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This volume contains two classic theological treatises: On the Mysteries by St. Ambrose, and On the Sacraments, also traditionally attributed to Ambrose. This classic volume includes an extensive introduction from J. H. Srawley, detailing the history of catechetical instruction, the context of these two works, and the theology of the liturgy and sacraments. As Srawley notes, these treatises...

3. Open, therefore, your ears, and draw in the sweet savour1 of eternal life breathed on you by the office of the sacraments: which we indicated to you when in performing the mystery of the “opening”2 we said, Ephpheta, which is, Be opened, that each one who is coming to grace might know what he is asked, should be bound to remember what he answered. 4. This mystery Christ performed in the Gospel, as we read, when he cured a deaf and dumb man.3 But he touched his mouth, because he was curing one
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