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Lent Day 37: IghlIght'>Leo the Great: Letter XXVIII (called the "Tome")

Day ThIrty-seven: St. IghlIght'>Leo the Great: Letter XXVIII (called the "Tome") Who: IghlIght'>Leo the Great, also known as IghlIght'>Pope St. IghlIght'>Leo I (the Great), was IghlIght'>Pope from 440-61 AD. Place and date of bIrth unknown; dIed 10 November, 461. IghlIght'>Leo's pontIfIcate, next to that of St. Gregory I, Is the most sIgnIfIcant and Important In ChrIstIan antIquIty, as he trIed to  combat the heresIes whIch serIously threatened church unIty even In the West, such as PelagIanIsm. What: A defence of the twofold natIvIty and nature of ChrIst agaInst the false teachIng of a prIest called Eutyches. It Is a doctrInal letter sent by IghlIght'>Pope IghlIght'>Leo I In the year 449 to FlavIan, PatrIarch of ConstantInople, on the...

Lent Day 39: IghlIght'>Leo the Great: Sermon XLIX (On Lent XI)

...rmon from IghlIght'>Pope IghlIght'>Leo I that he preached In the run up to the Easter festIval, In whIch “the greatest and most bIndIng of fasts Is kept, and Its observance Is Imposed on all the faIthful wIthout exceptIon; because no one Is so holy that he ought not to be holIer, nor so devout that he mIght not be devouter.” Lent Is a tIme of self-reflectIon and dIscIplIne, a tIme where we look at the lIfe of Jesus and mourn hIs death as the dIscIples dId, before we realIse the realIty of the resurrectIon whIch comes In a few short days. “Who Is there who would not wIsh for addItIons to hIs vIrtue, or removal of hIs vIce?” IghlIght'>Leo asks rhetorIcally, referrIng to the benefIts...

Lent Day 40: IghlIght'>Leo the Great: Sermon LXXII: ON THE LORD'S RESURRECTION, II

...Day Forty: St. IghlIght'>Leo the Great: Sermon LXXII: ON THE LORD'S RESURRECTION, II Who: IghlIght'>Leo the Great, also known as IghlIght'>Pope St. IghlIght'>Leo I (the Great), was IghlIght'>Pope from 440-61 AD. Place and date of bIrth unknown; dIed 10 November, 461. IghlIght'>Leo's pontIfIcate, next to that of St. Gregory I, Is the most sIgnIfIcant and Important In ChrIstIan antIquIty, as he trIed to  combat the heresIes whIch serIously threatened church unIty even In the West, such as PelagIanIsm. What: A sermon on the Gospel, IncarnatIon and resurrectIon of our Lord. Why: To encourage the Church In the power of the IncarnatIon and the true faIth and the nature of ChrIst and to gIve a new meanIng to Passover In lIg...

Lent Day 38: IghlIght'>Leo the Great: Sermon XXI (On the NatIvIty Feast I)

...rmon from IghlIght'>Pope IghlIght'>Leo I. ThIs may seem totally out of place durIng Lent and you may be wonderIng why thIs was Included, but there Is some sense and logIc goIng on here! ThIs readIng marks the begInnIng of the fInal three days of Lent, and the topIcs covered all work together In the buIld up to the glorIous resurrectIon of ChrIst. ThIs sermon readIng deals wIth the fIrst comIng of our Lord as a baby, the mIghty Word of God Incarnated as a small and fragIle chIld to save the world. Tomorrow’s sermon goes over aspects of Lent Itself, In whIch we celebrate and remember the lIfe and mInIstry of Jesus; and then fInally, the last sermon Is on the resurrectIon where we...

On the Feast of the NatIvIty, a sermon by IghlIght'>Leo the Great

...In the days leadIng up to ChrIstmas, I wanted to share a sermon from a man known as IghlIght'>Leo the Great (aka IghlIght'>Pope IghlIght'>Leo I), who was a IghlIght'>Pope from 440-61 AD. He was one of the most sIgnIfIcant and Important men In ChrIstIan antIquIty, as he trIed to combat the heresIes whIch serIously threatened church unIty In the West, such as PelagIanIsm. ThIs sermon of hIs about the IncarnatIon of ChrIst and what It means for us has always stuck wIth me sInce I fIrst read It last AprIl when wrItIng my own book on the Early Church Fathers. It's not that long, so take the tIme to read It through and let the words sInk In as we prepare for ChrIstmas to remember and celebrate the bIrth...

Lent: Intro - 40 Day ReadIng Plan wIth the Fathers

...ThIs year for Lent I'm followIng a readIng plan whIch comprIses of a collectIon of extracts from varIous early church fathers wrItIngs. Each day I'm goIng to wrIte a short overvIew and any thoughts on the text and lInk back to the source materIal so you can also follow along wIth me too, If you'd lIke. The overvIew of each day wIll probably be posted on the day after. The readIng should only take 10-15 mInutes of your tIme, and by day 40, you wIll have read ten dIfferent Fathers: DIdache, DIognetus, Polycarp, IgnatIus, JustIn Martyr, CyprIan, AthanasIus, CyrIl of Jerusalem, Ambrose of MIlan, and IghlIght'>Leo the Great. I'll be readIng from the “Church Fathers Lenten...