Ambrose

Williams, D. H., Anglican Theological Review

Ambrose. Translated and with an introduction by Boniface Ramsey. The Early Church Fathers series. London and New York: Routledge Press, 1997. ix + 238 pp. $22.99 (paper).

As another indication of the current renaissance in Ambrosian scholarship, Boniface Ramsey has contributed a new translation of several texts written by and about the great bishop. Twentieth-century scholarship has reconfirmed what the late patristic and medieval Church knew all along, that Ambrose was a significant conveyer of the theological and exegetical tradition in his own right, standing not merely as a political figure who defied powerful emperors and as one who set the historical stage for Augustine. In …

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Publication information: Article title: Ambrose. Contributors: Williams, D. H. - Author. Journal title: Anglican Theological Review. Volume: 81. Issue: 3 Publication date: Summer 1999. Page number: 485+. © Anglican Theological Review, Inc. Winter 2009. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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