On the Instruction of the Virgin and the Perpetual Virginity of Mary

Ambrose of Milan (340–397)

The Book of Saint Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, On the Instruction of the Virgin and the Perpetual Virginity of Saint Mary, to Eusebius.

Latin Text from public domain Migne Editors, Patrologiae Cursus Completus.

Translated into English using ChatGPT.

Table of Contents

Chapter I.

Chapter II.

Chapter III.

Chapter IV.

Chapter V.

Chapter VI.

Chapter VII.

Chapter VIII.

Chapter IX.

Chapter X.

Chapter XI.

Chapter XII.

Chapter XIII.

Chapter XIV.

Chapter XV.

Chapter XVI.

Chapter XVII.

In Exhortation to Virginity Admonition

Chapter I.

It is rightfully said that parents have a greater concern for a consecrated virgin than for the rest of their offspring. How excellent is that consecration, especially when it comes to silence, which truly commends the modesty of virginity no less than the Church, whose entire glory comes from within, and which we ought to imitate in our prayers.

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