LEADER 04435nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910792451703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-60240-3 010 $a9786612602405 010 $a90-474-4310-1 024 7 $a10.1163/ej.9789004170520.i-422 035 $a(CKB)2670000000009875 035 $a(EBL)489487 035 $a(OCoLC)593337378 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000339784 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11263254 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000339784 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10365463 035 $a(PQKB)11299245 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC489487 035 $a(OCoLC)593337378$z(OCoLC)647893022$z(OCoLC)706507124$z(OCoLC)746577619$z(OCoLC)764534092$z(OCoLC)816387847$z(OCoLC)823123845 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789047443100 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL489487 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10372785 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL260240 035 $a(PPN)170703150 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000009875 100 $a20080617d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLeo the Great and the spiritual rebuilding of a universal Rome$b[electronic resource] /$fby Susan Wessel 210 $aLeiden ;$aBoston $cBrill$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (434 p.) 225 1 $aSupplements to Vigiliae Christianae,$x0920-623X ;$vv. 93 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-04-17052-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aIntroduction 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. 330 $aLeo the Great was a major figure of the late Roman world whose life and work were profoundly intertwined with the political crisis of his day. As the western empire gradually succumbed to the advancing barbarian kingdoms, Leo understood that the papacy needed to expand its authority in order for the church to survive the demise of the political system. This book argues that his achievement was to transform the church not only in the practical level of administrative organization, but in the more fluid realm of thought and idea. The secular Rome that was crumbling was replaced with a Christian, universal Rome that he fashioned by infusing his theology with humanitarian ideals. 410 0$aSupplements to Vigiliae Christianae ;$vv. 93. 606 $aChurch history$yPrimitive and early church, ca. 30-600 615 0$aChurch history 676 $a270.2092 700 $aWessel$b Susan$01577692 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910792451703321 996 $aLeo the Great and the spiritual rebuilding of a universal Rome$93856517 997 $aUNINA