Leo the Great and the spiritual rebuilding of a universal Rome /

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Leo the Great was a major figure of the late Roman world whose life and work were profoundly intertwined with the political crisis of his day. This book argues that his achievement was to transform the church not only in the practical level of administrative organization, but in the more fluid realm...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wessel, Susan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.
Colección:Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae ; v. 93.
Temas:
Leo > I, > Pope, > -461.
Leo > I, > Pope, > -461
Leo > Papst, I.
30-600
Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Église > Histoire > ca 30-600 (Église primitive)
RELIGION > Christian Church > History.
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
Church history > Primitive and early church
Frühchristentum
Vroege christendom.
Politieke ontwikkeling.
Theologie.
Rome.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction to Leo the Great and the late Roman world that was his stage
  • The study of Leo the Great
  • Imperial regimes and the Roman Senate
  • Structure of the empire in Italy and the West
  • Ecclesiastical administration
  • Advance of the barbarian kingdoms
  • Survey of the life of Leo the Great
  • The relationship between Rome and the western churches
  • A controversy develops with the See of Arles in Southern Gaul
  • Eclesiastical law is debated and settled in North Africa
  • Priscillianis misconfronted in Spain
  • The Vicariate of Illyricum
  • Persecution and discipline in Italy
  • The idea ofjustice and its bearing upon law and mercy
  • Justice and its human failings
  • Ecclesiastical law as the expression of justice
  • The practical manifestation ofjustice in the application of mercy
  • Suffering, compassion, and the care of the poor
  • The theology of poverty, charity, and altruism
  • The humanity of Christ as a model for compassion
  • Assembling a christology
  • Polemics shape the development of Christ's human nature
  • The quality of Christ's humanity
  • Christ as example
  • The symmetry of justice
  • Overturning the Robber Synod and preserving Christ's human nature
  • Negotiating with the Imperial Court
  • Enlisting the help of the bishops
  • Elaboration of the Roman Primacy
  • The idea of Apostolic succession and the Primacy of Rome
  • The controversy over the 28th Canon
  • The focus shifts to Anatolius
  • Striving for unity after Chalcedon
  • Eliciting the support of the eastern Imperial Court
  • The apocrisiarius in Constantinople
  • Arenewed correspondence with Anatolius
  • The'City of God' unfolds in history
  • Christian intellectuals respond to the sack of Rome in 410
  • Anewidea of his Tory emerges.

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