SPEAR Factoids about Tome

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Personal Information

Name variant(s):

Leo See factoid page

Sex:

Leo was male. See factoid page

Occupation(s):

Leo was Bishop of Rome . See factoid page

Relationships

Severus of Antioch had enmity for Leo. See factoid page

Severus cited Pope Leo. See factoid page

Events

Severus sent a letter to Anastasius I expressing his refusal to recant his condemnation of the Council of Chalcedon and Leo's Tome. He preferred exile to recanting. See factoid page

Severus and the bishops of the East had drawn up a synodal letter to John the archbishop of Alexandria , affirming orthodoxy and condemning the council of Chalcedon, the teachings of Nestorius, and the Tome of Leo. See factoid page

In 448/9 A. Gr. 760 Leo became Bishop of Rome . Leo I became Pope on 29 September 440. See factoid page

Severus responded to John by refusing to accept the synod of Chalcedon as a repudiation of Nestorius and Eutyches, because the Chalcedonian creed and the Tome of Leo support Nestorianism; Severus does not believe that anathematizing Eutyches makes the Council of Chalcedon legitimate, because the followers of Arius were still heretics even though they repudiated the teachings of Sabellius. See factoid page

Severus held a council in Antioch with bishops from the East. They condemned the Council of Chalcedon and Leo's Tome. See factoid page

Asterius attempted to convince Severus to recant his condemnation of the Council of Chalcedon and Leo's Tome. He would not recant and declared his intent to suffer exile rather than recant. See factoid page

How to cite:

“Person Page for Tome,” in SPEAR: Syriac Persons Events and Relations, general editor Daniel L. Schwartz, $nav-base/aggregate/person/2299.html, 2023-10-10T09:16:59.885-04:00.