Ambrose of Milan (340-397) was the first Christian bishop to write a systematic account of Christian ethics, in the trea
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Table of contents :
Cover
Contents
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 New Desire of the Inner Man
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Scripture Index
Subject and Name Index
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E
F
G
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I
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O
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