Ambrose: Quotes about God

Ambrose was bishop of Milan; one of the four original doctors of the Church. Explore interesting quotes on god.

Ambrose: 20 quotes1 like

“It was not by dialectic that it pleased God to save His people.”

De fide, I, 5, 42.

“How far, O rich, do you extend your senseless avarice? Do you intend to be the sole inhabitants of the earth? Why do you drive out the fellow sharers of nature, and claim it all for yourselves? The earth was made for all, rich and poor, in common. Why do you rich claim it as your exclusive right? The soil was given to the rich and poor in common—wherefore, oh, ye rich, do you unjustly claim it for yourselves alone? Nature gave all things in common for the use of all; usurpation created private rights. Property hath no rights. The earth is the Lord's, and we are his offspring. The pagans hold earth as property. They do blaspheme God.”

in The Cry for Justice (1915), p. 397

“But it is not only of the space in the Church which we ought to be jealous, but also of the interiors of the house of God in us, so that it might not become a house of merchandise, or a den of robbers.”
Sed non solum locum Ecclesiae zelare debemus, sed hanc quoque interiorem in nobis domum Dei; ne sit domus negotiationis, aut spelunca latronum.

Commentary on John 2:16, Exposition of the Psalms of David 118 (PL 15 1457B)