03098nam a2200337 a 4500 ebr10372785 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 080617s2008 ne sb 000 0 eng 2008026950 9789004170520 (hardback : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)593337378 BX1047 .W47 2008eb 270.2092 22 Wessel, Susan. Leo the Great and the spiritual rebuilding of a universal Rome [electronic resource] / by Susan Wessel. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008. xii, 422 p. Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae, 0920-623X ; v. 93 Includes bibliographical references. 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 -- Eclesiastical law is debated and settled in North Africa -- Priscillianis misconfronted in Spain -- The Vicariate of Illyricum -- Persecution and discipline in Italy -- The idea ofjustice and its bearing upon law and mercy -- Justice and its human failings -- Ecclesiastical law as the expression of justice -- The practical manifestation ofjustice 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 -- Arenewed correspondence with Anatolius -- The'City of God' unfolds in history -- Christian intellectuals respond to the sack of Rome in 410 -- Anewidea of his Tory emerges. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Leo I, Pope, d. 461. Church history Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae ; v. 93. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10372785 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 195163 195163