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Includes major christological and pastoral correspondence, especially the Tome that shaped Chalcedonian definition.

Leo the Greatmid 5th century5th century

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Category
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers
Genre
Epistle
Tradition
Western
Region
Rome
Original language
Latin
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Manuscript context

This text is represented here through direct Latin witness material associated with Leo the Great and its circulation in Rome.

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ChristologyPastoral TheologyChurch GovernanceTradition

Controversies

  • Nestorian controversy
  • Eutychian controversy

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Letters