Primary source · Latin
Against Auxentius
Hilary of Poitiers · AD 364–365
What this text is
Hilary's pamphlet on his failed attempt to unseat Auxentius, the Homoian bishop of Milan — the contemporary indictment of 'the Arian in possession of the church of Milan' who held the see for twenty years.
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Public-domain translations
Working translation (from the Latin)
Auxentius, examined before the emperor, professed with his mouth what he denied in his church; and Hilary, forbidden the city, left in writing what he was not permitted to say — that the churches were held by antichrist's peace.
Manuscript witnesses
Carolingian tradition of Hilary
9th c. onwardContra Auxentium in the Hilary corpus.
Patrologia Latina, vol. 10 (Migne)
1845Standard pre-critical text.
Provenance
Milan and Gaul; Hilary's last campaign
Editions & scholarship
Critical editions and standard translations behind the text above.
- Hilary of Poitiers: Conflicts of Conscience and Law in the Fourth-Century ChurchLionel Wickham, 1997Translation of the polemical works with commentary (TTH).
- Ambrose of MilanNeil B. McLynn, 1994The fullest modern account of the Milanese see under Auxentius.