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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Ambrose |
 | | That heresy had never been popular among the common people; it owed its artificial vitality to the intrigues of courtiers and sovereigns. |
 | | As a preliminary to the impending contest, Ambrose, at the request of Gratian, who was about to lead an army to the relief of Valens, and wished to have at hand an antidote against Oriental sophistry, wrote his noble work, "De Fide ad Gratianum Augustum", afterwards expanded, and extant in five books. |
 | | The first passage at arms between Ambrose and the Empress was on the occasion of an episcopal election at Sirmium, the capital of Illyricum, and at the time the residence of Justina. |
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