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Christian Grace and Pagan Virtue
The Theological Foundation of Ambrose's Ethics
J. Warren Smith
344 pages
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235x156mm
978-0-19-536993-9
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Hardback
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27 January 2011
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- Provides an examination of the neglected biblical, liturgical and theological foundations of Ambrose's thought on ethics.
Ambrose of Milan (340-397) was the first Christian bishop to write a systematic account of Christian ethics, in the treatise De Officiis, variously translated as "on duties" or "on responsibilities." But Ambrose also dealt with the moral life in other works, notably his sermons on the patriarchs and his addresses to catechumens and newly baptized. There is a vast modern literature on Ambrose, but only in recent decades has he begun to be taken seriously as a thinker, not just as a working bishop and ecclesiastical politician.
Because Ambrose was one of the few Latin Christian writers in antiquity who knew Greek, another major area of Ambrose scholarship has been the study of his sources, notably the Jewish philosopher Philo, and Christian writers such as Origen of Alexandria.
In this book, Warren Smith examines the neglected biblical, liturgical and theological foundations of Ambrose's thought on ethics. Earlier studies have found little that was distinctively Christian in Ambrose's image of the virtuous person. Smith shows that though, like the pagans, Ambrose emphasized moderation, courage, justice, and prudence, for him these characteristics were shaped by the church's beliefs about God's salvific economy. The courage of a Christian facing persecution, for example, was an expression of faith in
Christ's resurrection and the church's eschatological hope. Eschatology, for Ambrose, was not pagan wisdom clothed in pious language, but the very logic upon which virtue rests.Readership: Scholars and students of early Christian history, theology, and ethics
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J. Warren Smith, Associate Professor of Historical Theology, The Divinity School, Duke University
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"This work serves as a wonderful addition to the library of the layman, pastor or researcher who wishes to explore Christian moral theology and the training of catechumens in the fourth century." - Brian E. Gronewoller, Theology
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Preface
Prolegomena: The Ritual Context for Ambrose's Soteriology
Part I - The Loss of Harmonic Unity: Ambrose's Account of the Fallen Human Condition
1.: The Soul: Ambrose's True Self
2.: Essential Unity of Soul and Body: Ambrose's Hylomorphic Theory
3.: The Body of Death: The Legacy of the Fall
Part II - Raised to New Life: Ambrose's Theology of Baptism
4.: Baptism: Sacrament of Justification
5.: Resurrection and Regeneration
6.: Baptismal Regeneration: Participation in the New Humanity
7.: The Inner Man's New Desire
Epilogue
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