5th Century
Authors
Gennadius
A priest of Marseilles who continued Jerome's catalogue of Christian writers into the fifth century.
John Cassian
A monk who carried the wisdom of the Egyptian desert into the West in his Institutes and Conferences.
Leo the Great
Bishop of Rome, whose Tome clarified the church's confession of Christ and whose sermons steady the soul.
Moses of Chorene
The father of Armenian history, whose narrative preserves the memory of his people and their conversion.
Socrates Scholasticus
A lawyer of Constantinople whose history carries Eusebius forward through the turbulent fourth and fifth centuries.
Sozomen
A church historian whose narrative attends closely to monks, missions, and the quiet spread of the faith.
Theodoret
Bishop of Cyrus, a careful exegete and historian whose dialogues defend the fullness of Christ's humanity.
Vincent of Lerins
A monk of Lerins whose Commonitory asks how the church holds what has been believed everywhere, always, and by all.
Ecumenical Councils
The Third Ecumenical Council, Ephesus
Ephesus, 431: the council on the unity of Christ's person and the title Theotokos.
The Fourth Ecumenical Council, Chalcedon
Chalcedon, 451: the definition of Christ as one person in two natures, with the council's canons.