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St. Leo the Great: Letters is unavailable, but you can change that!

As the vestiges of the Roman political machine began to collapse in the fifth century AD, the towering figure of Pope St. Leo the Great came into relief amid the rubble. Sustained by an immutable doctrine transcending institutions and cultures, the Church alone emerged from the chaos. Eventually, the Roman heritage became assimilated into Christianity and ceased to have a life of its own. It...

was either God only without man, or man only without God. After the Lord’s resurrection (which, of course, was the resurrection of His real body, since the one who came to life was the same as He who had been crucified and died), why did He delay on earth for forty days except to clear away every cloud from the fullness of our faith? Speaking with His disciples and living and eating with them, He allowed Himself to be touched by the attentive and curious hand of those who were afflicted by doubt.
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