Download or read book Ambrose and John Chrysostom written by J. H. W. G. Liebeschuetz and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-03-24 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a comparison of the personalities and careers of two of the greatest of the early Christian Fathers, Ambrose and John Chrysostom. Both were profoundly influenced by monasticism and its ascetic worldview, and both were also concerned with the Church's social role.