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title: 'Leo the Great and the Papacy in the Fifth and Sixth Centuries'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Philip Schaff'
date: 1864-10-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Roman Catholic History'
- 'Ancient and Medieval Church History'
- 'Ecclesiology (General)'
scriptures:
- 'Matthew 16'
- 'Acts 28'
- 'Revelation 17'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/schaff-1864-leo-the-great-and-the-papacy-in-the-fifth-and-sixth-centuries
---

# Leo the Great and the Papacy in the Fifth and Sixth Centuries

Argues ministerial character is the chief instrument of God, then surveys Leo I and the 5th–6th-century rise of papal claims, assessing Peter's primacy and Rome's authority.

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