„Imperator intra Ecclesiam…” (Ep. 75a,36). Zaangażowanie św. Ambrożego w kształtowanie życia religijnego władców rzymskich w świetle wybranych mów i listów
„Imperator intra Ecclesiam…” (Ep. 75a,36). St Ambrose`s concern about the religious life of roman rulers as reflected in his selected speeches and letters

Summary/Abstract: After Constantine`s the Great conversion to Christianity, the relationship between the emperor and the Church became a weighty issue in the Roman Empire. St Ambrose of Milanexpressed his statement on this topic in one of his letter where he wrote that: „the emperor is within and not above the Church”. According to him, the emperor, as the member of the community of believers has to pass a similar way of faith as other Christians. Saint Ambrose as the bishop of the emperors capital, accompanied roman rulers in their religious life. The bishop showed respect to imperial dignity, but when it was necessarily he was also capable to rebuke the emperor, especially when it came to protect the dignity of the sacraments. It was important for Ambrose that the emperor firmly confessed the true orthodox faith. As a concerned pastor he had also pastoral problems associated with the religious life of the rulers to solve. After the sudden death of Valentinian II, Ambrose developed the theologyof the baptism of desire. The crime of Theodosius in Tessalonika in turn, gave him an opportunity to preach about the value of repentance and conversion. The bishop of Milan was a patient pastor, concerned about the salvation of rulers, accompanying them on the paths of Christian life.

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