„Der Umgang mit Altersgenossen ist angenehmer, der mit Älteren sicherer.“
De officiis ministrorum (Über die Pflichten der Priester)
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Ambrosius von Mailand
Geburtstag: 339
Todesdatum: 4. April 397
Andere Namen: Ambrož z Milána, Sv. Ambróz
Ambrosius von Mailand wurde als römischer Politiker zum Bischof gewählt. Er ist einer der vier lateinischen Kirchenlehrer der Spätantike der Westkirche, war der jüngere Bruder der heiligen Marcellina und trägt seit 1298 den Ehrentitel Kirchenvater.
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„Welche Strafe ist größer als die Wunde des Gewissens?“
De officiis ministrorum (Über die Pflichten der Priester)
„Ein Freund ist gleichsam ein zweites Ich.“
De officiis ministrorum (Über die Pflichten der Priester)
„Bei entgegengesetzten sittlichen Lebensanschauungen kann keine Freundschaft bestehen.“
De officiis ministrorum (Über die Pflichten der Priester)
„Gerechtigkeit gibt jedem das Seine, maßt sich nichts Fremdes an und setzt den eigenen Vorteil zurück, wo es gilt, das Wohl des Ganzen zu wahren.“
De officiis ministrorum (Über die Pflichten der Priester)
„Deine Absicht erst gibt deinem Werke seinen Namen.“
De officiis ministrorum (Über die Pflichten der Priester)
„When I am here I do not fast on Saturday; but when I am at Rome I do“
— Ambrose
Quoted in "Epistle to Casualanus", XXXVI, section 32, by St. Augustine; translation by J.G. Cunningham
Kontext: When I am here I do not fast on Saturday; but when I am at Rome I do: whatever church you may come to, conform to its custom, if you would avoid either receiving or giving offense.
„Accordingly, death is a harbor of peace for the just, but is believed a shipwreck for the wicked.“
— Ambrose, buch De bono mortis
De bono mortis, 8, 31.
„But it is not only of the space in the Church which we ought to be jealous, but also of the interiors of the house of God in us, so that it might not become a house of merchandise, or a den of robbers.“
— Ambrose
Commentary on John 2:16, Exposition of the Psalms of David 118 (PL 15 1457B)
Original: (la) Sed non solum locum Ecclesiae zelare debemus, sed hanc quoque interiorem in nobis domum Dei; ne sit domus negotiationis, aut spelunca latronum.
„How far, O rich, do you extend your senseless avarice? Do you intend to be the sole inhabitants of the earth? Why do you drive out the fellow sharers of nature, and claim it all for yourselves? The earth was made for all, rich and poor, in common. Why do you rich claim it as your exclusive right? The soil was given to the rich and poor in common—wherefore, oh, ye rich, do you unjustly claim it for yourselves alone? Nature gave all things in common for the use of all; usurpation created private rights. Property hath no rights. The earth is the Lord's, and we are his offspring. The pagans hold earth as property. They do blaspheme God.“
— Ambrose
in The Cry for Justice (1915), p. 397
„Neither angel, nor archangel, nor yet even the Lord Himself (who alone can say "I am with you"), can, when we have sinned, release us, unless we bring repentance with us.“
— Ambrose
As quoted in Many Thoughts of Many Minds (1896) edited by Louis Klopsch
„Formerly a lamb was offered, a calf was offered. Christ is offered today…and he offers himself as priest in order that he may remit our sins: here in image, there in truth where, as our advocate, he intercedes for us before the Father.“
— Ambrose
De officiis ministrorum ("On the Offices of Ministers" or, "On the Duties of the Clergy"), Book I, ch. 48. http://books.google.com/books?id=ZIwXAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA114&dq=%22ante+agnus+offerebatur%22&hl=en&ei=pTDSTcflDsrZ0QHjxKHYCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAzgy#v=onepage&q=%22ante%20agnus%20offerebatur%22&f=false
In, The Eucharist in the West: History and Theology, Edward J. Kilmartin, SJ, Robert J. Daly, SJ, Editor, 1998, The Liturgical Press, ISBN 0814662048 ISBN 9780814662045, p. 19 http://books.google.com/books?id=WI2gC7lFmC4C&pg=PA19&lpg=PA19&dq=%22Christ+is+offered+today%22&source=bl&ots=MoKJXo6d2u&sig=8k0xytaJpidX3wg5RpQQKHwDxzw&hl=en&ei=hi_STbuzOYq_0AHwxKXKCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CBwQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Christ%20is%20offered%20today%22&f=false
Alternate translation: In old times a lamb, a Calf was offered; now Christ is offered. But He is offered as man and as enduring suffering. And He offers Himself as a priest to take away our sins, here in an image, there in truth, where with the Father He intercedes for us as our Advocate. http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/34011.htm
Original: (la) Ante agnus offerebatur, offerebatur et vitulus, nunc Christus offertur...et offert se ipse quasi sacerdos, ut peccata nostra dimittat. Hic in imagine, ibi in veritate, ubi apud Patrem pro nobis quasi advocatus intervenit.
„If you are at Rome, live in the Roman style; if you are elsewhere, live as they live there.“
— Ambrose
Quoted in Ductor Dubitantium, or the Rule of Conscience (1660) by Jeremy Taylor, I.i.5; commonly rendered into a proverb: "When in Rome, do as the Romans do", or simply "When in Rome..."
Original: (la) Si fueris Romae, Romano vivito more;
Si fueris alibi, vivito sicut ibi.
„And what else did John have in mind but what is virtuous, so that he could not endure a wicked union even in the king's case, saying: "It is not lawful for thee to have her to wife." He could have been silent, had he not thought it unseemly for himself not to speak the truth for fear of death, or to make the prophetic office yield to the king, or to indulge in flattery. He knew well that he would die as he was against the king, but he preferred virtue to safety. Yet what is more expedient than the suffering which brought glory to the saint.“
— Ambrose
De officiis ministrorum ("On the Offices of Ministers" or, "On the Duties of the Clergy"), Book III, chapter XIV, part 89 as quoted in www.ewtn.com http://www.ewtn.com/library/PATRISTC/PII10-2.HTM
Original: (la) Quid autem aliud Ioannes nisi honestatem consideravit? ut inhonestas nuptias etiam in rege non posset perpeti, dicens: Non licet tibi illam uxorem habere. Potuit tacere, nisi indecorum sibi iudicasset mortis metu verum non dicere, inclinare regi propheticam auctoritatem, adulationem subtexere. Sciebat utique moriturum se esse, quia regi adversabatur: sed honestatem saluti praetulit. Et tamen quid utilius quam quod passionis viro sancto advexit gloriam?
„It is not death therefore that is burdensome, but the fear of death.“
— Ambrose, buch De bono mortis
De bono mortis, 8, 31.
