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Page i Sermons St. Leo the Great Page ii The Fathers of the Church A NEW TRANSLATION Volume 93 EDITORIAL BOARD Thomas P. Halton The Catholic University of America Editorial Director Elizabeth Clark Duke University Robert D. Sider Dickinson College Robert B. Eno, S.S. The Catholic University of America Michael Slusser Duquesne University Frank A. C. Mantello The Catholic University of America Cynthia Kahn White The University of Arizona Kathleen McVey Princeton Theological Seminary Robin Darling Young The Catholic University of America David J. McGonagle Director The Catholic University of America Press FORMER EDITORIAL DIRECTORS Ludwig Schopp, Roy J. Deferrari, Bernard M. Peebles, Hermigild Dressler, O.F.M. Laszlo G. Szijarto Staff Editor Page iii Sermons St. Leo the Great Translated by Jane Patricia Freeland, C.S.J.B. Agnes Josephine Conway, S.S.J. Page iv Copyright © 1996 THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA PRESS All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standards for Information Science—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library materials, ANSI Z39.481984. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGINGINPUBLICATION DATA Leo I, Pope, d. 461. [Selections. English. 1995] Sermons / St. Leo the Great ; translated by Jane Patricia Freeland, Agnes Josephine Conway. p. cm. — (The Fathers of the church ; v. 93) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Sermons, Latin—Translations into English. 2. Catholic Church— Sermons. I. Jane Patricia, Sister, 1910– . II. Conway, Agnes Josephine, 1921– . III. Title. IV. Series. BR60.F3L42 1995 [BR65.L42] 252'.014—dc20 9523000 ISBN 0813200938 Page v CONTENTS Abbreviations vii Bibliography ix Introduction 3 His Elevation to the See of Peter 17 Annual Collections 34 Days of Fast in December 49 Christmas 76 Epiphany 132 Days of Fast in Lent 166 Lenten Sermon on the Transfiguration 218 Passion of the Lord 225 Ascension 322 Pentecost 330 Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul 352 Commemorating Alaric's Invasion of Rome 360 Martyrdom of the Maccabees 362 Feast of St. Lawrence 365 Days of Fast in September 368 On the Beatitudes 394 Against Eutyches 401 General Index 407 Scriptural Index 427 Page vii Abbreviations CCL Corpus Christianorum Series Latina. Vol. 138–138A. Sancti Leonis Magni Romani Pontificis: Tractatus Septem et Nonaginta. Ed. Antonius Chavasse. Turnhout: Brepols, 1973. CMH Cambridge Medieval History. Ed. G. M. Gwatkin and J.P. Whitney. Vol. 1: The Christian Roman Empire and the Foundation of the Teutonic Kingdoms. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1967. DSp Dictionnaire de Spiritualité, Ascétique et Mystique, Doctrine et Histoire. Ed. M. Viller; F. Cavallera; and J. de Guibert, s.J. Fasc. 59–60. Paris: G. Beauchesne et ses fils, 1975. DThC Dictionnaire de Théologie Catholique. Ed. A. Vacant, E. Mangenot, and E. Amann. Vol. 9. Paris: Letouzey et Ané, 1926. EDR Encyclopedic Dictionary of Religion. Ed. Paul Meagher, O.P.; Thomas, C. O'Brien; and Consuelo Maria Aherne, S.S.J. Washington, DC: Corpus Publications, 1979. ER Encyclopedia of Religion. Ed. Mircea Eliade. New York: Macmillan, 1987. FOTC The Fathers of the Church. New York: Cima Publishing Co., 1947– 1949; New York: FOTC, Inc., 1949–1960; Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 1960–. JBC The Jerome Biblical Commentary. Ed. R. Brown, J. Fitzmyer, and R. Murphy. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: PrenticeHall, 1968. NCE The New Catholic Encyclopedia. Prepared by an editorial staff at the Catholic University of America (Washington, DC). New York: McGraw Hill, 1967. 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