Leontius of Jerusalem

Leontius of Jerusalem (Greek: Λεόντιος, ca.485 - ca.543,[1] though debated) was a Byzantine Christian theologian, monk and proponent of the Council of Chalcedon.

Virtually all of Egypt and much of Palestine and Syria had rejected Chalcedon (451). By the 530s this reached a breaking point with the risk of schism - as eventually happened, with Oriental Orthodoxy being descended of those who rejected the council. Leontius involved himself in trying to convince anti-Chalcedonians of the validity of Chalcedonian Christology.[2]

He is known only from two of his works:

  • Contra Monophysitas (Against the Monophysites)
  • Contra Nestorianos (Against the Nestorians).[3]
  1. ^ "Leontios of Jerusalem", The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium, Oxford University Press, 2005-01-01, doi:10.1093/acref/9780195046526.001.0001/acref-9780195046526-e-3089, ISBN 978-0-19-504652-6, retrieved 2024-09-22
  2. ^ Jerusalem), Leontius (of (2006-05-11). Leontius of Jerusalem: Against the Monophysites: Testimonies of the Saints and Aporiae. OUP Oxford. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-19-926644-9.
  3. ^ Grillmeier, Aloys; Hainthaler, Theresia (1995-01-01). Christ in Christian Tradition. Westminster John Knox Press. ISBN 978-0-664-21997-0.