c. AD 400 – 461
Leo the Great
The clearest early articulation of the Roman bishop's teaching role, and a decisive voice in christology.
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- Location
- Rome
- Role
- Pope and Doctor of the Church
- Major writings
- Tome to Flavian (Letter 28)
- Sermons for the liturgical year
- Teachings
- One person in two natures in Christ
- Peter continues to speak through his successors
- Connection to apostolic Christianity
- Chalcedon received his Tome with acclamation, an important datum in later debates on Roman primacy.
Quotations with references
“Each nature does what is proper to it in communion with the other.”
Sources and References
- Leo I, Letter 28 (the Tome)newadvent.org