“Ambrose is the first man who told me the truth. He’s the only man who is worthy to be a bishop.”
—the repentant words of a broken Emperor Theodosius who in irrational anger had ordered a sweeping massacre of about seven thousand people in Thessalonica, after which Bishop Ambrose (339-397 A.D.) resolutely barred him from communion and commanded his repentance for the wicked bloodshed. A morsel of a fine reading today from Trial and Triumph: Stories From Church History by Richard M. Hannula. We have a lending copy. (:
