Bishop of Poitiers · c. 310 – 367

Hilary of Poitiers

Bishop of Poitiers in Gaul, exiled for refusing to accept the Arian creeds. His twelve books On the Trinity made the Greek debates known to the Latin West; he is sometimes called the Athanasius of the West.

Writings

1. Treatise · 12 parts

   On the Trinity

   Twelve books written in exile, against the Arians, on the Father, the Son and the Spirit.

   793 min read · translated by E.W. Watson and L. Pullan

2. Treatise

   On the Councils, or the Faith of the Easterns

   Treatise by Hilary of Poitiers.

   107 min read · translated by E.W. Watson and L. Pullan

3. Collection · 3 parts

   Other Writings

   Letters, homilies, sermons, commentaries, fragments and shorter pieces by Hilary of Poitiers that are not published as books, in the order of the New Advent collection.

   53 min read · translated by E.W. Watson and L. Pullan

Image: drawn in the site’s engraved style from “Hilaryofpoitiers” (Richard de Montbaston and collaborators (fourteenth century)), public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

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