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Leo's life and times. Bishops of Rome as civic leaders
Barbarian invasions
Building the church
The Leonine corpus
Leo's literary style
Pastoral caregiver. Fasting and almsgiving
Condemnation of astrology, and other 'pagan' religious practices
Importance of the Christian calendar
Theologian and opponent of heresy. Leo's soteriology and christology
The struggle against heresy
Inquiry against the Manichees
Pelagianism
Nestorianism
Eutychianism
Heir of St Peter. Primacy of the bishop of Rome
Old Rome versus New Rome : conflict with the church of Constantinople
Administrator of the wider church. The dispute with Hilary of Arles
The reception of Leo's letters into canon law
General introduction to the translations
Pastoral caregiver. Homily 87 on the September Fast
Homily 85 on the Feast of St Lawrence
Homily 27 on the Feast of the Nativity
Homily 69 on Holy Saturday
Theologian and opponent of heresy. Homily 16 on the December Fast
Homily 73 on the Ascension
Letter 15 to Turibius, Bishop of Astorga
Letter 28 to Flavian, Bishop of Constantinople
Letter 124 to the monks of Palestine
Heir of St Peter. Homily 82B on the Feast of the Apostles
Homily 84 on the anniversary of Alaric's sack of Rome
Letter 6 to Anastasius, Metropolitan of Thessalonica
Homily 4 on the anniversary of Leo's ordination
Administrator of the wider church. Letter 2 to Septimus, Bishop of Altinum
Letter 108 to Theodore, Bishop of Fréjus
Letter 137 to Emperor Marcian
Letter 167 to Rusticus, Bishop of Narbonne
Letter 170 to Gennadius, Bishop of Constantinople.
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Leo the Great. ISBN 9780203874905. Published by Routledge in 2009. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.