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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...

it is perhaps a feature which the Church of the author of de Sacramentis had derived from Rome. It is found in the Bobbio Missal, which also shows Roman influences. The author of de Sacram. describes it as the anointing of the Christian athlete for “the contest of the world.” At Rome the unction was made on the back and the breast. 3. The renunciations (de Myst. ii. 5–7; iii. 8; de Sacram. i. 2. 5). The account of de Sacram. is fuller and more exact, and shows that the renunciations were twofold,
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