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Exposition of the Christian Faith
St. Ambrose of Milan · image, public domain
The emperor Gratian, about to march east against the Goths, asked St. Ambrose for a statement of the faith. Ambrose sent him these books on the Son's oneness with the Father, against the Arians.
Clear and full of Scripture, they made St. Ambrose the leading voice for Nicaea in the West.
Contents
- 1Book I (1 of 3)25 min read
- 2Book I (2 of 3)25 min read
- 3Book I (3 of 3)15 min read
- 4Book II (1 of 3)25 min read
- 5Book II (2 of 3)25 min read
- 6Book II (3 of 3)10 min read
- 7Book III (1 of 3)25 min read
- 8Book III (2 of 3)25 min read
- 9Book III (3 of 3)15 min read
- 10Book IV (1 of 3)25 min read
- 11Book IV (2 of 3)25 min read
- 12Book IV (3 of 3)25 min read
- 13Book V (1 of 5)25 min read
- 14Book V (2 of 5)25 min read
- 15Book V (3 of 5)25 min read
- 16Book V (4 of 5)25 min read
- 17Book V (5 of 5)10 min read
About this edition
Translated by H. de Romestin, with E. de Romestin and H. T. F. Duckworth, in the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, second series, vol. 10 (1896), edited by Philip Schaff and Henry Wace.
This translation is in the public domain. We took the text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library and left out the editors’ footnotes.
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