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Ambrose
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“Accordingly, death is a harbor of peace for the just, but is believed a shipwreck for the wicked.”
Ambrose (339–397) said by 397 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is not death therefore that is burdensome, but the fear of death.”
Ambrose (339–397) said by 397 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It was not by dialectic that it pleased God to save His people.”
Ambrose (339–397) said by 397 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When I am here I do not fast on Saturday; but when I am at Rome I do: whatever church you may come to, conform to its custom, if you would avoid either receiving or giving offense.”
Ambrose (339–397) said by 397 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Si fueris Romae, Romano vivito more; Si fueris alibi, vivito sicut ibi.”
Ambrose (339–397) said by 397 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Ductor Dubitantium, or the Rule of Conscience (1660) by Jeremy Taylor, I.i.5; commonly rendered into a proverb: "When in Rome, do as the Romans do", or simply "When in Rome...
“Neither angel, nor archangel, nor yet even the Lord Himself (who alone can say "I am with you"), can, when we have sinned, release us, unless we bring repentance with us.”
Ambrose (339–397) said by 397 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Many Thoughts of Many Minds (1896) edited by Louis Klopsch
“Ante agnus offerebatur, offerebatur et vitulus, nunc Christus offertur...et offert se ipse quasi sacerdos, ut peccata nostra dimittat. Hic in imagine, ibi in veritate, ubi apud Patrem pro nobis quasi advocatus intervenit.”
Ambrose (339–397) said by 397 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In, The Eucharist in the West: History and Theology, Edward J. Kilmartin, SJ, Robert J. Daly, SJ, Editor, 1998, The Liturgical Press, , p. 19
“Quid autem aliud Ioannes nisi honestatem consideravit? ut inhonestas nuptias etiam in rege non posset perpeti, dicens: Non licet tibi illam uxorem habere. Potuit tacere, nisi indecorum sibi iudicasset mortis metu verum non dicere, inclinare regi propheticam auctoritatem, adulationem subtexere. Sciebat utique moriturum se esse, quia regi adversabatur: sed honestatem saluti praetulit. Et tamen quid utilius quam quod passionis viro sancto advexit gloriam?”
Ambrose (339–397) said by 397 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sed non solum locum Ecclesiae zelare debemus, sed hanc quoque interiorem in nobis domum Dei; ne sit domus negotiationis, aut spelunca latronum.”
Ambrose (339–397) said by 397 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You are not making a gift of what is yours to the poor man, but you are giving him back what is his. You have been appropriating things that are meant to be for the common use of everyone. The earth belongs to everyone, not to the rich.”
Ambrose (339–397) said by 397 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: (22) De Nabute, c. 12, n. 53: PL 14. 747; cf. J. R. Palanque, Saint Ambroise et l'empire romain, Paris: de Boccard (1933), 336 ff.
“Christ has taken obedience upon Himself, obedience even to taking on Him our flesh, the cross even to gaining our salvation. Thus where the work lies, there too is the Author of the work. When therefore, all things have become subject to Christ, through Christ's obedience, so that all bend their knees in His name, then He Himself will be all in all. For now, since all do not believe, all do not seem to be in subjection. But when all have believed and done the will of God, then Christ will be all and in all. And when Christ is all and in all, then will God be all and in all (1 Cor 15:28); for the Father abides ever in the Son.”
Ambrose (339–397) said by 397 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“How far, O rich, do you extend your senseless avarice? Do you intend to be the sole inhabitants of the earth? Why do you drive out the fellow sharers of nature, and claim it all for yourselves? The earth was made for all, rich and poor, in common. Why do you rich claim it as your exclusive right? The soil was given to the rich and poor in common—wherefore, oh, ye rich, do you unjustly claim it for yourselves alone? Nature gave all things in common for the use of all; usurpation created private rights. Property hath no rights. The earth is the Lord's, and we are his offspring. The pagans hold earth as property. They do blaspheme God.”
Ambrose (339–397) said by 397 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: in The Cry for Justice (1915), p. 397