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Ambrose
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Accordingly, death is a harbor of peace for the just, but is believed a shipwreck for the wicked.
— De bono mortis, 8, 31.
Ambrose
Roman theologian and Bishop of Milan (c. 340–397)
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A Roman governor drafted into a bishopric by a crowd that wouldn't take no for an answer, he ended up outlasting emperors, shaping doctrine, writing hymns still sung seventeen centuries later, and nudging Augustine toward the conversion that would reshape the West.
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Ambrose was serving as Roman governor of Aemilia-Liguria around 374 when popular acclamation suddenly made him Bishop of Milan, a post he'd hold until his death in 397. He took a hard line against Arianism, mediated between rival emperors Theodosius I and Magnus Maximus, and left a substantial body of writing — including the ethical commentary De officiis ministrorum and the exegetical Exameron. His preaching helped convert Augustine of Hippo to Christianity, a hinge moment in Western thought. He authored at least four hymns, among them "Veni redemptor gentium," anchoring the Ambrosian hymn tr…
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Ambrose
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It is not death therefore that is burdensome, but the fear of death.
— De bono mortis, 8, 31.
Ambrose
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It was not by dialectic that it pleased God to save His people.
— Exposition of the Christian Faith, Book I, Chapter 5., 42.
Ambrose
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Christ has taken obedience upon Himself, obedience even to taking on Him our flesh, the cross even to gaining our salvation.
— Exposition of the Christian Faith, Book V, Chapter 15., 182.
Ambrose
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When I am here I do not fast on Saturday; but when I am at Rome I do: whatever church you may come to, conform to its custom, if you would avoid either receiving or giving offense.
— Quoted in "Epistle to Casualanus", XXXVI, section 32, by St. Augustine; translation by J.G. Cunningham
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