Ambrose’s hesitation, which might initially have been genuine. For Probus, consult Ammianus. Kalton C., Dreams for Sale: The Rise and Fall of the TriangleFilm Corporation, New York, 1971. War Department under the Chief of Staff, Gen. Marshall, the campaigns in North Africa and Normandy and the rapid rise to world. Ambrose's judgments about Ike's decisions during World War II will. Ambrose's Rapid Rise (1916) Ambrose's Sour Grapes (1915) P Medical specialist Avis Favaro reports on the rapid rise in cancers all linked to Human Papilloma Virus. Ambrose's Rapid Rise (1916) Quotes on IMDb: Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, TV series and more. The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins) speak to John Pollock of Fight Network on the eve of their first WrestleMania, their rapid rise with. CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Ambrose. Help support New Advent and get the full contents of this website as an instant download. He was one of the most illustrious Fathers and Doctors of the Church, and fitly chosen, together with St. John Chrysostom, and St. Athanasius, to uphold the venerable Chair of the Prince of the Apostles in the tribune of St. Peter's at Rome. The materials for a biography of the Saint are chiefly to be found scattered through his writings, since the . Augustine, is extremely disappointing. Ambrose was descended from an ancient Romanfamily, which, at an early period had embraced Christianity, and numbered among its scions both Christianmartyrs and high officials of State. At the time of his birth his father, likewise named Ambrosius, was Prefect of Gallia, and as such ruled the present territories of France, Britain, and Spain, together with Tingitana in Africa. It was one of the four great prefectures of the Empire, and the highest office that could be held by a subject. An enduring result of this great struggle with despotism was the rapid development during. When the news reached Milan that the seditious Thessalonians had killed the Emperor's officials. This course examines the rise of civilization. A survey of the history of Christianity from the Early Church to the late medieval period. 150 Ambrose Circle S.W., Calgary, AB T3H 0L5. Trier, Arles, and Lyons, the three principal cities of the province, contend for the honour of having given birth to the Saint. He was the youngest of three children, being preceded by a sister, Marcellina, who become a nun, and a brother Satyrus, who, upon the unexpected appointment of Ambrose to the episcopate, resigned a prefecture in order to live with him and relieve him from temporal cares. About the year 3. Ambrosius, the father, died, whereupon the family removed to Rome. The saintly and accomplished widow was greatly assisted in the religious training of her two sons by the example and admonitions of her daughter, Marcellina, who was about ten years older than Ambrose. Marcellina had already received the virginal veil from the hands of Liberius, the Roman Pontiff, and with another consecratedvirgin lived in her mother's house. From her the Saintimbibed that enthusiastic love of virginity which became his distinguishing trait. His progress in secularknowledge kept equal pace with his growth in piety. It was of extreme advantage to himself and to the Church that he acquired a thorough mastery of the Greek language and literature, the lack of which is so painfully apparent in the intellectual equipment of St. Augustine and, in the succeeding age, of the great St. In all probability the Greek. Schism would not have taken place had East and West continued to converse as intimately as did St. Upon the completion of his liberaleducation, the Saintdevoted his attention to the study and practice of the law, and soon so distinguished himself by the eloquence and ability of his pleadings at the court of the praetorian prefect, Anicius. Probus, that the latter took his into his council, and later obtained for him from the Emperor. Valentinian the office of consular governor of Liguria and . We have no means of ascertaining how long he retained the civic government of his province; we know only that his upright and gently administration gained for him the universallove and esteem of his subjects, paving the way for that sudden revolution in his life which was soon to take place. This was the more remarkable, because the province, and especially the city of Milan, was in a state of religious chaos, owing to the persistent machinations of the Arian faction. Bishop of Milan. Ever since the heroic Bishop. Dionysius, in the year 3. East, the ancient chair of St. Barnabas had been occupied by the intruded Cappadocian, Auxentius, an Arian filled with bitter hatred of the Catholic. Faith, ignorant of the Latin language, a wily and violentpersecutor of his orthodox subjects. To the great relief of the Catholics, the death of the petty tyrant in 3. The bishops of the province, dreading the inevitable tumults of a popular election, begged the Emperor. Valentinian to appoint a successor by imperial edict; he, however, decided that the election must take place in the usual way. It devolved upon Ambrose, therefore, to maintain order in the city at this perilous juncture. Proceeding to the basilica in which the disunited clergy and people were assembled, he began a conciliatory discourse in the interest of peace and moderation, but was interrupted by a voice (according to Paulinus, the voice of an infant) crying, . The cry was instantly repeated by the entire assembly, and Ambrose, to his surprise and dismay, was unanimously pronounced elected. Quite apart from any supernatural intervention, he was the only logical candidate, known to the Catholics as a firm believer in the Nicene Creed, unobnoxious to the Arians, as one who had kept aloof from all theological controversies. The only difficulty was that of forcing the bewildered consular to accept an office for which his previous training nowise fitted him. Strange to say, like so many other believers of that age, from a misguided reverence for the sanctity of baptism, he was still only a catechumen, and by a wise provision of the canons ineligible to the episcopate. That he was sincere in his repugnance to accepting the responsibilities of the sacred office, those only have doubted who have judged a great man by the standard of their own pettiness. Were Ambrose the worldly- minded, ambitious, and scheming individual they choose to paint him, he would have surely sought advancement in the career that lay wide open before him as a man of acknowledged ability and noble blood. It is difficult to believe that he resorted to the questionable expedients mentioned by his biographer as practised by him with a view to undermining his reputation with the populace. At any rate his efforts were unsuccessful. Valentinian, who was proud that his favourable opinion of Ambrose had been so fully ratified by the voice of clergy and people, confirmed the election and pronounced severe penalties against all who should abet him in his attempt to conceal himself. The Saint finally acquiesced, received baptism at the hands of a Catholicbishop, and eight day later, 7 December 3. East and West annually honour his memory, after the necessary preliminary degrees was consecratedbishop. He was now in his thirty- fifth year, and was destined to edify the Church for the comparatively long space of twenty- three active years. From the very beginning he proved himself to be that which he has ever since remained in the estimation of the Christian world, the perfect model of a Christian bishop. There is some truth underlying the exaggerated eulogy of the chastened Theodosius, as reported by Theodoret (v, 1. In him the magnanimity of the Roman patrician was tempered by the meekness and charity of the Christiansaint. His first act in the episcopate, imitated by many a saintlysuccessor, was to divest himself of his worldly goods. His personal property he gave to the poor; he made over his landed possessions to the Church, making provision for the support of his beloved sister. The self- devotion of his brother, Satyrus, relieved him from the care of the temporalities, and enabled him to attend exclusively to his spiritualduties. In order to supply the lack of an early theological training, he devoted himself assiduously to the study of Scripture and the Fathers, with a marked preference for Origen and St. Basil, traces of whose influence are repeatedly met with in his works. With a genius truly Roman, he, like Cicero, Virgil, and other classical authors, contented himself with thoroughly digesting and casting into a Latin mould the best fruits of Greek thought. His studies were of an eminently practical nature; he learned that he might teach. In the exordium of his treatise, . His piety, sound judgment, and genuine Catholicinstinct preserved him from error, and his fame as an eloquent expounder of Catholic doctrine soon reached the ends of the earth. His power as an orator is attested not only by the repeated eulogies, but yet more by the conversion of the skilled rhetorician Augustine. His style is that of a man who is concerned with thoughts rather than words. We cannot imagine him wasting time in turning an elegant phrase. In the promiscuous throng of his visitors, the high official who seeks his advice upon some weighty affair of state is elbowed by some anxious questioner who wishes to have his doubts removed, or some repentant sinner who comes to make a secret confession of his offenses, certain that the Saint . He ate but sparingly, dining only on Saturdays and Sundays and festivals of the more celebrated martyrs. His long nocturnal vigils were spent in prayer, in attending to his vast correspondence, and in penning down the thoughts that had occurred to him during the day in his oft- interrupted readings. His indefatigable industry and methodical habits explain how so busy a man found time to compose so many valuable books. Every day, he tells us, he offered up the Holy Sacrifice for his people (pro quibus ego quotidie instauro sacrificium). Every Sunday his eloquent discourses drew immense crowds to the Basilica. One favorite topic of his was the excellence of virginity, and so successful was he in persuading maidens to adopt the religious profession that many a mother refused to permit her daughters to listen to his words. The saint was forced to refute the charge that he was depopulating the empire, by quaintly appealing to the young men as to whether any of them experienced any difficulty in finding wives. He contends, and the experience of ages sustains his contention (De Virg., vii) that the population increases in direct proportion to the esteem in which virginity is held. His sermons, as was to be expected, were intensely practical, replete with pithy rules of conduct which have remained as household words among Christians. In his method of biblical interpretation all the personages of Holy Writ, from Adam down, stand out before the people as living beings, bearing each his distinct message from God for the instruction of the present generation.
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