Warren Smith examines the neglected biblical, liturgical and theological foundations of Ambrose's thought on ethics. Earlier studies have found little that was distinctively Christian in Ambrose's image of the virtuous person.
Warren Smith examines the neglected biblical, liturgical and theological foundations of Ambrose's thought on ethics. Earlier studies have found little that was distinctively Christian in Ambrose's image of the virtuous person.
Ambrose of Milan (340-397) was the first Christian bishop to write a systematic account of Christian ethics, in the treatise De Officiis, variously translated as "on duties" or "on responsibilities." But Ambrose also dealt with the moral life in other works, notably his sermons …
"Here is an account - political, cultural and theological in its concerns - of the life and thought of St. Ambrose, bishop of Milan from 374 to 395." "John Moorhead sets Ambrose's life in its full historical and theological context; he discusses his relationships with the leadin…
"Here is an account - political, cultural and theological in its concerns - of the life and thought of St. Ambrose, bishop of Milan from 374 to 395." "John Moorhead sets Ambrose's life in its full historical and theological context; he discusses his relationships with the leadin…
