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Ambrose S Patriarchs: Ethics for the Common Man

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Description for Ambrose S Patriarchs: Ethics for the Common Man Paperback. A study by Marcia L. Colish of the patriarch treatises of Ambrose of Milan (c. 340-397), in which he develops an ethics for the laity and a corpus of works aimed at the conversion of pagan Roman adults to Christianity, Christian ethics for the common man emerges. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HRCC7; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 14. Weight in Grams: 227.

In this welcome new book Marcia L. Colish offers the only monograph-length study of the patriarch treatises of Ambrose of Milan (c. 340-397), in which he develops, for the first time in the patristic period, an ethics for the laity. Ambrose the ethicist has been viewed primarily as the author of advice to those with special callings in the church, such as priests, widows, and consecrated virgins. His views have been characterized as advocating asceticism and promoting a Platonic view of human nature, in which the body is a moral problem. Ambrose's patriarch treatises, argues Colish, are instead aimed at ... Read more

Colish’s analysis sharply revises previous estimates of Ambrose the ethicist through a careful consideration of the patriarch treatises in their historical context, as Lenten sermons delivered by Ambrose to the catechumens in his Milanese church whom he was preparing during Lent for their coming Easter baptism. The pastoral context and intended audience of these treatises have largely been ignored in previous scholarship. Colish contends that when the treatises are read as Ambrose intended for them to be received, as a corpus of works aimed at the conversion of pagan Roman adults to Christianity, Ambrose’s vision of a Christian ethics for the common man emerges.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
204
Place of Publication
Notre Dame IN, United States
ISBN
9780268023652
SKU
V9780268023652
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About Marcia L. Colish
Marcia L. Colish is Frederick B. Artz Professor of History, emerita, at Oberlin College and visiting fellow in history at Yale University.

Reviews for Ambrose S Patriarchs: Ethics for the Common Man
“Masterly and crystal-clear written study of Ambrose's treatises De Abraham, De Issac, De Iacob and De Ioseph . . . This groundbreaking study on the first patristic development of ethics for the common man is very carefully edited . . . has an excellent bibliography of primary sources and is concluded by an excellent Index.” —Vigiliae Christianae "In Ambrose's Patriarchs, ... Read more

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