Ambrose: faith, not words

Monday, August 23, 2021
    Commemoration of Rose of Lima, Contemplative, 1617
Meditation:
    For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power.
    —1 Corinthians 4:20 (NIV)
Quotation:
    It was not by dialectic that it pleased God to save His people; “for the kingdom of God consisteth in simplicity of faith, not in wordy contention.”
    ... St. Ambrose of Milan (Aurelius Ambrosius) (339-397), Exposition of the Christian Faith, tr. H. de Romestin, in A Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church, second series, v. X, Philip Schaff & Henry Wace, ed., New York: Christian Literature Company, 1896, I.v., par. 42, p. 207 (see the book)
    See also 1 Cor. 4:20; 2:4-5; 2 Cor. 1:12; 11:3
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, grant me simplicity of faith. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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