treatise
On the Duties of the Clergy (De Officiis)
Three books of pastoral and moral counsel for clergy — Ambrose's Christian counterpart to Cicero's De Officiis, recasting Stoic civic virtue as the discipline of priestly life.
Attributed to
St. Ambrose of MilanLinked passages
1 Timothy 4:8Proverbs 27:6Deuteronomy 8:3Exodus 32:32Ezekiel 28:31 Corinthians 3:11Genesis 34:5Genesis 39:12Matthew 5:44Matthew 10:9Sirach 6:16Sirach 22:31Sirach 23:31Acts 2:3Acts 2:13Acts 3:6Acts 5:2Acts 5:11Acts 5:15-16Acts 7:22Acts 14:22Acts 15:39-40Acts 16:3Acts 26:22Colossians 3:1-2Colossians 3:3Colossians 3:4Colossians 3:5Deuteronomy 4:24Deuteronomy 6:4Deuteronomy 6:5Deuteronomy 23:19Deuteronomy 33:8-9Deuteronomy 33:11Deuteronomy 33:16-17Deuteronomy 34:6Deuteronomy 34:9Ecclesiastes 3:7Ephesians 4:11Esther 4:16Esther 6:10Esther 7:9-10Exodus 2:11Exodus 3:4Exodus 3:6Exodus 4:6-7Exodus 4:10Exodus 7:12Exodus 7:19Exodus 9:10Exodus 9:23Exodus 9:29Exodus 10:22Exodus 12:29Exodus 14:16Exodus 16:13Exodus 16:18Exodus 17:11Exodus 18:13Exodus 19:10Exodus 20:17Exodus 22:2Exodus 23:4Exodus 24:17Exodus 28:42-43Exodus 34:301 Corinthians 3:131 Corinthians 3:151 Corinthians 4:121 Corinthians 6:121 Corinthians 7:251 Corinthians 7:351 Corinthians 9:171 Corinthians 10:1-21 Corinthians 10:23-241 Corinthians 11:13-141 Corinthians 12:101 Corinthians 12:171 Corinthians 12:22-231 Corinthians 12:261 Corinthians 13:7-81 Corinthians 13:121 Corinthians 14:401 Corinthians 15:101 Corinthians 15:231 Kings 10:6-81 Peter 2:231 Peter 3:41 Peter 5:81 Samuel 19:241 Samuel 21:131 Thessalonians 4:61 Timothy 1:91 Timothy 2:91 Timothy 2:9-101 Timothy 3:2-101 Timothy 5:161 Timothy 6:61 Timothy 6:101 Timothy 6:12Galatians 6:2Galatians 6:10Genesis 1:26Genesis 2:18Genesis 2:20Genesis 2:24Genesis 6:14Genesis 6:16Genesis 7:23Genesis 9:22Genesis 12:5Genesis 14:14Genesis 14:16Genesis 15:6Genesis 18:3Genesis 19:3Genesis 19:20Genesis 22:3Genesis 22:9Genesis 22:13Genesis 27:28Genesis 27:42Genesis 31:32Genesis 31:41Genesis 32:24-26Genesis 32:29-30Genesis 33:4Genesis 33:8Genesis 37:9Genesis 37:28Genesis 39:7Genesis 39:8-9Genesis 41:53-57Genesis 42:2Genesis 47:14-20Genesis 47:25Hebrews 2:10Hebrews 6:18Hebrews 10:1Hebrews 11:33-34Isaiah 6:5Isaiah 28:16Jeremiah 1:6Jeremiah 2:13Jeremiah 2:27Jeremiah 17:10Jeremiah 20:9Job 1:21Job 2:10Job 5:21Job 19:21Job 21:7-9Job 21:14Job 21:17Job 21:24Job 21:28Job 21:32Job 24:14-15Job 29:12-13Job 29:13Job 29:15-16Job 29:23Job 31:32Job 42:7-8John 1:33John 3:14John 4:34John 7:37-38John 12:6John 14:30John 15:14John 15:15John 17:3John 20:29Joshua 7:21Joshua 9:27Joshua 10:12Joshua 10:12-13Joshua 14:6Judges 11:35Judges 11:36Judges 11:40Judges 14:6Judges 15:14-15Judges 16:6Judges 16:20Judges 19:1-3Judges 19:10-21Judges 19:22-26Judges 20:48Judith 12:20Leviticus 9:24Leviticus 10:2Leviticus 19:13Luke 2:19Luke 2:25Luke 6:8Luke 6:15Luke 6:20-21Luke 6:24-25
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