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Ambrose of Milan's On the Holy Spirit: Rhetoric, Theology, and Sources

Contributor(s): Selby, Andrew M (Author)

ISBN: 9781463240745

Publisher: Gorgias Press

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Pub Date: January 15, 2020

Dewey: 231.3

LCCN: 2020003746

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Index

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 1.06" H x 9.00" L x 6.00" W ( 1.80 lbs) 486 pages

Series: Gorgias Studies in Early Christianity and Patristi

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Description: "Despite being the first extended defense of the divinity of the Holy Spirit written in Latin and influencing the Trinitarian theology of Augustine of Hippo, Ambrose of Milan's On the Holy Spirit (De Spiritu Sancto) has received little scholarly attention. This book seeks to change this perspective by claiming that Ambrose defines the Holy Spirit in a way consistent with pro-Nicene theology using classical Ciceronian rhetoric to interpret Scripture in a quasi-judicial situation"--

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