Selections from the Letters
Saint Ambrose · the golden age of the Fathers · 15 parts
Selections from the Letters, by Saint Ambrose, writing in the golden age of the Fathers, given here in 15 parts.
Parts
- Selections from the Letters — Epistle 17 (St. Ambrose) This Epistle was written when Symmachus sent his memorial to Valentinian II. St. Ambrose presses on the Emperor the consideration that it is his…
- Selections from the Letters — Epistle 18 (St. Ambrose) Reply of St. Ambrose to the Memorial of Symmachus, in which after complimenting Valentinian he deals with three points of the Memorial. He replies to…
- Selections from the Letters — Epistle 20 (St. Ambrose) St. Ambrose relates to his sister the events at Milan connected with the demand of the Arians for a basilica, and how the people rose up in…
- Selections from the Letters — Epistle 63 (St. Ambrose) Limenius, Bishop of Vercellæ, having died, the see remained long vacant owing to domestic factions. St. Ambrose, therefore, as Exarch, writes to the…
- Selections from the Letters — Letter 21 (St. Ambrose) St. Ambrose excuses himself for not having gone to the consistory when summoned, on the ground that in matters of faith no one but bishops could…
- Selections from the Letters — Letter 22 (St. Ambrose) St. Ambrose in a letter to his sister gives an account of the finding of the bodies of SS. Gervasius and Protasius, and of his addresses to the…
- Selections from the Letters — Letter 40 (St. Ambrose) St. Ambrose begs Theodosius to listen to him, as he cannot be silent without great risk to both. He points out that Theodosius though God-fearing may…
- Selections from the Letters — Letter 41 (St. Ambrose) St. Ambrose in this letter to his sister continues the account of the matters contained in his letter to Theodosius, and of a sermon which he…
- Selections from the Letters — Letter 51 (St. Ambrose) Addressed to the Emperor Theodosius after the massacre at Thessalonica. St. Ambrose begins by stating his reasons for not having met the Emperor on…
- Selections from the Letters — Letter 57 (St. Ambrose) St. Ambrose informs the Emperor Eugenius why he was absent from Milan. He then proceeds to reprove him for his conduct with regard to heathen…
- Selections from the Letters — Letter 61 (St. Ambrose) St. Ambrose explains his absence from Milan on the arrival of the Emperor Theodosius after his victory over Eugenius, and after expressing his…
- Selections from the Letters — Letter 62 (St. Ambrose) St. Ambrose excuses himself for having omitted an opportunity of writing to the Emperor, but is now sending a letter by the hands of a deacon,…
- Selections from the Letters — Memorial of Symmachus, the Prefect of the City. (St. Ambrose) Selections from the Letters of St. Ambrose. Memorial of Symmachus, the Prefect of the City. Symmachus in the name of the heathen members of the…
- Selections from the Letters — Sermon Against Auxentius on the Giving Up of the Basilicas. (St. Ambrose) Sermon Against Auxentius on the Giving Up of the Basilicas. To calm the anxiety of the people over the imperial decree, he lays his answer before…
- Selections from the Letters — The Memorial of Symmachus, Prefect of the City. (St. Ambrose) The Memorial of Symmachus, Prefect of the City. Symmachus addresses his memorial in the name of the Senate, nominally to the three Emperors,…