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On the Christian Faith

St Ambrose of Milan, NPNF II.10

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Book 1, Prologue
Book 1, The author distinguishes the faith from the errors of Pagans, Jews, and Heretics,…
Book 1, 2. The Emperor is exhorted to display zeal in the Faith.
Book 1, By evidence gathered from Scripture the unity of Father and Son is proved, and…
Book 1, The Unity of God is necessarily implied in the order of Nature, in the Faith, and…
Book 1, The various blasphemies uttered by the Arians against Christ are cited.
Book 1, By way of leading up to his proof that Christ is not different from the Father,…
Book 1, The likeness of Christ to the Father is asserted on the authority of St.
Book 1, The likeness of the Son to the Father being proved, it is not hard to prove the…
Book 1, St. Ambrose questions the heretics and exhibits their answer, which is, that the…
Book 1, Christ’s eternity being proved from the Apostle’s teaching, St.
Book 1, It cannot be proved from Scripture that the Father existed before the Son, nor…
Book 1, Further objections to the Godhead of the Son are met by the same answer-to wit,…
Book 1, 13. Discussion of the Divine Generation is continued.
Book 1, That the Son of God is not a created being is proved by the following arguments:…
Book 1, 15. An explanation of Acts ii.
Book 1, The Arians blaspheme Christ, if by the words “created” and “begotten” they mean…
Book 1, That Christ is very God is proved from the fact that He is God’s own Son, also…
Book 1, The errors of the Arians are mentioned in the Nicene Definition of the Faith, to…
Book 1, Arius is charged with the first of the above-mentioned errors, and refuted by the…
Book 1, St. Ambrose declares his desire that some angel would fly to him to purify him,…
Book 2, Introduction
Book 2, 1. The Arian argument from S.
Book 2, The goodness of the Son of God is proved from His works, namely, His benefits…
Book 2, Forasmuch as God is One, the Son of God is God, good and true.
Book 2, The omnipotence of the Son of God, demonstrated on the authority of the Old and…
Book 2, Certain passages from Scripture, urged against the Omnipotence of Christ, are…
Book 2, The passages of Scripture above cited are taken as an occasion for a digression,…
Book 2, The resolution of the difficulty set forth for consideration is again taken in…
Book 2, Christ’s saying, “The Father is greater than I,” is explained in accordance with…
Book 2, The objection that the Son, being sent by the Father, is, in that regard at…
Book 2, The objection taken on the ground of the Son’s obedience is disproved, and the…
Book 2, 11. The purpose and healing effects of the Incarnation.
Book 2, Do the Catholics or the Arians take the better course to assure themselves of the…
Book 2, The wicked and dishonourable opinions held by Arians, Sabellians, and Manichaeans…
Book 2, The sentence of the Judge is set forth, the counterpleas of the opposers are…
Book 2, St. Ambrose deprecates any praise of his own merits: in any case, the Faith is…
Book 2, St. Ambrose assures Gratian of victory, declaring that it has been foretold in…
Book 3, Statement of the reasons wherefore the matters, treated of shortly in the two…
Book 3, The incidents properly affecting the body which Christ for our sake took upon Him…
Book 3, That the Father and the Son must not be divided is proved by the words of the…
Book 3, We are told that Christ was only “made” so far as regards the flesh.
Book 3, Passages brought forward from Scripture to show that “made” does not always mean…
Book 3, In order to dispose of an objection grounded on a text in St.
Book 3, Solomon’s words, “The Lord created Me,” etc., mean that Christ’s Incarnation was…
Book 3, The prophecy of Christ’s Godhead and Manhood, contained in the verse of Isaiah…
Book 3, The preceding quotation from Solomon’s Proverbs receives further explanation.
Book 3, 10. Observations on the words of John the Baptist (John i.
Book 3, St. Ambrose returns to the main question, and shows that whenever Christ is said…
Book 3, The kingdom of the Father and of the Son is one and undivided, so likewise is the…
Book 3, The majesty of the Son is His own, and equal to that of the Father, and the…
Book 3, 14. The Son is of one substance with the Father.
Book 3, The Arians, inasmuch as they assert the Son to be “of another substance,” plainly…
Book 3, In order to forearm the orthodox against the stratagems of the Arians, St.
Book 3, 17. An objection based on St.
Book 4, The marvel is, not that men have failed to know Christ, but that they have not…
Book 4, None can ascend to heaven without faith; in any case, he who hath so ascended…
Book 4, The words, “The head of every man is Christ ...and the head of Christ is God”…
Book 4, The passage quoted adversely by heretics, namely, “The Son can do nothing of…
Book 4, Continuing the exposition of the disputed passage, which he had begun, Ambrose…
Book 4, The fourth kind of impossibility (§49) is now taken into consideration, and it is…
Book 4, The doctrine had in view for enforcement is corroborated by the truth that the…
Book 4, The heretical objection, that the Son cannot be equal to the Father, because He…
Book 4, Various quibbling arguments, advanced by the Arians to show that the Son had a…
Book 4, 10. The objection that Christ, on the showing of St.
Book 4, The particular distinction which the Arians endeavoured to prove upon the…
Book 4, 12. The comparison, found in the Gospel of St.
Book 5, Prologue
Book 5, How impious the Arians are, in attacking that on which human happiness depends.
Book 5, Since it has been proved that the Son is true God, and in that is not interior to…
Book 5, To the objection of the Arians, that two Gods are introduced by a unity of…
Book 5, It is objected by heretics that Christ offered worship to His Father.
Book 5, Ambrose answers those who press the words of the Lord to the mother of Zebedee’s…
Book 5, Wishing to answer the above-stated objection somewhat more fully, he maintains…
Book 5, Objection is taken to the following passage: “Thou hast loved them, as Thou hast…
Book 5, Christ, so far as He is true Son of God, has no Lord, but only so far as He is…
Book 5, The saint meets those who in Jewish wise object to the order of the words: “In…
Book 5, The Arians openly take sides with the heathen in attacking the words: “He that…
Book 5, We must refer the fact that Christ is said to speak nothing of Himself, to His…
Book 5, He confirms what has been already said, by the parable of the rich man who went…
Book 5, With the desire to learn what subjection to Christ means after putting forward…
Book 5, He continues the discussion of the difficulty he has entered upon, and teaches…
Book 5, He briefly takes up again the same points of dispute, and shrewdly concludes from…
Book 5, The Arians are condemned by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of David: for they…
Book 5, Christ acted for our advantage in being unwilling to reveal the day of judgment.
Book 5, Wishing to give a reason for the Lord’s answer to the apostles, he assigns the…
Book 5, The Saint having turned to God the Father, explains why he does not deride that…