... the Apostle Paul says that we are sealed in the Spirit (cf. Eph. 1:13); since we have in the Son the image of the Father, and in the Spirit the seal of the Son. Let us, then, sealed by… — Ambrose Copy Share Image
Stephen prayed for his persecutors, who had not been able even to listen to the Name of Christ, when he said of those very men by whom he was being stoned: "Lord, lay not this sin to their charge" And… — Ambrose Copy Share Image
We do not innovate anything ... How is it that novelties are introduced which were never even thought of by our predecessors? — Ambrose Copy Share
It is Peter himself that He says, 'You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church.' Where Peter is, there is… — Ambrose Copy Share
As a servant desireth the approval of his master, and a son the approval of his father, so should we desire the approval of… — Ambrose Copy Share
... the Apostle Peter declared that the Church was built by the Holy Spirit. For you read that he said: 'God, Who knows the… — Ambrose Copy Share
If every time the blood is poured out it is poured out for the remission of sins, I ought to receive it always, that… — Ambrose Copy Share
The body should be bedecked naturally and without affectation, with simplicity, with neglect rather than nicety, not with costly and dazzling apparel, but with… — Ambrose Copy Share
And let them remember that prayer should accompany the reading of Sacred Scripture, so that God and man may talk together; for "we speak… — Ambrose Copy Share
Prayer is the wing wherewith the soul flies to heaven, and meditation the eye wherewith we see God. — Ambrose Copy Share
Accordingly, death is a harbor of peace for the just, but is believed a shipwreck for the wicked. — Ambrose Copy Share
...Now since you are celebrating the holy Pascha, you should know, brethren, what the Pascha is. Pascha means the crossing-over, and so the Festival… — Ambrose Copy Share
