Concerning Virgins
Saint Ambrose
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Concerning Virgins (De Virginibus) is a series of letters, compiled into three “books,” St. Ambrose wrote to his sister, Manellia, These, perhaps Ambrose's earliest writings, were written in 377 CE. Written in a rather light-handed non-technical style they appear as ethical guides to women who are contemplating entering nunneries. More importantly, they set the tone for Ambrose's later writing on ethics. Concerning Virgins was referred to by other patristic writers including St. Jerome, St Augustine and Cassian, and are now included in the extra-biblical cannon of the early church fathers. (Summary by Gary Gilberd)
(2 hr 29 min)
Chapters
Book 1 - Chapter 01 | 5:00 | Read by Euthymius |
Book 1 - Chapter 02 | 5:52 | Read by Euthymius |
Book 1 - Chapter 03 | 4:29 | Read by Euthymius |
Book 1 - Chapter 04 | 5:11 | Read by Euthymius |
Book 1 - Chapter 05 | 4:24 | Read by Euthymius |
Book 1 - Chapter 06 | 7:50 | Read by Euthymius |
Book 1 - Chapter 07 | 7:35 | Read by Euthymius |
Book 1 - Chapter 08 | 2:38 | Read by Euthymius |
Book 1 - Chapter 09 | 10:27 | Read by Euthymius |
Book 1 - Chapter 10 | 3:34 | Read by Euthymius |
Book 1 - Chapter 11 | 3:45 | Read by Euthymius |
Book 1 - Chapter 12 | 5:51 | Read by Euthymius |
Book 2 - Chapter 01 | 3:11 | Read by Euthymius |
Book 2 - Chapter 02 | 11:08 | Read by Euthymius |
Book 2 - Chapter 03 | 3:17 | Read by Euthymius |
Book 2 - Chapter 04 | 14:16 | Read by Euthymius |
Book 2 - Chapter 05 | 5:05 | Read by Euthymius |
Book 2 - Chapter 06 | 5:14 | Read by Euthymius |
Book 3 - Chapter 01 | 5:21 | Read by Euthymius |
Book 3 - Chapter 02 | 3:58 | Read by Euthymius |
Book 3 - Chapter 03 | 5:50 | Read by Euthymius |
Book 3 - Chapter 04 | 6:07 | Read by Euthymius |
Book 3 - Chapter 05 | 5:26 | Read by Euthymius |
Book 3 - Chapter 06 | 6:11 | Read by Euthymius |
Book 3 - Chapter 07 | 7:29 | Read by Euthymius |
Reviews
A LibriVox Listener
A wonderful text by a great man: thank you for reading this.
good book but reading very difficult to understand
Thiago Coelho
The accent ruins it for me – in the first paragraph, “preach Christ” sounds more like “bridge Christ”, for instance, and other words are similarly unintelligible if I am not already looking at the text. I stopped after chapter 6 because I found out that there is another version.