The soteriology of Leo the Great
By: Bernard Green.
Series: Oxford theological monographs
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780199534951
Subjects: Leo -- I, -- Pope, -- d. 461; Salvation -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600
Description: Green offers an historical study of the development of the thought of Leo the Great, showing the influence of Augustine and his own role in the promotion of the papacy in Rome and in the wider world.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [254]-266) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The historical background of Leo's theology : the making of a theologian; title: The nestorian controversy; title: Salvation and civic Christianity; title: The first cycle of sermons, 440-1; title: Leo's theological development, 441-5; title: The tome of Leo.