Saint Ambrose—Hexameron, Paradise, and Cain and Abel

Publication Data: Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 1961
Format: softcover
Number of Pages: xii + 449
Dimensions (l × w × h): 21.0 cm × 13.7 cm × 2.3 cm
ISBN-10: 0‒8132‒0042‒3
ISBN-13: 978‒0‒8132‒1383‒5

   
Translated by John J. Savage

Volume 42 of The Fathers of the Church: A New Translation

“For the homilies on creation Ambrose is much indebted to the celebrated work on the same subject by his Greek contemporary, St. Basil, who also rose to the office of bishop. [...]The homily Paradise is an early work of St. Ambrose[..., who...]seems to emphasize[...]that Paradise should not be regarded as a place, but as an aspect of the higher part of our nature. [...]St. Ambrose seems to have planned Cain and Abel as a continuation of Paradise.”
—“Introduction”

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION
THE SIX DAYS OF CREATION
   BOOK ONE: THE FIRST DAY
      THE FIRST HOMILY
         Chapter 1
         Chapter 2
         Chapter 3
         Chapter 4
         Chapter 5
         Chapter 6
      THE SECOND HOMILY
         Chapter 7
         Chapter 8
         Chapter 9
         Chapter 10
   BOOK TWO: THE SECOND DAY
      THE THIRD HOMILY
         Chapter 1
         Chapter 2
         Chapter 3
         Chapter 4
         Chapter 5
   BOOK THREE: THE THIRD DAY
      THE FOURTH HOMILY
         Chapter 1
         Chapter 2
         Chapter 3
         Chapter 4
         Chapter 5
      THE FIFTH HOMILY
         Chapter 6
         Chapter 7
         Chapter 8
         Chapter 9
         Chapter 10
         Chapter 11
         Chapter 12
         Chapter 13
         Chapter 14
         Chapter 15
         Chapter 16
         Chapter 17
   BOOK IV: THE FOURTH DAY
      THE SIXTH HOMILY
         Chapter 1
         Chapter 2
         Chapter 3
         Chapter 4
         Chapter 5
         Chapter 6
         Chapter 7
         Chapter 8
         Chapter 9
   BOOK FIVE: THE FIFTH DAY
      THE SEVENTH HOMILY
         Chapter 1
         Chapter 2
         Chapter 3
         Chapter 4
         Chapter 5
         Chapter 6
         Chapter 7
         Chapter 8
         Chapter 9
         Chapter 10
         Chapter 11
      THE EIGHTH HOMILY
         Chapter 12
         Chapter 13
         Chapter 14
         Chapter 15
         Chapter 16
         Chapter 17
         Chapter 18
         Chapter 19
         Chapter 20
         Chapter 21
         Chapter 22
         Chapter 23
         Chapter 24
   BOOK VI: THE SIXTH DAY
      THE NINTH HOMILY
         Chapter 1
         Chapter 2
         Chapter 3
         Chapter 4
         Chapter 5
         Chapter 6
         Chapter 7
         Chapter 8
         Chapter 9
         Chapter 10
PARADISE
      Chapter 1
      Chapter 2
      Chapter 3
      Chapter 4
      Chapter 5
      Chapter 6
      Chapter 7
      Chapter 8
      Chapter 9
      Chapter 10
      Chapter 11
      Chapter 12
      Chapter 13
      Chapter 14
      Chapter 15
CAIN AND ABEL
   BOOK ONE
      Chapter 1
      Chapter 2
      Chapter 3
      Chapter 4
      Chapter 5
      Chapter 6
      Chapter 7
      Chapter 8
      Chapter 9
      Chapter 10
   BOOK TWO
      Chapter 2
      Chapter 3
      Chapter 4
      Chapter 5
      Chapter 6
      Chapter 7
      Chapter 8
      Chapter 9
INDEX