Eutychianorum furor! Heresiological Comparison and the Invention of Eutychians in Leo I’s Christological Polemic

This essay examines the use of heresiological rhetoric in the letters and tractates of Leo I (bishop of Rome, 440-461) written in defense of the Council of Chalcedon (451). In these texts, Leo claimed the Constantinopolitan monk Eutyches and his supporters, the Eutychians, were an existential threat...

Full description

Saved in:  
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cohen, Samuel (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Journals Online & Print:
Drawer...
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Published: Ruhr-Universität Bochum 2022
In: Entangled Religions
Year: 2020, Volume: 11, Issue: 4
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Leo, I., Pope 400-461 / Polemics / Eutyches Heretic 370-454 / Council (451 : Chalkedon) / Heresy
IxTheo Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
CG Christianity and Politics
FD Contextual theology
HC New Testament
KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
KCC Councils
NAB Fundamental theology
NBA Dogmatics
Further subjects:B Leo I
B heresiology
B Papacy / Bishops of Rome
B Christological Controversy
B Rhetoric
B Late Antiquity
B Eutyches
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
Volltext (kostenfrei)