Hilary of Poitiers, Conflicts of Conscience and Law in the Fourth-century Church: "Against Valens and Ursacius", the Extant Fragments, Together with His "Letter to the Emperor Constantius"

Saint Hilary (Bishop of Poitiers), Hilarius av Poitiers (helgon), Lionel R. Wickham

Liverpool University Press, 1997 - Religion - 128 pages

Two texts are presented in English translation here. The first is what remains of a historical work Hilary wrote against two distinguished contemporary bishops, Valens and Ursacius, whose intervention on behalf of the Emperor Constantius Hilary thought disastrous. They throw a flood of light upon scenes of disarray, violence and betrayal in the Church life of the fourth century.

Contents

• A summary of Hilarys Letter to the Emperor Constantius: 14
• Letter to the Emperor Constantius: 104
• Select Bibliography: 110

About the author

Lionel Wickham (born 1932) has divided his working life between parish priesthood, mostly in Yorkshire, and university teaching. His last academic post was as University Lecturer in the Faculty of Divinity at Cambridge where he taught under the heading of the History and Interpretation of Christian doctrine in the Patristic period.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Hilary of Poitiers, Conflicts of Conscience and Law in the Fourth-century Church: "Against Valens and Ursacius", the Extant Fragments, Together with His "Letter to the Emperor Constantius"; Volume 25 of Liverpool University Press - Translated Texts for Historians Series; Volume 25 of Liverpool University Press Series; Online access: University of Liverpool Liverpool University Press Translated Texts for Historians E-Library; Volume 25 of Translated texts for historians, ISSN 0963-6234
• Authors: Saint Hilary (Bishop of Poitiers), Hilarius av Poitiers (helgon), Lionel R. Wickham
• Editors: Lionel R. Wickham, Liverpool University Press
• Translated by: Lionel R. Wickham
• Contributor: Lionel R. Wickham
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press, 1997
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Jul 7, 2009
• ISBN: 0853235724, 9780853235729
• Length: 128 pages
• Subjects: Religion / Christianity / History