Saint Ambrose of Milan

Exposition of the Christian Faith

4th c.

Classic translation Public domain

Scripture Commentary · English translation, 1890

Contents

• Preface
• Prefatory Note
• Book I.
• Prologue
• Chapter I. The Author Distinguishes the Faith From the Errors of Pagans, Jews…
• Chapter II. The Emperor is Exhorted to Display Zeal in the Faith. Christ's…
• Chapter III. By Evidence Gathered From Scripture the Unity of Father and Son is…
• Chapter IV. The Unity of God is Necessarily Implied in the Order of Nature, in…
• Chapter V. The Various Blasphemies Uttered by the Arians Against Christ Are…
• Chapter VI. By Way of Leading up to His Proof That Christ is Not Different From…
• Chapter VII. The Likeness of Christ to the Father is Asserted on the Authority…
• Chapter VIII. The Likeness of the Son to the Father Being Proved, it is Not…
• Chapter IX. St. Ambrose Questions the Heretics and Exhibits Their Answer, Which…
• Chapter X. Christ's Eternity Being Proved From the Apostle's Teaching, St…
• Chapter XI. It Cannot Be Proved From Scripture That the Father Existed Before…
• Chapter XII. Further Objections to the Godhead of the Son Are Met by the Same…
• Chapter XIII. Discussion of the Divine Generation is Continued. St. Ambrose…
• Chapter XIV. That the Son of God is Not a Created Being is Proved by the…
• Chapter XV. An Explanation of Acts Ii. 36 and Proverbs Viii. 22, Which Are…
• Chapter XVI. The Arians Blaspheme Christ, if by the Words “Created” and…
• Chapter XVII. That Christ is Very God is Proved From the Fact That He is God's…
• Chapter XVIII. The Errors of the Arians Are Mentioned in the Nicene Definition…
• Chapter XIX. Arius is Charged With the First of the Above-mentioned Errors, and…
• Chapter XX. St. Ambrose Declares His Desire That Some Angel Would Fly to Him to…
• Book II.
• Introduction
• Chapter I. The Arian Argument From S. Mark X. 18, “There is None Good but One…
• Chapter II. The Goodness of the Son of God is Proved From His Works, Namely…
• Chapter III. Forasmuch as God is One, the Son of God is God, Good and True
• Chapter IV. The Omnipotence of the Son of God, Demonstrated on the Authority of…
• Chapter V. Certain Passages From Scripture, Urged Against the Omnipotence of…
• Chapter VI. The Passages of Scripture Above Cited Are Taken as an Occasion for…
• Chapter VII. The Resolution of the Difficulty Set Forth for Consideration is…
• Chapter VIII. Christ's Saying, “The Father is Greater Than I,” is Explained in…
• Chapter IX. The Objection That the Son, Being Sent by the Father, is, in That…
• Chapter X. The Objection Taken on the Ground of the Son's Obedience is…
• Chapter XI. The Purpose and Healing Effects of the Incarnation. The…
• Chapter XII. Do the Catholics or the Arians Take the Better Course to Assure…
• Chapter XIII. The Wicked and Dishonourable Opinions Held by Arians, Sabellians…
• Chapter XIV. The Sentence of the Judge is Set Forth, the Counterpleas of the…
• Chapter XV. St. Ambrose Deprecates Any Praise of His Own Merits: in Any Case…
• Chapter XVI. St. Ambrose Assures Gratian of Victory, Declaring That it Has Been…
• Book III.
• Chapter I. Statement of the Reasons Wherefore the Matters, Treated of Shortly…
• Chapter II. The Incidents Properly Affecting the Body Which Christ for Our Sake…
• Chapter III. That the Father and the Son Must Not Be Divided is Proved by the…
• Chapter IV. We Are Told That Christ Was Only “Made” So Far as Regards the…
• Chapter V. Passages Brought Forward From Scripture to Show That “Made” Does Not…
• Chapter VI. In Order to Dispose of an Objection Grounded on a Text in St. John…
• Chapter VII. Solomon's Words, “The Lord Created Me,” Etc., Mean That Christ's…
• Chapter VIII. The Prophecy of Christ's Godhead and Manhood, Contained in the…
• Chapter IX. The Preceding Quotation From Solomon's Proverbs Receives Further…
• Chapter X. Observations on the Words of John the Baptist (John I. 30), Which…
• Chapter XI. St. Ambrose Returns to the Main Question, and Shows That Whenever…
• Chapter XII. The Kingdom of the Father and of the Son is One and Undivided, So…
• Chapter XIII. The Majesty of the Son is His Own, and Equal to That of the…
• Chapter XIV. The Son is of One Substance With the Father
• Chapter XV. The Arians, Inasmuch as They Assert the Son to Be “of Another…
• Chapter XVI. In Order to Forearm the Orthodox Against the Stratagems of the…
• Chapter XVII. An Objection Based on St. Stephen's Vision of the Lord Standing…
• Book IV.
• Chapter I. The Marvel is, Not That Men Have Failed to Know Christ, but That…
• Chapter II. None Can Ascend to Heaven Without Faith; in Any Case, He Who Hath…
• Chapter III. The Words, “The Head of Every Man is Christ…and the Head of Christ…
• Chapter IV. The Passage Quoted Adversely by Heretics, Namely, “The Son Can Do…
• Chapter V. Continuing the Exposition of the Disputed Passage, Which He Had…
• Chapter VI. The Fourth Kind of Impossibility (§49) is Now Taken Into…
• Chapter VII. The Doctrine Had in View for Enforcement is Corroborated by the…
• Chapter VIII. The Heretical Objection, That the Son Cannot Be Equal to the…
• Chapter IX. Various Quibbling Arguments, Advanced by the Arians to Show That…
• Chapter X. The Objection That Christ, on the Showing of St. John, Lives Because…
• Chapter XI. The Particular Distinction Which the Arians Endeavoured to Prove…
• Chapter XII. The Comparison, Found in the Gospel of St. John, of the Son to a…
• Book V.
• Prologue (i)
• Chapter I. How Impious the Arians Are, in Attacking That on Which Human…
• Chapter II. Since it Has Been Proved That the Son is True God, and in That is…
• Chapter III. To the Objection of the Arians, That Two Gods Are Introduced by a…
• Chapter IV. It is Objected by Heretics That Christ Offered Worship to His…
• Chapter V. Ambrose Answers Those Who Press the Words of the Lord to the Mother…
• Chapter VI. Wishing to Answer the Above-stated Objection Somewhat More Fully…
• Chapter VII. Objection is Taken to the Following Passage: “Thou Hast Loved…
• Chapter VIII. Christ, So Far as He is True Son of God, Has No Lord, but Only So…
• Chapter IX. The Saint Meets Those Who in Jewish Wise Object to the Order of the…
• Chapter X. The Arians Openly Take Sides With the Heathen in Attacking the…
• Chapter XI. We Must Refer the Fact That Christ is Said to Speak Nothing of…
• Chapter XII. He Confirms What Has Been Already Said, by the Parable of the Rich…
• Chapter XIII. With the Desire to Learn What Subjection to Christ Means After…
• Chapter XIV. He Continues the Discussion of the Difficulty He Has Entered Upon…
• Chapter XV. He Briefly Takes up Again the Same Points of Dispute, and Shrewdly…
• Chapter XVI. The Arians Are Condemned by the Holy Spirit Through the Mouth of…
• Chapter XVII. Christ Acted for Our Advantage in Being Unwilling to Reveal the…
• Chapter XVIII. Wishing to Give a Reason for the Lord's Answer to the Apostles…
• Chapter XIX. The Saint Having Turned to God the Father, Explains Why He Does…