Ambrose was the Roman governor of Liguria and Emilia before he was made Bishop of Milan by popular acclamation in 374.   Trained as a rhetorician, Ambrose was a persuasive preacher who refuted most eloquently the theological propositions of the Arians and won the admiration of a young agnostic seeker from north Africa named Augustine, whom he baptized as a convert to Christianity in 387.

What is more pleasing than the psalms? David himself expressed it so beautifully when he said: Praise the Lord! How good it is to sing psalms to our God! How pleasant to praise him! And this is indeed true: for in the psalms there is an opportunity for the people to bless and praise God.