Ambrose of Milan's On the Holy Spirit
Andrew M. Selby
Gebundenes Buch

Ambrose of Milan's On the Holy Spirit

Rhetoric, Theology, and Sources

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One might expect that the first pro-Nicene defense of the divinity of the Holy Spirit written in Latin, which influenced the theology of Augustine of Hippo, would be lauded. However, Ambrose of Milan's On the Holy Spirit typically has been maligned. Jerome was the first, proclaiming it to be badly written and plagiarized. Modern scholars have largely followed that judgement. This study contradicts this perspective, claiming that Ambrosedefines the Holy Spirit in a way consistent with pro-Nicene theology using classical Ciceronian rhetoric to interpret Scripture in a quasi-judicial situation: E...