Leo I’s Tome

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Leo I’s Tome is a foundational 5th-century Christological letter by Pope Leo the Great that articulated the doctrine of Christ’s two natures and became a key text for the Council of Chalcedon.

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Leo I’s Tome canonical 2

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instanceOf 5th-century Christian text ⓘ
Christological letter ⓘ
papal letter ⓘ
theological document ⓘ
acceptedBy Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
addressedTo Flavian of Constantinople ⓘ
affirms full divinity of Christ ⓘ
full humanity of Christ ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Letter to Flavian ⓘ
Tome of Leo ⓘ
approximateDate AD 449 ⓘ
associatedPerson Eutyches ⓘ
Flavian of Constantinople ⓘ
Pope Leo I ⓘ
associatedWith Chalcedonian Christology ⓘ
author Leo the Great ⓘ
Pope Leo I ⓘ
canonicalStatus not part of the biblical canon ⓘ
councilRole key doctrinal text at the Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
date 5th century ⓘ
doctrineArticulated doctrine of the two natures of Christ ⓘ
ecclesiasticalStatus authoritative doctrinal text in many Chalcedonian churches ⓘ
geographicalOrigin Rome ⓘ
historicalContext controversy over Eutyches ⓘ
influenced Chalcedonian Definition ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christology ⓘ
Protestant Christology ⓘ
linked to: Protestant theology

Roman Catholic Christology ⓘ
influencePeriod Late Antiquity ⓘ
Middle Ages ⓘ
modern Christian theology ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
opposes Eutychianism ⓘ
linked to: Eutyches

Monophysitism ⓘ
preservedIn collections of papal letters ⓘ
recipientOffice Patriarch of Constantinople ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
statusAtChalcedon received as orthodox teaching ⓘ
subject Incarnation of Christ ⓘ
union of divine and human natures in Christ ⓘ
teaches Christ is one person in two natures ⓘ
theologicalFocus Christology ⓘ
tradition Western Christianity ⓘ
usedAtCouncil Council of Chalcedon ⓘ

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