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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Predicate Object
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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