Exposition of the Christian Faith
Ambrose's fourth-century treatise expounding the essential doctrines of Christian faith, particularly the deity of Christ, written against the Arian heresy that denied the full divinity of the Son of God.
20 Chapters
Table of Contents
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CHAPTER I. The author distinguishes the faith from the errors of Pagans, Jews,
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CHAPTER II. The Emperor is exhorted to display zeal in the Faith. Christ's
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CHAPTER III. By evidence gathered from Scripture the unity of Father and Son
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CHAPTER IV. The Unity of God is necessarily implied in the order of Nature,
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CHAPTER V. The various blasphemies uttered by the Arians against Christ are
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CHAPTER VI. By way of leading up to his proof that Christ is not different
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CHAPTER VII. The likeness of Christ to the Father is asserted on the authority
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CHAPTER VIII. The likeness of the Son to the Father being proved, it is not
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CHAPTER IX. St. Ambrose questions the heretics and exhibits their answer,
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CHAPTER X. Christ's eternity being proved from the Apostle's teaching, St.
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CHAPTER XI. It cannot be proved from Scripture that the Father existed before
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CHAPTER XII. Further objections to the Godhead of the Son are met by the
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CHAPTER XIII. Discussion of the Divine Generation is continued. St.
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CHAPTER XIV. That the Son of God is not a created being is proved by the
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CHAPTER XV. An explanation of Acts ii. 36 and Proverbs viii. 22, which are
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CHAPTER XVI. The Arians blaspheme Christ, if by the words "created" and
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CHAPTER XVII. That Christ is very God is proved from the fact that He is
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CHAPTER XVIII. The errors of the Arians are mentioned in the Nicene
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CHAPTER XIX. Arius is charged with the first of the above-mentioned errors,
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CHAPTER XX. St. Ambrose declares his desire that some angel would fly to