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Ambrose /

On the Holy Spirit

3 books · 390-395 C.E.

Wisdom of Solomon 1:7 / Ambrose, On the Holy Spirit 1.7
Sirach 24:3 / Ambrose, On the Holy Spirit 2.5
Wisdom of Solomon 7:22 / Ambrose, On the Holy Spirit 3.6 Wisdom of Solomon 1:4 / Ambrose, On the Holy Spirit 3.11 Wisdom of Solomon 1:4 / Ambrose, On the Holy Spirit 3.17 Wisdom of Solomon 7:22 / Ambrose, On the Holy Spirit 3.18 Wisdom of Solomon 7:22 / Ambrose, On the Holy Spirit 3.22

A doctrinal complement to De fide, the essay is close to the two tractates De Spiritu Sancto by Didymus and Basil, and to Basil’s Adversus Eunomium as well as Athanasius’ Letters to Serapion. Ambrose’s work grows out of his scriptural study, challenged by Arian arguments. Scripture remains his unique source, even when “our predecessors” (alias Basil) are invoked (I, 3, 81). Book I states that the Holy Spirit is not a creature, but equally divine as Father and Son. Book II elaborates on the trinitarian status of the Spirit. Book III contemplates the Spirit in relation to Christ, and stresses the unity of God.

Charles Kannengiesser, Handbook of Patristic Exegesis: The Bible in Ancient Christianity (Leiden: Brill, 2006), 1055.

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