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"

• Author(s): Saint Hilary (Bishop of Poitiers), Lionel R. Wickham,
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Pages: 128
• ISBN_10: 0853235724
  ISBN_13: 9780853235729
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / Ancient / General , History / Historiography , Religion / General , Religion / Christianity / Catholic , Religion / Christianity / History , Religion / History , Religion / Christian Church / History ,

Description:... 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.