200 Pages
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Routledge
200 Pages
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Routledge
200 Pages
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Routledge
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Pope Leo I’s theological and political influence in his own time (440-461) and beyond far outweighs the amount of attention he has received in recent scholarship. That influence extended well beyond Rome to the Christian East through his contribution to preparations for the Council of Chalcedon and its outcome. For this he was alternately praised and vilified by the opposing parties at the... Read more
Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction: 1. Leo’s Life and Times 2. Pastoral Caregiver 3. Theologian and Opponent of Heresy 4. Heir of St Peter 5. Administrator of the Wider Church Texts: General Introduction to the Translations 6. Pastoral Caregiver Homily 87 on the September Fast Homily 85 on the Feast of St Lawrence Homily 27 on the Feast of the Nativity Homily 69 on Holy Saturday 7. Theologian and Opponent of Heresy Homily 16 on the December Fast Homily 73 on the Ascension Letter 15 to Turibius, Bishop of Astorga Letter 28 to Flavian, Bishop of Constantinople Letter 124 to the Monks of Palestine 8. Heir of St Peter Homily 82B on the Feast of the Apostles Homily 84 on the Anniversary of Alaric’s Sack of Rome Letter 6 to Anastasius, Metropolitan of Thessalonica Homily 4 on the Anniversary of Leo’s Ordination 9. Administrator of the Wider Church Letter 2 to Septimus, Bishop of Altinum Letter 108 to Theodore, Bishop of Fréjus Letter 137 to Emperor Marcian Letter 167 to Rusticus, Bishop of Narbonne Letter 170 to Gennadius, Bishop of Constantinople NotesBibliography Index
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Bronwen Neil
