Ambrose of Milan's Method of Mystagogical Preaching

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Proposes a method of mystagogy based on the preaching of Ambrose of Milan. Chapter 1 establishes the need for mystagogy. Chapter 2 lays out the historical context of Ambrose and his Church. Chapters 3-8 are a series of six historical studies on Ambrose and his Church that correspond to the components of a homiletic method. Chapter 9 proposes a method of mystagogy for the contemporary Church based on Ambrose's preaching.