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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...

besides the glory of Christ. This is that “true light” which justifies and “enlightens every human being.”260 This is what he has “rescued from the power of darkness, bringing it into the kingdom of “God’s Son.”261 This is what raises up the soul’s desire through a “newness of life”262 while extinguishing lusts of the flesh. This is how the Lord’s Passover is properly celebrated “with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.” When the “yeast of the old evil” has been thrown out,263 the “new creature”264
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