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Named Doctor of the Church by Pope Pius IX, St. Hilary was a gifted orator, a zealous Christian philosopher, and a defender of orthodoxy. He often did theological battle with the Anomoeans and the Semi-Arians, and traveled across Europe to bring the local bishops out of the hold of Arianism. Here, twelve books on the Trinity by St. Hilary are compiled, bringing his throughts together on the...

2. In these matters of which we are ignorant the way is opened for us to pursue truth, obtainable only through periods of prayer.10 So that we may perceive and believe all things, and cast off any uncertainty of a doubtful will, we have to ask, to seek, and to knock,11 discovering mercy by asking, progress in seeking, and an open door in making the attempt.12 It is indeed with this hope of obtaining what we ask, seek, and knock that we are taught by an example of human affection. Just as we will
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