Leo the Great
Leo's life and times. Bishops of Rome as civic leaders -- Barbarian invasions -- Building the church -- The Leonine corpus -- Leo's literary style -- Pastoral caregiver. Fasting and almsgiving -- Condemnation of astrology, and other 'pagan' religious practices -- Importance of th...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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New York [u.a.]
Routledge
2009
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| In: | Year: 2009 |
| Edition: | 1. publ. |
| Series/Journal: | The early church fathers
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Leo, I., Pope 400-461
B Leo, I., Pope 400-461 / Sermon |
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Theology
B Leo Pope (-461) Correspondence B Introduction B Popes Correspondence B Sermons, Early Christian B Sermons, Latin Translations into English B Spring |
| Summary: | Leo's life and times. Bishops of Rome as civic leaders -- Barbarian invasions -- Building the church -- The Leonine corpus -- Leo's literary style -- Pastoral caregiver. Fasting and almsgiving -- Condemnation of astrology, and other 'pagan' religious practices -- Importance of the Christian calendar -- Theologian and opponent of heresy. Leo's soteriology and christology -- The struggle against heresy -- Inquiry against the Manichees -- Pelagianism -- Nestorianism -- Eutychianism -- Heir of St Peter. Primacy of the bishop of Rome -- Old Rome versus New Rome : conflict with the church of Constantinople -- Administrator of the wider church. The dispute with Hilary of Arles -- The reception of Leo's letters into canon law -- General introduction to the translations -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | XIV, 185 S. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-415-39481-9 978-0-415-39480-2 |
