Ambrose of Milan's Method of Mystagogical Preaching
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Word Count
97,750 words, Guess
Page Count
391 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL8044414M
- ISBN-139780814661857
- ISBN-100814661858
- OCLC Control Number47221836
- Library of Congress Control Number2001038236
and 2 more
- LibraryThing2228090
- Goodreads522933
Classifications
- LCCBR1720.A5 S27 2002
- LCCBR1720.A5S27 2001
Description
Proposes a method of mystagogy based on the preaching of Ambrose of Milan. Chapter 1 establishes the need for mystagogy. Chapter 2 lays out the historical context of Ambrose and his Church. Chapters 3-8 are a series of six historical studies on Ambrose and his Church that correspond to the components of a homiletic method. Chapter 9 proposes a method of mystagogy for the contemporary Church based on Ambrose's preaching.
First Sentence
Addressing his neophytes, or "newly baptized," during the week after their baptism at the Easter Vigil, Ambrose of Milan raised an issue that was of concern to the Church of his day and continues to concern the Church today-the need for effective sacramental catechesis.
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