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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.

Background on Leo the Great

In his own words on Galatians

  • Galatians 4:4

    He is God in that "all things were made through him and nothing was made without him." He is human in that he was "made from a woman, made under the law." The nativity of his flesh shows his human nature. The virgin birth is an indicator of his divine nature.

    LETTER 28, TO FLAVIAN 4

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.