Wartburg Speaks

"The deplorable, miserable condition which I discovered lately when I, too, was a visitor, has forced and urged me to prepare [publish] this Catechism, or Christian doctrine, in this small, plain, simple form." Martin Luther

Tuesday, February 07, 2006

St. Ambrose


St. Ambrose has rightly said that the dialecticians have to give way where the apostolic fishermen are to be trusted. –Martin Luther

THIS YOUNG POLITICIAN BECAME THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE TO BECOME BISHOP OF MILAN WHEN THE ARIAN BISHOP OF MILAN DIED. AMBROSE HAD GREAT PRESENCE AND WAS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL MEN OF THE FOURTH CENTURY. HIS GREAT SPEAKING ABILITY, TACT AND DECISIVENESS BROUGHT THE EMPEROR TO REPENT FOR CRIMES COMMITTED.

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