AMBROSIANS  , the name given to several religious See also:

• BROTHER

brother-hoods which at various times since the 14th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century have sprung up in and around See also:

• MILAN
• MILAN (Ital. Milano, Ger. Mailand, anc. Mediolanum, q.v.)

Milan; they have about as much connexion with St See also:

• AMBROSE (AMBROISE), AUTPERT (d.' 778)
• AMBROSE (ANDREY SERTIS-KAMENSKIY) (1708-1771)
• AMBROSE (fl. 119o)
• AMBROSE, ISAAC (1604-1663/4)
• AMBROSE, SAINT (c. 340-307)

Ambrose as the " Jeromites " who were found chiefly in upper See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy and See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain have with their See also:

• PATRON

patron See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

saint . Only the See also:

• OLDEST

oldest of them, the Fratres S . Ambrosii ad Ne"rnus, had any-thing more than a very See also:

• LOCAL

local significance . This See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order is known from a See also:

• BULL
• BULL, GEORGE (1634–1710)
• BULL, JOHN (c. 1562–1628)
• BULL, OLE BORNEMANN (18ro-188o)

bull of See also:

• GREGORY
• GREGORY (Gregorius)
• GREGORY (Grigorii) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1734-1783)
• GREGORY, EDWARD JOHN (1850-19o9)
• GREGORY, OLINTHUS GILBERT (1774—1841)
• GREGORY, ST (c. 213-C. 270)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NAZIANZUS (329–389)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NYSSA (c.331—c. 396)
• GREGORY, ST, OF TOURS (538-594)

Gregory XI. addressed to the monks of the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church of St Ambrose outside Milan . These monks, it would appear, though under the authority of a See also:

• PRIOR (from Lat. prior—former, and hence superior, through O. Fr. priour)
• PRIOR, MATTHEW (1664-1721)

prior, had no See also:

• RULE

rule . In response to the See also:

• REQUEST, LETTERS OF

request of ' the See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

archbishop, the See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

pope had commanded them to follow the rule of See also:

• AUGUSTINE, SAINT (354-430)
• AUGUSTINE, SAINT (d. c.613)

Augustine and to be known by the above name . They were further to recite the Ambrosian See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office . Subsequently the order had a number of See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent establishments in Italy which were See also:

• UNITED

united into one See also:

• CONGREGATION (Lat. congregatio, a gathering together, from cum, with, grex, gregis, a flock, herd)

congregation by See also:

• EUGENIUS

Eugenius IV., their headquarters being at Milan . Their discipline' afterwards became so slack that an See also:

• APPEAL

appeal was made to See also:

• CARDINAL (Lat. cardinalis)

Cardinal See also:

• BORROMEO, CARLO (1538–1584)

Borromeo asking him to reform their houses . By See also:

• SIXTUS

Sixtus V. the order was amalgamated with the congregation of St See also:

• BARNABAS

Barnabas, but See also:

• INNOCENT (INNOCENTIUS)
• INNOCENT (POPES)

Innocent X. dissolved it in 1650 . The name Ambrosians is, also given to a 16th-century See also:

• ANA

Ana-baptist See also:

• SECT

sect, which laid claim to immediate communication with See also:

• GOD

God through the See also:

• HOLY

Holy See also:

• GHOST (a word common to the W. Teutonic languages; O.E. vest, Dutch, 'geest, Ger. Geist)

Ghost . Basing their See also:

• THEOLOGY

theology upon the words of the See also:

• GOSPEL (O. Eng. godspel, i.e. good news, a translation of Lat. bona annuntiatio, or evangelium, Gr. evayyeXwv; cf. Goth. iu spillon, " to announce good news," Ulfilas' translation of the Greek, from iu, that which is good, and spellon to announce)

Gospel of St See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John i .

9—" There was the'true See also:

• LIGHT

light which lighteth everyman, coming into the See also:

• WORLD

world "—they denied the See also:

• NECESSITY (Lat. necessitas)

necessity of any priests or ministers' to interpret the See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible . Their See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader Ambrose went so far as to hold further that the See also:

• REVELATION, BOOK OF

revelation which was vouchsafed to him was a higher authority than the Scriptures . The See also:

• DOCTRINE

doctrine of the Ambrosians, who belonged probably to that See also:

• SECTION
• SECTION (Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut)

section of the See also:

• ANABAPTISTS (" re-baptizers," from Gr. apa and J3airri tt')

Anabaptists known as Pneumatici, may be compared with the " Inner Light " . doctrine of the See also:

• QUAKERS

Quakers . See See also:

• HERZOG, HANS (1819–1894)
• HERZOG, JOHANN JAKOB (1805-1882)

Herzog-Hauck's Realencyklopadie, i . 439 .