Duties of the Clergy
Three Books on the Holy Spirit
The Two Books on the Decease of His Brother Saytrus
Exposition of the Christian Faith
The Book Concerning the Mysteries
Two Books Concerning Repentance
Three Books Concerning Virgins
The Treatise Concerning Widows
Selections from the Letters of St. Ambrose
Memorial of Symmachus, the Prefect of the City
The Memorial of Symmachus, Prefect of the City
Sermon Against Auxentius on the Giving Up of the Basilicas
some of
The Principal Works Of St. Ambrose,
translated by
The Rev. H. De Romestin, M.A.,
Of St. John’s College, Oxford, and Rector of Tiptree, Essex,
with the assistance of
The Rev. E. De Romestin, M.a.,
Of New College, Oxford,
and
The Rev. H. T. F. Duckworth, M.A.,
Of Merton College, Oxford
Bishop of Milan
by
THREE BOOKS ON THE DUTIES OF THE CLERGY
A Bishop’s special office is to teach; St. Ambrose himself, however, has to learn in order that he may teach; or rather has to teach what he has not learnt; at any rate learning and teaching with himself must go on together.
1. I think I shall not seem to be taking too much on myself, if, in the midst of my children, I yield to my desire to teach, seeing that the master of humility himself has said: “Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord.”4 Wherein one may observe both the humility and the grace of his reverence for God. For in saying “the fear of the Lord,” which seems to be common to all, he has described the chief mark of reverence for God. As, however, fear itself is the beginning of wisdom and the source of blessedness—for they that fear the Lord are blessed5—he has plainly marked himself out as the teacher for instruction in wisdom, and the guide to the attainment of blessedness.
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About Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers 2.10: St. Ambrose: Select Works and Letters (Catholic Edition)Nicene and Post Nicene Fathers, Second Series, Volume X: St. Ambrose: Select Works and Letters. The Early Church Fathers is one of the most important collections of historical, philosophical and theological writings available in English to the student of the Christian Church. These documents provide the most comprehensive witness to the development of Christianity and Christian thought during the period immediately following the Apostolic Era. The Catholic edition of Early Church Fathers does not include the introductions, prolegomenae, and various interpretive comments made by the protestant editors of the Edinburgh edition. However, it retains all of the footnotes found in the printed editions. Contents of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series X Ambrose of Milan On the Duties of the Clergy On the Holy Spirit On the Decease of His Brother Satyrus Exposition of the Christian Faith On the Mysteries On Repentance On Virgins On Widows Selections from the Letters of St. Ambrose |
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