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On the Holy Spirit
St Ambrose of Milan, NPNF II.10
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- Book 1, Preface
- Book 1, St. Ambrose commences his argument by complimenting the Emperor, both for his…
- Book 1, The words, “All things were made by Him,” are not a proof that the Holy Spirit is…
- Book 1, The statement of the Apostle, that all things are of the Father by the Son, does…
- Book 1, The Holy Spirit is one and the same Who spake in the prophets and apostles, Who…
- Book 1, The Holy Spirit, since He sanctifies creatures, is neither a creature nor subject…
- Book 1, Although we are baptized with water and the Spirit, the latter is much superior…
- Book 1, The Holy Spirit is not a creature, seeing that He is infinite, and was shed upon…
- Book 1, The Holy Spirit is given by God alone, yet not wholly to each person, since there…
- Book 1, The Holy Spirit is rightly called the ointment of Christ, and the oil of…
- Book 1, That the Spirit forgives sin is common to Him with the Father and the Son, but…
- Book 1, The Spirit is sent to all, and passes not from place to place, for He is not…
- Book 1, The peace and grace of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are one, so also…
- Book 1, St. Ambrose shows from the Scriptures that the Name of the Three Divine Persons…
- Book 1, Each Person of the Trinity is said in the sacred writings to be Light.
- Book 1, The Holy Spirit is Life equally with the Father and the Son, in truth whether the…
- Book 1, The Holy Spirit is that large river by which the mystical Jerusalem is watered.
- Book 2, Preface
- Book 2, The Spirit is the Lord and Power; and in this is not inferior to the Father and…
- Book 2, The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are One in counsel.
- Book 2, As to know the Father and the Son is life, so is it life to know the Holy Spirit;…
- Book 2, The Holy Spirit gives life, not in a different way from the Father and the Son,…
- Book 2, The Holy Spirit, as well as the Father and the Son, is pointed out in holy…
- Book 2, To those who object that according to the words of Amos the Spirit is created,…
- Book 2, The Holy Spirit is no less the author of spiritual creation or regeneration than…
- Book 2, St. Ambrose examines and refutes the heretical argument that because God is said…
- Book 2, A passage of St. Paul abused by heretics, to prove a distinction between the…
- Book 2, Being about to prove that the will, the calling, and the commandment of the…
- Book 2, We shall follow the example of Abdemelech, if we believe that the Son and Holy…
- Book 2, After proof that the Spirit is the Giver of revelation equally with the Father…
- Book 2, Prophecy was not only from the Father and the Son but also from the Spirit; the…
- Book 3, Not only were the prophets and apostles sent by the Spirit, but also the Son of…
- Book 3, The Son and the Spirit are alike given; whence not subjection but one Godhead is…
- Book 3, The same Unity may also be recognized from the fact that the Spirit is called…
- Book 3, To those who contend that the Spirit because He is called the Finger is less than…
- Book 3, The writer sums up the argument he had commenced, and confirms the statement that…
- Book 3, The Spirit rebukes just as do the Father and the Son; and indeed judges could not…
- Book 3, The Son Himself does not judge or punish without the Spirit, so that the same…
- Book 3, The aforesaid unity is proved hereby, that as the Father is said to be grieved…
- Book 3, That the Holy Spirit is provoked is proved by the words of St.
- Book 3, The Divinity of the Holy Spirit is supported by a passage of St.
- Book 3, 11. The objection has been made, that the words of St.
- Book 3, 12. From the fact that St.
- Book 3, To those who object that Catholics, when they ascribe Godhead to the Holy Spirit,…
- Book 3, Besides the evidence adduced above, other passages can be brought to prove the…
- Book 3, Though the Spirit be called Lord, three Lords are not thereby implied; inasmuch…
- Book 3, The Father is holy, and likewise the Son and the Spirit, and so They are honoured…
- Book 3, St. Ambrose shows by instances that the places in which those words were spoken…
- Book 3, As he purposes to establish the Godhead of the Holy Spirit by the points already…
- Book 3, Having proved above that the Spirit abides and speaks in the prophets, St.
- Book 3, The river flowing from the Throne of God is a figure of the Holy Spirit, but by…
- Book 3, Isaiah was sent by the Spirit, and accordingly the same Spirit was seen by him.
- Book 3, In proof of the Unity in Trinity the passage of Isaiah which has been cited is…