{"title":"📚 St. Ambrose of Milan","description":"\u003cp\u003eSt. Ambrose was a fourth-century bishop of Milan, a renowned preacher, and one of the great Doctors of the Church. Born around 339, he was serving as a Roman governor when he was unexpectedly chosen by the people of Milan to become their bishop. Although not yet baptized, he accepted the office, received baptism, and was ordained bishop in 374. He became known for his courage in defending the faith and for his insistence that even emperors were subject to the moral authority of the Church.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmbrose was an influential teacher whose preaching helped lead St. Augustine to Christianity. He wrote extensively on Scripture, Christian morality, and the nature of the Church, and his hymns and teachings helped shape Western Christian worship. He is honored as one of the four original Latin Doctors of the Church.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLived:\u003c\/strong\u003e c. 339 – April 4, 397 | \u003cstrong\u003eFeast Day:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 7 | \u003cstrong\u003eCanonized:\u003c\/strong\u003e Recognized as a saint in the early Church; declared a Doctor of the Church in 1298\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePatronage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Milan, beekeepers, candle makers, and students.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"given-to-love-st-ambrose-on-the-pursuit-of-chastity","title":"Given To Love - St. Ambrose On The Pursuit Of Chastity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt the close of three centuries of persecution in the Roman Empire, Christianity led many young persons to decide to give themselves exclusively to God’s service. Although the path of celibacy was indicated by the Lord himself, and recommended by St. Paul, its characteristics became clearer through the writings of St. Ambrose, one of the earliest Fathers of the Church.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 377 AD, Ambrose issued several homilies and letters which marked out the path of celibacy as a higher and greater calling than marriage, in response to a letter from his sister, Marcellina, who had chosen this path and wanted advice on how to live it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the translator’s introduction to these homilies, James Shiel sheds light on the culture, manners, and mores of Roman society at that time, to show how those who followed a path of celibacy would live among their contemporaries. St. Ambrose laid out an understanding of how to be in the world, but not of the world, as Jesus had told his Apostles and followers. 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By his glorious death, he became a commander in the greatest military power in the universe—the communion of saints of the Roman Catholic Church. Throughout the Church’s history, countless martyrs have offered their lives to Christ rather than deny Him. One of the most revered is Saint Sebastian, and for this, his name appears in the Roman Canon. A native of Milan, Saint Sebastian was the primus pilus, the senior centurion of elite soldiers in the Roman army who commanded eight hundred of the best soldiers in the world’s greatest military at the time. Taking the same ethic for the spiritual battle as he did for the empire’s battles, Saint Sebastian worked tirelessly and inconspicuously to strengthen other Christians, especially during the cruel persecutions and martyrdoms of the third century. 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