Christian Grace and Pagan Virtue: The Theological Foundation of Ambrose’s Ethics. By J. Warren Smith

Ambrose of Milan has in the modern period been studied for many reasons; more often than the innocent might expect, his theology is not one of them. Provincial governor turned church politician; spin-doctor of pro-Nicene ideology in a factionalized ecclesial world; rhetorician of respectable Christi...

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Main Author: Davidson, Ivor J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Review
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press 2013
In: The journal of theological studies
Year: 2013, Volume: 64, Issue: 2, Pages: 729-731
Review of:Christian grace and pagan virtue (New York [u.a.] : Oxford Univ. Press, 2011) (Davidson, Ivor J.)
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