Note on the Letters of St. Ambrose.
Of
the 91 Epistles considered
genuine by the Benedictine Editors, sixty-three are referred by them
to fairly certain dates,
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and a large number of these
would well be worth translation, throwing as they do so clear a light on
the events of St. Ambrose’s life, and in many cases on the history
of the period. Only a few are here presented to the reader.
Perhaps some others might have been better selected, but
if they were to be so few, it seemed as if these would give the best
general impression of the indomitable energy and fearless constancy of
the great Bishop.
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This is really in excess of the number which are now to
be considered as fixed in date.