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On the Sacraments

St Ambrose of Milan, tr. Thompson, 1919

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2. Book 1, Why Instruction on the Sacraments Was Deferred. The “opening of the ears.”
3. Book 1, The Unction Before Baptism. Of the Renunciations, and the Dignity of the Office…
4. Book 1, In the Baptismal Rite There Was More Than Appeared to the Outward Eye
5. Book 1, The Sacraments of Christians are More Divine, and Earlier, Than Those of the…
6. Book 1, 5. The Story of Naaman, and the Baptism of Christ
7. Book 1, Baptism Prefigured in the Crossing of the Red Sea and in the Story of the Flood
8. Book 2, Further Illustration from the Story of the Flood. Of the Baptisms of Heathen and…
9. Book 2, 2. The Healing of the Paralytic at the Pool of Bethesda
10. Book 2, The Interpretation of the “captive maid” in the Story of Naaman. Summary of Types…
11. Book 2, Our Lord’s Command to Baptize. Further O.T. Types of Baptism
12. Book 2, The Presence of the Holy Trinity in Baptism is Vindicated. The Spirit at the…
13. Book 2, The Fall and Its Consequences. The Redemptive Grace of Baptism
14. Book 2, The Threefold Confession of Faith and the Threefold Immersion in Baptism…
15. Book 3, The Significance of the Unction Upon the Head, and the Meaning of “regeneration.”…
16. Book 3, The “spiritual seal” and the Sevenfold Gifts of the Spirit. The Effect of Baptism…
17. Book 4, The Symbolism of the Tabernacle Applied to Christian Baptism
18. Book 4, The Grace of Innocence and “renewal of youth” Resulting from Baptism
19. Book 4, Comparison of the Jewish and Christian Sacraments. Melchizedek a Type of Christ
20. Book 4, The Bread and Wine of the Eucharist Become Christ’s Body and Blood in Virtue of…
21. Book 4, The Words with Which the Priest Consecrates the Sacrament are Quoted, and the…
22. Book 4, The Sacrament a Memorial of Christ’s Death and a Proclamation of the Forgiveness…
23. Book 5, The Writer Returns to the Story of Melchizedek, and Gives Two Reasons Why Water…
24. Book 5, 2. The Blessings of the Sacrament Illustrated from Canticles
25. Book 5, Farther Illustrations of the Blessings of Communion from Psalm xxiii. and from…
26. Book 5, 4. Exposition of the Lord’s Prayer
27. Book 6, The Reality of the Gift of Christ’s Flesh and Blood in the Sacrament is Shown and…
28. Book 6, The Sacraments Show the Operation of the Trinity and the Equality of the Three…
29. Book 6, 3. How and Where Christians Ought to Pray
30. Book 6, 4. On Prayer in Secret. Exposition of 1 Tim. ii. 8
31. Book 6, On the Modesty Which Women Ought to Show in Prayer. The Parts of Prayer are…