Editing Ambrose (section)

==Editions==
[[File:Divi Ambrosii Episcopi Mediolanensis Omnia Opera.tif|thumb|''Divi Ambrosii Episcopi Mediolanensis Omnia Opera'', a 1527 edition of Ambrose's writings compiled and edited by [[Erasmus]]]]

The history of the editions of St. Ambrose's works spans several centuries. [[Erasmus]] published them in four volumes in Basel in 1527. A significant Roman edition, the result of many years of labor, appeared in 1580 in five volumes, initiated by [[Sixtus V]] when he was still the monk Felice Peretti. This edition includes a biography of St. Ambrose by [[Baronius]], originally written to be part of his ''[[Annales Ecclesiastici]]''. The notable [[Congregation of St. Maur|Maurist]] edition, edited by [[Jacques Du Frische]] and [[Denis-Nicolas Le Nourry]], was published in Paris between 1686 and 1690 in two folio volumes and was later reprinted in Venice in 1748–51 and 1781–82. The most recent edition, by [[Paolo Angelo Ballerini]], was published in Milan in 1878 in six folio volumes.

=== Standard editions ===
* {{cite book |editor-last=Migne |editor-first=Jacques Paul |editor-link=Jacques Du Frische |year=1845 |title=[[Patrologia Latina]] |location=Paris |language=la |volume=14–17 |ref={{sfnRef|PL}}}} Based on the Maurist edition published in Paris by [[Jacques Du Frische]] and [[Denis-Nicolas Le Nourry]].
* {{cite book |year=1866 |title=[[Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum]] |publisher=[[Imperial Academy of Sciences in Vienna]] |location=Vienna |language=la |volume=11, 32, 62, 64, 73, 78–79 |author-mask=2 |ref={{sfnRef|CSEL}} }}
* {{cite book |editor-last=Ballerini |editor-first=P. A. |editor-link=Paolo Angelo Ballerini |year=1875–1883 |title=Opera omnia |location=Milan |language=la |author-mask=2 |ref={{sfnRef|B}}}} Based on the Maurist edition published in Paris by [[Jacques Du Frische]] and [[Denis-Nicolas Le Nourry]].
* {{cite book |editor=[[Catholic University of America]] |year=1947 |title=Fathers of the Church |publisher=[[Catholic University of America Press]] |location=Washington DC. |language=en |oclc=8110481 |volume=22, 42, 44, 65 |author-mask=2 |ref={{sfnRef|FC}} }}
* {{cite book |year=1953 |title=Corpus Christianorum |publisher=[[Brepols]] |location=Turnhout |oclc=1565173 |volume=14 |author-mask=2 |ref={{sfnRef|CCSL}} }}

===Latin===
* ''Hexameron, De paradiso, De Cain, De Noe, De Abraham, De Isaac, De bono mortis''&nbsp;– ed. [[C. Schenkl]] 1896, Vol. 32/1 ([https://archive.org/details/sanctiambrosiio01petsgoog In Latin])
* ''De Iacob, De Ioseph, De patriarchis, De fuga saeculi, De interpellatione Iob et David, De apologia prophetae David, De Helia, De Nabuthae, De Tobia''&nbsp;– ed. C. Schenkl 1897, Vol. 32/2
* ''Expositio evangelii secundum Lucam'' – ed. C. Schenkl 1902, Vol. 32/4
* ''Expositio de psalmo CXVIII'' – ed. [[M. Petschenig]] 1913, Vol. 62; editio altera supplementis aucta – cur. [[M. Zelzer]] 1999
* ''Explanatio super psalmos XII'' – ed. M. Petschenig 1919, Vol. 64; editio altera supplementis aucta – cur. M. Zelzer 1999
* ''Explanatio symboli, De sacramentis, De mysteriis, De paenitentia, De excessu fratris Satyri, De obitu Valentiniani, De obitu Theodosii'' – ed. [[Otto Faller]] 1955, Vol. 73
* ''De fide ad Gratianum Augustum'' – ed. [[Otto Faller]] 1962, Vol. 78
* ''De spiritu sancto, De incarnationis dominicae sacramento'' – ed. [[Otto Faller]] 1964, Vol. 79
* ''Epistulae et acta&nbsp;– ed.'' [[Otto Faller]] (Vol. 82/1: lib. 1–6, 1968); [[Otto Faller]], [[M. Zelzer]] (Vol. 82/2: lib. 7–9, 1982); [[M. Zelzer]] (Vol. 82/3: lib. 10, epp. extra collectionem. gesta concilii Aquileiensis, 1990); Indices et addenda&nbsp;– comp. M. Zelzer, 1996, Vol. 82/4

===English===
* H. Wace and P. Schaff, eds, ''A Select Library of Nicene and Post–Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church'', 2nd ser., Vol. X [Contains translations of ''De Officiis'' (under the title ''De Officiis Ministrorum''), ''De Spiritu Sancto'' (''On the Holy Spirit''), ''De excessu fratris Satyri'' (''On the Decease of His Brother Satyrus''), ''Exposition of the Christian Faith'', ''De mysteriis'' (''Concerning Mysteries''), ''De paenitentia'' (''Concerning Repentance''), ''De virginibus'' (''Concerning Virgins''), ''De viduis'' (''Concerning Widows''), and a selection of letters]
* ''St. Ambrose "On the mysteries" and the treatise on the sacraments by an unknown author'', translated by T Thompson, (London: SPCK, 1919) [translations of ''De sacramentis'' and ''De mysteriis''; rev edn published 1950]
* ''S. Ambrosii ''De Nabuthae'': a commentary'', translated by Martin McGuire, (Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America, 1927) [translation of ''On Naboth'']
* ''S. Ambrosii ''De Helia et ieiunio'': a commentary'', with an introduction and translation, Sister Mary Joseph Aloysius Buck, (Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America, 1929) [translation of ''On Elijah and Fasting'']
* ''S. Ambrosii ''De Tobia'': a commentary'', with an introduction and translation, Lois Miles Zucker, (Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America, 1933) [translation of ''On Tobit'']
* ''Funeral orations'', translated by LP McCauley et al., Fathers of the Church vol 22, (New York: Fathers of the Church, Inc., 1953) [by Gregory of Nazianzus and Ambrose],
* ''Letters'', translated by Mary Melchior Beyenka, Fathers of the Church, vol 26, (Washington, DC: Catholic University of America, 1954) [Translation of letters 1–91]
* ''Saint Ambrose on the sacraments'', edited by Henry Chadwick, Studies in Eucharistic faith and practice 5, (London: AR Mowbray, 1960)
* ''Hexameron, Paradise, and Cain and Abel'', translated by John J Savage, Fathers of the Church, vol 42, (New York: Fathers of the Church, 1961) [contains translations of ''Hexameron, De paradise'', and ''De Cain et Abel'']
* ''Saint Ambrose: theological and dogmatic works'', translated by Roy J. Deferrari, Fathers of the church vol 44, (Washington: Catholic University of American Press, 1963) [Contains translations of ''The mysteries'', (''De mysteriis'') ''The holy spirit'', (''De Spiritu Sancto''), ''The sacrament of the incarnation of Our Lord'', (''De incarnationis Dominicae sacramento''), and ''The sacraments'']
* ''Seven exegetical works'', translated by Michael McHugh, Fathers of the Church, vol 65, (Washington: Catholic University of America Press, 1972) [Contains translations of ''Isaac, or the soul'', (''De Isaac vel anima''), ''Death as a good'', (''De bono mortis''), ''Jacob and the happy life'', (''De Iacob et vita beata''), ''Joseph'', (''De Ioseph''), ''The patriarchs'', (''De patriarchis''), ''Flight from the world'', (''De fuga saeculi''), ''The prayer of Job and David'', (''De interpellatione Iob et David'').]
* ''Homilies of Saint Ambrose on Psalm 118'', translated by Íde Ní Riain, (Dublin: Halcyon Press, 1998) [translation of part of ''Explanatio psalmorum'']
* ''Ambrosian hymns'', translated by Charles Kraszewski, (Lehman, PA: Libella Veritatis, 1999)
* ''Commentary of Saint Ambrose on twelve psalms'', translated by Íde M. Ní Riain, (Dublin: Halcyon Press, 2000) [translations of ''Explanatio psalmorum'' on Psalms 1, 35–40, 43, 45, 47–49]
* ''On Abraham'', translated by Theodosia Tomkinson, (Etna, CA: Center for Traditionalist Orthodox Studies, 2000) [translation of ''De Abraham'']
* ''De officiis'', edited with an introduction, translation, and commentary by Ivor J Davidson, 2 vols, (Oxford: OUP, 2001) [contains both Latin and English text]
* ''Commentary of Saint Ambrose on the Gospel according to Saint Luke'', translated by Íde M. Ní Riain, (Dublin: Halcyon, 2001) [translation of ''Expositio evangelii secundum Lucam'']
* ''Ambrose of Milan: political letters and speeches'', translated with an introduction and notes by JHWG Liebschuetz, (Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2005) [contains Book Ten of Ambrose's Letters, including the oration on the death of Theodosius I; Letters outside the Collection (''Epistulae extra collectionem''); Letter 30 to Magnus Maximus; The oration on the death of Valentinian II (''De obitu Valentiniani'').]

Several of Ambrose's works have recently been published in the bilingual Latin-German ''[[Fontes Christiani]]'' series (currently edited by [[Brepols]]).