Leo the Great and the Spiritual Rebuilding of a Universal Rome by Wessel, Susan

Leo the Great and the Spiritual Rebuilding of a Universal Rome (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789004226876)

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Leo the Great and the Spiritual Rebuilding of a Universal Rome by Wessel, Susan

Leo the Great and the Spiritual Rebuilding of a Universal Rome

$59.00
Leo the Great and the Spiritual Rebuilding of a Universal Rome by Wessel, Susan

Leo the Great and the Spiritual Rebuilding of a Universal Rome

$59.00
Format: Paperback
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Leo 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.

Originally published in hardcover.

Author: Susan Wessel
ISBN-10: 9004226877
ISBN-13: 9789004226876
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 03/19/2012
Pages: 436
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.65lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.30w x 0.90d
By Susan Wessel
By Susan Wessel
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Susan Wessel, JD, MTS, STM, PhD (2000) in Religion, Columbia University, is Assistant Professor of Church History and Historical Theology at Catholic University of America. She is the author of Cyril of Alexandria and the Nestorian Controversy. The Making of a Saint and of a Heretic.

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