Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. VII, 1951 Heresies & schisms

Leporius

LEPORIO

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LEPORIUS. - Monk and priest, b. at Trier; he had spread in Gaul the (Nestorian) theory that Jesus "pro merito laboris passionisque" (John Cassian, De Incarn., I, 2, 4-5) had acquired divinity.

Accused also of Pelagianism, he was expelled from Gaul and, having gone to Africa, was, under the influence of St. Augustine, convinced of his error. He publicly retracted his heresies, around 426, in a Synod of bishops at Carthage. In the "Libellus emendationis" his retraction was communicated to the bishops in Gaul, accompanied by a letter of St. Augustine.

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BIBL.: The Libellus emendationis in PL 31, 1221-32; cf. Gennadius, De vir. illustr., 60 (59).

Erik Peterson

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII (1951), col. 1189.

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Peterson, Erik. “Leporio.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, col. 1189. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/leporio.

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Peterson, Erik. “Leporio.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 1189. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/leporio.

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@incollection{ec7_leporio,
  author    = {Peterson, Erik},
  title     = {Leporio},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VII},
  pages     = {1189},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1951},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/leporio}
}

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