Ambrose of Alexandria
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Ambrose of Alexandria (d. ca. 250) was a friend of the Christian theologian Origen.
Ambrose was attracted by Origen's fame as a teacher, and visited the Catechetical School of Alexandria in 212. Through Origen's teaching, Ambrose rejected the gnostic theology of Valentinius, to which he had earlier subscribed.[1] He was wealthy and provided his teacher with books for his studies and secretaries to lighten the labor of composition.[2]
He suffered during the persecution under Maximinus Thrax in 235.[3] The last mention of Ambrose in the historical record is in Origen's Contra Celsum, which the latter wrote at the solicitation of Ambrose.
Origen often speaks of Ambrose in affectionately as a man of education with excellent literary and scholarly tastes. All of Origen's works written after 218 are dedicated to Ambrose.
[edit] References
- ^ Eusebius, Church History, 6.18.1.
- ^ Eusbius, Church History, 6.18.1-2; and also Jerome's De Viris Illustribus # 61.
- ^ Eusebius of Caesarea, Church History, 6.18.
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| NAME | Ambrose of Alexandria |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Christian saint and theologian |
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| DATE OF DEATH | 250 |
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