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100	1		_aWessel, Susan.
245	1	0	_aLeo the Great and the spiritual rebuilding of a universal Rome _h[electronic resource] / _cby Susan Wessel.
260			_aLeiden ; _aBoston : _bBrill, _c2008.
300			_axii, 422 p. ; _c25 cm.
490	0		_aSupplements to Vigiliae Christianae, _x0920-623X ; _vv. 93.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505	0		_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.
538			_aAvailable electronically via the Internet.
600	0	0	_aLeo _bI, _cPope, _d-461.
650		0	_aChurch history _yPrimitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
856	4	0	_uhttp://0-search.ebscohost.com.library.vu.edu.au/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=e000xww&AN=312526 _zFull text available from eBook Academic Subscription Collection - Worldwide
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