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Sancti Ambrosii Sermones De Excessu Satyri Et Contra Auxentium: A Text with a Translation, Notes and Vocabulary to be Used as Supplementary Material in Third Year Latin
(Creighton University, 1942)
To study the sermons of Ambrose after those of Cicero appears to thwart the very purpose of this piece of work. If we are to Judge by the criticism of many modern writers, Ambrose is far from classical and not to be compared ...
The Influence of Saint Augustine Upon Pope Saint Gregory the Great in his Regula Pastoralis
(Creighton University, 1945)
Letters and discourses of great men throw valuable side-lights, not only on their own personal character and history, but also on the religious, political, and economic aspects of the times in which they lived. |Pope St. ...
A Literary and Critical Study of the Natalicia Composed by Saint Paulinus of Lola
(Creighton University, 1944)
In this treatise we shall endeavor to set forth the contribution made by Saint Paulinus of Nola to early Christian poetry. The principal sources at our disposal for a literary study of this author’s works are as follows: ...
Irony in De Civitate Dei
(Creighton University, 1943)
Irony in the "De Civitate Dei” is a vital force and power of expression by which right is defended and truth avenged. In the above work, this figure so forms the basis of its logical treatment, that each situation, freighted ...
Saint Gregor's Career as Papal Ambassador
(Creighton University, 1948)
In the later stages of the Roman Empire, in view of the great importance attached to the relations between the popes and the imperial court of Constantinople, papal representatives were sent to Constantinople. They gradually ...
Saint Jerome and Monasticism
(Creighton University, 1945)
Closely allied are the age of Jerome and the twentieth century. There is a marked conformity in the political, social, and economic structures of the two periods, similarly there is a parallelism existing between the ...
Pope Gregory's Claim to Greatness as Shown in His Letters Book I
(Creighton University, 1949)
The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate the letters of pope Gregory to discover if they show that he possessed certain mental and spiritual qualities which give him a claim to his title, "the Great." The qualities ...
Saint Ambrose and the Temporal Powers as Shown in His Letters
(Creighton University, 1947)
From the beginnings of Christianity there have been disputes between temporal and spiritual powers. This thesis attempts to give a brief outline in Chapter Two of the position of the Church from her origin until the fourth ...
Cyprian the Attorney: Traces of Roman Legal Education Evidenced in St. Cyprian’s Letters
(Creighton University, 1941)
Little is known of the early history of Thascius Cyprianus, (born probably about 200 A.D. in or near Carthage) until the period of his intimacy with the Carthaginian presbyter Caecilius which led to his conversion 246 A.D. ...
The Influence of Plato Upon St. Augustine Especially in the De Civitate Dei
(Creighton University, 1942)
Saint Augustine stands foremost among the world’s great philosophers. It is in his writings that Patristic philosophy attained the zenith of its course. He synthesized the best elements of pagan philosophy into his system ...