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St. Ambrose: A Giant of the Faith with Matthew Leonard and Mike Aquilina

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He mentored and inspired Augustine.

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He wasn’t initially baptized before becoming Bishop

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We know that he is a patron saint of Milon,beekeepers, and candle maker

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What religion was he before he became bishop?

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When he was chosen by the people in the crowd to be Bishop he was shocked and ran away to hide.

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People chose him to be bishop before he was Christian. Eventually he was baptized, confirmed, given the Eucharist, and ordained as the bishop.

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He was a lawyer and a governor of Milan before becoming a bishop

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He was the governor of Milan.

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Wasn’t catholic before he became bishop

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wrote numerous books on theology

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He didn’t offer mass in the church to the Emperor, Theodosius, because he sent people to 🤬 innocent people

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What led Ambrose to become an official in the empire?

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Tried to hide and dissuade people from electing him bishop

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He wrote numerous theology books that influenced the church

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He was the patron saint of beekeepers, learning, and candle makers

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Where did he hide from the people and for how long?

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Why was he against becoming the bishop at first?

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Why is he the patron saint of candle makers

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Why did people choose Ambrose, when they didn’t know anything about him, other than his wants of calming a crowd?

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How long was Saint Ambrose a Bishop for?

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When the people chose him to be bishop, he ran away into hiding because he didn’t want to be.

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He was supposedly born with a swarm of bees around him that left a drop of homey on his nose.

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He was part of a Christian family, but refused baptism as an adult.

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He was born into a Christian family, but was not baptized until many years later in his life.

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Ambrose grew up knowing their was an insecurity, a threat to life, and a sense that they could die as martyrs for being Christians.

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We learned that Ambrose deferred baptism until he was an adult, and it was common during the time period and many significant figures also did that.

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Milan was a really important city at the time. The Christians are really sharply divided. the bishop of Milan when Ambrose was governed was an Arian. The crowd in Milan was chanting “Ambrose for bishop”. He was a catechism in the church he though he wasn’tn baptized. Ambrose went into being a bishop being a child of God.

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Ambrose came from a powerful family within the administration of the empire. His father was an imperial governor which allowed him to become governor.

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He had a plan of studying philosophy after retirement

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All religions were given the freedom to practice.

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He differed baptism while the rest of his family were devout Christians and he became governor like his dad.

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All regions were allowed to be practiced

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A child in a crowd yelled “ AMBROSE for bishop  ” AND THE crowd picked up the chant. That’s how he became in power

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Ambrose went into the city of Milan to try and calm down the riots that took place. He succeeded in doing this and chants for him to be bishops started.

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St. Ambrose did not approve of Arians being able to have a place to worship

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He was into Neoplatonic philosophy

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St Ambrose was very knowledgeable of many church and legal topics.  He knew a lot about past philosophers and the government.

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The emperor reassured Ambrose that as long as he’s emperor, there is gong to be religious peace. So, Ambrose became bishop with confidence as a child of God.

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Julian allowed all the exile bishops to return to their cities.

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At the time, the bishop of Milan was an Arian. Ambrose is afraid that there will be riots so he tried to talk the people down and try to calm them down. But in doing so, a child yells Ambrose for Bishop. Ambrose didn’t expect this, he was serving as governor  and wanted to eventually retire.

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How or what was his qualifications????????????????

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Neo platonicism had a school and in that school there was paganism and Christianity. There was also many conversations to Christianity through the school. Ambrose was engaging with other fathers of the church. Ambrose was the catalyst for Augustine’s conversion. Ambrose was concerned about laid members of the church who held high positions in the empire. Theodious respected Ambrose, Ambrose was also able to speak Theodious language in the same sense because he was governor before being the bishop.

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He dealt with all emperors in a different way because each handled things differently

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He remained celibate his whole life

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Ambrose was one of the four major fathers of the Western church and one of the four original doctors of the church. Ambrose was the catalyst for Augustines conversion.

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Ambrose kept the Basilica pure from Arain 🤬

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Ambrose was a big part of why Augustine converted to Christianity

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Ambrose had a good relationship with Theodosius, both having a mutual respect for the other.

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He studied different religions and became knowledgeable about those religions.