Saint Ambrose, bishop of Milan (Italy), is one of the most influential figures in early Christianity and a Doctor of the Church. His life and work have been extensively documented by official sources of the Holy See and by the Augustinian tradition. In particular, Saint Augustine's Confessions recounts the decisive role that Saint Ambrose played in his conversion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The son of a Roman Christian family and educated in rhetoric and law, Ambrose arrived in Milan as governor of the province of Liguria and Emilia. His election as bishop in 374 was swift and almost sudden. According to ecclesiastical sources, he was still a catechumen when the community acclaimed him to occupy the episcopal see. After receiving baptism and holy orders within a few days, Ambrose served as bishop for more than two decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He stood firm against the emperors Theodosius and Valentinian II, always insisting on the primacy of Christian conscience and the need for rulers to submit to moral law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Confessions\u2018 <\/em>narrate the impact<\/a> produced by the eloquence, intelligence, and spiritual interpretation of Scripture that Saint Ambrose offered in his homilies. St. Augustine<\/a> He was initially a skeptical intellectual, and found in Saint Ambrose a living testimony<\/a> of the Christian faith. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It was Saint Ambrose who finally baptized him on Easter Vigil in the year 387. The Augustinians say that \u201cif we did not have Saint Ambrose, we would not have the Augustinian Order as we know it today.\u2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Saint Ambrose always recognized the primacy of the Bishop of Rome, affirming: \u201cUbi Petrus, ibi Ecclesia\u201d (\u2018Where Peter is, there is the Church\u2019). Sacramental theology, liturgy, and sacred music\u2014including the famous \u2018Te Deum,\u2019 traditionally associated with him\u2014made Saint Ambrose a pillar of the Latin Church. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" San Ambrosio, obispo de Mil\u00e1n (Italia) es una de las figuras m\u00e1s influyentes del cristianismo antiguo y Doctor de la Iglesia. Su vida y obra han sido ampliamente documentadas por fuentes oficiales de la Santa Sede y por la tradici\u00f3n agustiniana. En especial las \u2018Confesiones\u2019 de san Agust\u00edn, donde \u00e9ste relata el papel decisivo que […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2425,"featured_media":56101,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[549,548],"tags":[8],"class_list":["post-56100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-evangelizacion","category-foco","tag-santos","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.omnesmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.omnesmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.omnesmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.omnesmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2425"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.omnesmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.omnesmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.omnesmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.omnesmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.omnesmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.omnesmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\u201cWhere Peter is, there is the Church.\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n