But his heresy was by no means the only one: For these other thinkers, Christ had to be united, God and man, in a single nature. This issue may seem less important to us than barbarians rampaging through Italy, but not to Pope Leo.
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For him, acting on our behalf before Attila was significant, but was slight compared to anchoring our understanding of Christ, God become man. For on this mystery hangs the nature of our salvation:. To pay off the debt of our state, invulnerable nature was united to a nature that could suffer; so that in a way that corresponded to the remedies we needed, one and the same mediator between God and humanity, the Man Christ Jesus, could both on the one hand die and on the other be incapable of death.
Thus was true God born in the undiminished and perfect nature of a true man, complete in what is His and complete in what is ours. But far more noteworthy is his work safeguarding the Roman and apostolic faith from the confusion of so many different figures. Preserving and transmitting this teaching does not usually oblige us to face the barbarians at the gates. There are only two choices: Self-understanding is the necessary condition of a sense of self-identity and self-confidence, whether in the case of an individual or in the case of a people… Otherwise the peril is great.
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In diminished forms it is insanity. As to insanity, some would say riding out to meet a barbarian without an army fits the bill.
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Attila the Hun - ATTILA MEETS THE POPE
Joseph November 10, Confronting Attila the Hun or any other barbarian army was not in his job description. For on this mystery hangs the nature of our salvation: About the Author Dominicans of the Province of St. Now we pray that thou, who hast conquered others, shouldst conquer thyself. The people have felt thy scourge; now as suppliants they would feel thy mercy.
People believed that Leo was the reason Attila backed down. Thereafter referred to as Leo the Great , the pontiff had accomplished not just a victory for Rome but also for the Church. The Huns returned home. Attila reportedly joked that he knew how to conquer men, but the Lion Pope Leo and the Wolf Saint Lupus - from Troyes were too strong for him.
He never had the chance to actualize that goal, however. Although he already had several wives, Attila took another after his return from Italy. Celebrating the event, sometime during the early months of , he drank heavily. He died on his wedding night.
Attila the Hun - ATTILA MEETS THE POPE
Most historians say he died of a nosebleed, perhaps from a burst artery. His warriors were stunned by his unexpected death. According to Jordanes, they cut off their hair and slashed themselves with their swords so that.