Saint Ambrose of Milan

On the Holy Spirit

Name: On the Holy Spirit
Author: Saint Ambrose of Milan

4th c.

Classic translation Public domain

Dogmatic & Doctrinal · English translation, 1890

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Introduction
Book I.
Preface
Chapter I. St. Ambrose Commences His Argument by Complimenting the Emperor…
Chapter II. The Words, “All Things Were Made by Him,” Are Not a Proof That the…
Chapter III. The Statement of the Apostle, That All Things Are of the Father by…
Chapter IV. The Holy Spirit is One and the Same Who Spake in the Prophets and…
Chapter V. The Holy Spirit, Since He Sanctifies Creatures, is Neither a…
Chapter VI. Although We Are Baptized With Water and the Spirit, the Latter is…
Chapter VII. The Holy Spirit is Not a Creature, Seeing That He is Infinite, and…
Chapter VIII. The Holy Spirit is Given by God Alone, Yet Not Wholly to Each…
Chapter IX. The Holy Spirit is Rightly Called the Ointment of Christ, and the…
Chapter X. That the Spirit Forgives Sin is Common to Him With the Father and…
Chapter XI. The Spirit is Sent to All, and Passes Not From Place to Place, for…
Chapter XII. The Peace and Grace of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit…
Chapter XIII. St. Ambrose Shows From the Scriptures That the Name of the Three…
Chapter XIV. Each Person of the Trinity is Said in the Sacred Writings to Be…
Chapter XV. The Holy Spirit is Life Equally With the Father and the Son, in…
Chapter XVI. The Holy Spirit is That Large River by Which the Mystical…
Book II.
Introduction (i)
Chapter I. The Spirit is the Lord and Power; and in This is Not Inferior to the…
Chapter II. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit Are One in Counsel
Chapter III. As to Know the Father and the Son is Life, So is it Life to Know…
Chapter IV. The Holy Spirit Gives Life, Not in a Different Way From the Father…
Chapter V. The Holy Spirit, as Well as the Father and the Son, is Pointed Out…
Chapter VI. To Those Who Object That According to the Words of Amos the Spirit…
Chapter VII. The Holy Spirit is No Less the Author of Spiritual Creation or…
Chapter VIII. St. Ambrose Examines and Refutes the Heretical Argument That…
Chapter IX. A Passage of St. Paul Abused by Heretics, to Prove a Distinction…
Chapter X. Being About to Prove That the Will, the Calling, and the Commandment…
Chapter XI. We Shall Follow the Example of Abdemelech, if We Believe That the…
Chapter XII. After Proof That the Spirit is the Giver of Revelation Equally…
Chapter XIII. Prophecy Was Not Only From the Father and the Son but Also From…
Book III.
Chapter I. Not Only Were the Prophets and Apostles Sent by the Spirit, but Also…
Chapter II. The Son and the Spirit Are Alike Given; Whence Not Subjection but…
Chapter III. The Same Unity May Also Be Recognized From the Fact That the…
Chapter IV. To Those Who Contend That the Spirit Because He is Called the…
Chapter V. The Writer Sums up the Argument He Had Commenced, and Confirms the…
Chapter VI. The Spirit Rebukes Just as Do the Father and the Son; and Indeed…
Chapter VII. The Son Himself Does Not Judge or Punish Without the Spirit, So…
Chapter VIII. The Aforesaid Unity is Proved Hereby, That as the Father is Said…
Chapter IX. That the Holy Spirit is Provoked is Proved by the Words of St…
Chapter X. The Divinity of the Holy Spirit is Supported by a Passage of St…
Chapter XI. The Objection Has Been Made, That the Words of St. John, “The…
Chapter XII. From the Fact That St. Paul Has Shown That the Light of the…
Chapter XIII. To Those Who Object That Catholics, When They Ascribe Godhead to…
Chapter XIV. Besides the Evidence Adduced Above, Other Passages Can Be Brought…
Chapter XV. Though the Spirit Be Called Lord, Three Lords Are Not Thereby…
Chapter XVI. The Father is Holy, and Likewise the Son and the Spirit, and So…
Chapter XVII. St. Ambrose Shows by Instances That the Places in Which Those…
Chapter XVIII. As He Purposes to Establish the Godhead of the Holy Spirit by…
Chapter XIX. Having Proved Above That the Spirit Abides and Speaks in the…
Chapter XX. The River Flowing From the Throne of God is a Figure of the Holy…
Chapter XXI. Isaiah Was Sent by the Spirit, and Accordingly the Same Spirit Was…
Chapter XXII. In Proof of the Unity in Trinity the Passage of Isaiah Which Has…

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