„Któryż to napój, jeśli nie napój mądrości, jest radością serca?” (Ep. 1, 7), czyli jak opisuje radość św. Ambroży w swoich listach

• Authors: Marcin Wysocki

Title variants

EN

„For what is the joy of the heart but the draughts of wisdom?” (Ep. 1, 7) – about how Ambrose of Milan described a joy in his letters

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

This article presents the concept of joy in surviving more than 90 letters of St. Ambrose of Milan. As it is clear from the above analysis of St. Ambrose’s letters, he included in them broad and deep reflections on a joy. Certainly the vocabulary that was used by Bishop of Milan to describe the phenomenon of joy reflects the richness of this phenomenon. The variety of topics, context, sources of joy prsented in his letters show the importance of joy in the life and work of the Bishop of Milan. He appreciates the earthly joy, drawing from ordinary, earthly life, but beyond it he submits the spiritual joy, „joy of the heart” (iucundi­tas cordis), which comes from God, the Giver of wisdom.

Keywords

PL

Ambroży z Mediolanu; radość; listy

EN

Ambrose of Milan; joy; letters

• Publisher: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
• Journal: Vox Patrum
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 58
• Pages: 289-305

Dates

published

2012-12-15

Contributors

author

Marcin Wysocki

Identifiers

DOI

10.31743/vp.4079