Leo the Great and the spiritual rebuilding of a universal Rome
By: by Susan Wessel.
Series: Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae -- v. 93
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 422
ISBN-13: 9789004170520
Subjects: Leo -- I, -- Pope, -- d. 461; Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to Leo the Great and the late Roman world that was his stage; title: The study of Leo the Great; title: Imperial regimes and the Roman Senate; title: Structure of the empire in Italy and the West; title: Ecclesiastical administration; title: Advance of the barbarian kingdoms; title: Survey of the life of Leo the Great; title: The relationship between Rome and the western churches; title: A controversy develops with the See of Arles in Southern Gaul; title: Eclesiastical law is debated and settled in North Africa; title: Priscillianis misconfronted in Spain; title: The Vicariate of Illyricum; title: Persecution and discipline in Italy; title: The idea ofjustice and its bearing upon law and mercy; title: Justice and its human failings; title: Ecclesiastical law as the expression of justice; title: The practical manifestation ofjustice in the application of mercy; title: Suffering, compassion, and the care of the poor; title: The theology of poverty, charity, and altruism; title: The humanity of Christ as a model for compassion; title: Assembling a christology; title: Polemics shape the development of Christ's human nature; title: The quality of Christ's humanity; title: Christ as example; title: The symmetry of justice; title: Overturning the Robber Synod and preserving Christ's human nature; title: Negotiating with the Imperial Court; title: Enlisting the help of the bishops; title: Elaboration of the Roman Primacy; title: The idea of Apostolic succession and the Primacy of Rome; title: The controversy over the 28th Canon; title: The focus shifts to Anatolius; title: Striving for unity after Chalcedon; title: Eliciting the support of the eastern Imperial Court; title: The apocrisiarius in Constantinople; title: Arenewed correspondence with Anatolius; title: The'City of God' unfolds in history; title: Christian intellectuals respond to the sack of Rome in 410; title: Anewidea of his Tory emerges.