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St. Ambrose was an archbishop of Milan and one of the most influential figures of the fourth century. He is one of the four original Doctors of the Church and Latin theologians. His writings had a direct influence on St. Augustine, and his intense ecclesiastical awareness expanded and reinforced the Church’s sacerdotal ministry and the high standards of Christian ethics. He furthered...

your sins, unless you manifest attentive devotion, unless your faith and purity increase, your complaining will be of no help. Or, alternatively, “if you do not know yourself,” that you are fair, unless you maintain the beauty of your nature, and the allurements of the body do not overwhelm you and its impediments do not keep you back, the nobility of a better creation will give you no support at all. (4.16) Therefore20 know yourself and the beauty of your nature, and go forth as if your foot had
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