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Hilary of Poitiers

Hilary of Poitiers (c. 315–367) was a Latin bishop and theologian who became a leading defender of Nicene orthodoxy against Arianism. His major work De Trinitate develops a Latin theology of the Trinity, emphasizing the Father and Son’s consubstantiality and the Son’s eternal generation, while De Synodis surveys Eastern creeds and councils to promote Nicene unity. He also wrote a commentary on the Psalms and other exegetical and polemical works, contributing to Western trinitarian doctrine

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