02 — Bishop and Pastor

Milan as imperial capital and working bishopric; the administrator and almsgiver who melted the church plate to ransom captives; the daily labor of preaching and pastoral care.

Tradition: Pan-Orthodox (Church Father / Latin)

Part of the St. Ambrose of Milan Reference Guide. This section contains two content files:

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the-see-of-milan.md	The See of Milan — the city as the working capital of the Western empire and what it meant to be its bishop; the administrator who built and consecrated churches, discovered and translated the relics of Gervasius and Protasius, and ran the affairs of a great see at the elbow of the court; and the almsgiver whose principle that “the Church has gold not to store but to spend” led him to break up the consecrated vessels to ransom captives after the Gothic catastrophe of 378 — and to defend the act against Arian critics.
preaching-and-care.md	Preaching and Care — Ambrose the daily preacher, whose sermons were the seed of nearly all his books and whose spiritual exegesis drew Augustine and the people of Milan; the catechist who prepared and baptized the city’s converts each Easter; the pastor besieged in his house by petitioners, mediating disputes, interceding with emperors for the condemned, and ransoming, feeding, and burying. The shape of a great bishop’s ordinary work.

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the-see-of-milan.md

The See of Milan — the city as the working capital of the Western empire and what it meant to be its bishop; the administrator who built and consecrated churches, discovered and translated the relics of Gervasius and Protasius, and ran the affairs of a great see at the elbow of the court; and the almsgiver whose principle that “the Church has gold not to store but to spend” led him to break up the consecrated vessels to ransom captives after the Gothic catastrophe of 378 — and to defend the act against Arian critics.

preaching-and-care.md

Preaching and Care — Ambrose the daily preacher, whose sermons were the seed of nearly all his books and whose spiritual exegesis drew Augustine and the people of Milan; the catechist who prepared and baptized the city’s converts each Easter; the pastor besieged in his house by petitioners, mediating disputes, interceding with emperors for the condemned, and ransoming, feeding, and burying. The shape of a great bishop’s ordinary work.

02 — Bishop and Pastor

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