Sermons / St. Leo the Great ; translated by Jane Patricia Freeland, Agnes Josephine Conway.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leo I, Pope, -461.

Contributor:

Freeland, Jane Patricia, 1910-2004.

Conway, Agnes Josephine, 1921-2002.

Series:

Fathers of the church ; 93.

Fathers of the church : a new translation ; v. 93

Standardized Title:

Sermons. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church--Sermons.

Catholic Church.

Sermons, Latin--Translations into English.

Sermons, Latin.

Sermons, Early Christian.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (449 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

It would be practically impossible to understand this monumental transition from the Roman world to Christendom without taking into account the pivotal role played by Leo the Great.In this regard, his sermons provide invaluable data for the social historian.It was Leo--and not the emperor--who went out to confront Attila the Hun.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Bibliography""; ""Introduction""; ""His Elevation to the See of Peter""; ""Annual Collections""; ""Days of Fast in December""; ""Christmas""; ""Epiphany""; ""Days of Fast in Lent""; ""Lenten Sermon on the Transfiguration""; ""Passion of the Lord""; ""Ascension""; ""Pentecost""; ""Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul""; ""Commemorating Alaric's Invasion of Rome""; ""Martyrdom of the Maccabees""; ""Feast of St. Lawrence""; ""Days of Fast in September""; ""On the Beatitudes""; ""Against Eutyches""; ""General Index""; ""Scriptural Index""

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-8132-1193-X

OCLC:

593689091