Ambrose
Bishop of Milan, was one of the most eminent bishops of the 4th century.
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Accordingly, death is a harbor of peace for the just, but is believed a shipwreck for the wicked.
Neither angel, nor archangel, nor yet even the Lord Himself (who alone can say "I am with you"), can, when we have sinned, release us, unless we bring repentance with us.
It is not death therefore that is burdensome, but the fear of death.
The emperor is in the Church, not above the Church.
When I am at Rome, I fast on a Saturday; when I am at Milan, I do not. Follow the custom of the church where you are.
Si fueris Romae, Romano vivito more;
Si fueris alibi, vivito sicut ibi.
Ante agnus offerebatur, offerebatur et vitulus, nunc Christus offertur...et offert se ipse quasi sacerdos, ut peccata nostra dimittat. Hic in imagine, ibi in veritate, ubi apud Patrem pro nobis quasi advocatus intervenit.
It was not by dialectic that it pleased God to save His people.
In some causes silence is dangerous; so if any know of conspiracies against their country or king, or any that might greatly prejudice their neighbor, they ought to discover it.
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