Research Catalog

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