Leo the Great
5th century · AD 461 · Western · 165 passages
Bishop of Rome whose Tome clarified how Christ is both divine and human; a plain and dignified preacher.
In his own words on Ephesians
- Ephesians 4:8-9
Furthermore in the matter which you placed last in your confidential letter, I am surprised that any intelligent Christian should be in difficulty as to whether when Christ descended to the realms below, his flesh rested in the tomb: for as it truly died and was buried, so it was truly raised the third day.
Letter 15, Section 18
Quoted verbatim from public-domain English translations of the fathers — Aquinas's Catena Aurea, the Ante-Nicene and Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers, and related editions. Each quotation links to its source.