MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2009000544
003 DLC
005 20100104095859.0
008 090114s2009 enk b 001 0 eng
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035 $a(OCoLC)ocn166360237
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050 00 $aBR65.L42$bE54 2009
082 00 $a270.2$222
100 0 $aLeo$bI,$cPope,$dd. 461.
240 10 $aSelections.$lEnglish.$f2009
245 10 $aLeo the Great /$c[selection, translation, and introductions by] Bronwen Neil.
260 $aLondon ;$aNew York :$bRoutledge,$c2009.
300 $axiv, 185 p. ;$c23 cm.
440 4 $aThe early church fathers
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 170-178) and index.
505 0 $aLeo'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.
650 0 $aTheology.
600 00 $aLeo$bI,$cPope,$dd. 461$vCorrespondence.
650 0 $aPopes$vCorrespondence.
650 0 $aSermons, Latin$vTranslations into English.
650 0 $aSermons, Early Christian.
700 1 $aNeil, Bronwen.