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Leo the Great and the spiritual rebuilding of a universal Rome

Title
Leo the Great and the spiritual rebuilding of a universal Rome / by Susan Wessel.
Author
Wessel, Susan.
Publication
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.

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Description
xii, 422 pages; 25 cm.
Series Statement
Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae, 0920-623X ; v. 93
Uniform Title
Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae ; v. 93.
Subject
  • Leo I, Pope, -461
  • Jesus Christ > History of doctrines > Early church, ca. 30-600
  • Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
  • Christianity and culture > History > Early church, ca. 30-600
  • Church and state > Rome
  • Vroege christendom
  • Politieke ontwikkeling
  • Theologie
  • Rome > History > Empire, 284-476
  • Rome
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [377]-408) and index.
Contents
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 -- Ecclesiastical law is debated and settled in North Africa -- Priscillianism is confronted in Spain -- The Vicariate of Illyricum -- Persecution and discipline in Italy -- The idea of justice and its bearing upon law and mercy -- Justice and its human failings -- Ecclesiastical law as the expression of justice -- The practical manifestation of justice 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 -- A renewed correspondence with Anatolius -- The 'City of God' unfolds in history -- Christian intellectuals respond to the sack of Rome in 410 -- A new idea of history emerges.
ISBN
  • 9789004170520 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 9004170529 (hardback : alk. paper)
LCCN
2008026950
OCLC
  • ocn233029410
  • SCSB-5432211
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries