Resumen de The Letters of Gelasius I (492-496): Pastor and Micro-Manager of the Church of Rome

Jacob A. Latham (res.)

• Neil and Allen characterize these more practical interventions as micro-management, which seemingly casts them as inappropriate or overbearing, even though, as Neil and Allen acknowledge, hands-on involvement in quotidian and even domestic affairs was essential in the construction of episcopal authority. [...]Neil and Allen rightly conclude that Gelasius's administration was personal and involved, foreshadowing the kind of "micro-management" that strongly marks the pontificate of Gregory I. Part Two begins with Gelasius's biography from the Liber Pontificalis, followed by his letters grouped into ten categories prefaced by brief introductions. [...]this volume makes some important material accessible, though a full-scale edition with facing translation is a desideratum.