Sophia Scriptura

On Abraham

De Abraham libri duo

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Contents

Only book 1, chapter 4, section 25 (on adultery and divorce, with Abraham and Hagar) is published.

  1. 1.4.25Ambrose warns men preparing for baptism that any intercourse outside marriage is adultery, that the same chastity binds husband and wife, and that such sin gives wives an occasion for divorce.

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Author
Ambrose
Attribution
authentic
Standing
Honoured by the Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant traditions. Honoured as a saint or in a church calendar by: Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant.
Date
ca. 387–390 (approximate) · Dating of Ambrose's exegetical treatises is uncertain.
Written at
Milan, Northern Italy (probable)
Language
Latin
Genre
treatise
Reference system
book.chapter.section (the Maurist/Migne division: book 1 chapter 4 holds sections 23–26).
SBL abbreviation
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Text from
J.-P. Migne, ed., Patrologiae cursus completus, series Latina, vol. 14 (Paris, 1844-1864) (Printed edition (Migne) in the public domain; text taken from the OCR of a Google Books scan)