Tag: Ambrose

  • Ambrose and Justification by Faith

    One Ambrose quotation that comes up in discussions of Justification by Faith is this one: Ambrose (c. 339-97): Thus I do not have the wherewithal to enable me to glory in my own works, I do not have the wherewithal to boast of myself, and so I will glory in Christ. I will not glory…

  • Church Fathers on Jesus' Status as "Without Mother"

    Ambrose (A.D. 337 – 397) writes: “He it is Who is without mother according to His Godhead …” (On the Mysteries, Chapter 8, Section 4 Theodoret (A.D. 393 – 457) writes: “On account of this difference of term He is said by the divine Paul to be “without father, without mother, without descent, having neither…