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Ambrose: source notes

Ambrose: source notes

Works: Letter 73 to Irenaeus (Maurist numbering; also in CSEL 82 letter series). Edition/translation: Apology of the Augsburg Confession IV.103–104 (Triglot English, bookofconcord.org); Ambrose English in Letters (Oxford 1881 / StudyLight Letters 71–80).

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S1: Letter to Irenaeus, as cited in Apology IV.103

  • Source: Apology IV.103–104: https://bookofconcord.org/apology-of-the-augsburg-confession/article-iv/ (verified). Ambrose Letter 73 to Irenaeus: StudyLight Letters 71–80 (Oxford 1881 English, verified).
  • Text (Apology IV.103): “by the works of the Law, no one is justified … And on this account let no one boast of works, because no one is justified by his deeds. But he who is righteous has it given him because he was justified after the laver [of Baptism]. Faith, therefore, is that which frees through the blood of Christ, because he is blessed ‘whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered,’ Ps. 32:1”
  • Text (Ambrose Ep. 73, Oxford 1881): “Wherefore let no man glory in works, for by his works no man shall be justified, for he that is just hath a free gift, for he is justified by the Bath. It is faith then which delivers by the blood of Christ, for Blessed is the man to whom sin is remitted, and, pardon granted.”
  • Context: The Apology names “his letter to a certain Irenaeus” and quotes the baptismal clause. The Oxford English of Ep. 73 matches in substance (Bath = laver/baptism; faith delivers by Christ’s blood; no justification by works). Letter number: Maurist Ep. 73 (verified against the 1881 Letters edition).
  • Bears on: Q2, Q4
  • Status: verified (English Apology + Ambrose Ep. 73 English)

Topic: eucharist

See eucharist reasoning.

EUC S1: On the Mysteries 9.50–52

  • Source: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3405.htm
  • Text: “Let us prove that this is not what nature made, but what the blessing consecrated, and the power of blessing is greater than that of nature, because by blessing nature itself is changed.”
  • Context: Uses OT changes of nature (Moses’ rod) as analogies for the change of the elements.
  • Bears on: E1, E3
  • Status: verified (English)