St. Ambrose was NOT “Sola Scriptura”.
This quotation is from a book on the CATHOLIC PRIESTHOOD insisting priests shouldn’t joke around because it’s not how those in Scripture behaved. That’s all it was about.
The full quote: “Jests, although at times they may be quite proper, should be altogether banished among clerics. The voice should be plain and frank. Men of the world give many further rules about the way to speak, which I think we may pass over; as, for instance, the way JESTING should be conducted. For though at times JESTS may be proper and pleasant, yet they ARE UNSUITED TO THE CLERICAL LIFE. For how can we adopt those things which we do not find in the holy Scriptures?”
~ On the Duties of the Clergy, 1.23 🧵