Tome of Leo

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The Tome of Leo is a pivotal 5th-century Christological letter by Pope Leo I that defined orthodox teaching on the nature of Christ and became a foundational text for the Council of Chalcedon.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christological letter ⓘ
papal letter ⓘ
theological document ⓘ
addressedTo Flavian of Constantinople ⓘ
affirms without confusion, change, division, or separation of natures ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Epistola ad Flavianum ⓘ
linked to: Letter to Flavian

Letter to Flavian ⓘ
approvedBy Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
author Pope Leo I ⓘ
authorityType magisterial teaching ⓘ
centralTheme union of divine and human natures in Christ ⓘ
dateApproximate circa 449 ⓘ
doctrine two natures of Christ ⓘ
ecclesiasticalStatus authoritative Christological statement ⓘ
genre dogmatic letter ⓘ
geographicOrigin Rome ⓘ
historicalContext controversy over Eutyches ⓘ
impact defined orthodox teaching on Christ’s nature for Chalcedonian churches ⓘ
influenced Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
later Christological debates ⓘ
influencedDoctrine Chalcedonian Definition ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
opposes Eutychianism ⓘ
linked to: Eutyches

Monophysitism ⓘ
partOf patristic Christological corpus ⓘ
preservedIn collections of Leo I’s letters ⓘ
recognizedBy Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

many Protestant traditions ⓘ
religiousTradition Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Christianity ⓘ
statusAtCouncilOfChalcedon foundational text ⓘ
subject Christology ⓘ
nature of Christ ⓘ
supports dyophysite Christology ⓘ
teaches Christ is fully divine ⓘ
Christ is fully human ⓘ
Christ is one person in two natures ⓘ
timePeriod Patristic era ⓘ
usedAtCouncil Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
writtenInCentury 5th century ⓘ

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Council of Chalcedon → usesDocument → Tome of Leo ⓘ
Second Council of Constantinople → affirmed → Tome of Leo (indirectly, within Chalcedonian framework) ⓘ
linked to: Tome of Leo
Pope Leo I → notableWork → Tome of Leo ⓘ
Council of Chalcedon → affirmed → Tome of Leo ⓘ
Henotikon → relatedDocument → Tome of Leo ⓘ
Leo the Great → notableWork → Tome of Leo ⓘ
Robber Council → rejectedDocument → Tome of Leo ⓘ
Dioscorus I of Alexandria → condemnedDocument → Tome of Leo ⓘ
Letter to Flavian → alsoKnownAs → Tome of Leo ⓘ
Dyophysitism → articulatedInDocument → Tome of Leo ⓘ
Leo I’s Tome → alsoKnownAs → Tome of Leo ⓘ