Against Auxentius

Contents

1. 0Hilary greets the bishops and peoples who hold the faith of the fathers against Arianism.
2. 1True peace is Christ's; the Arian bishops' "peace" is a unity of impiety.
3. 2Whoever denies the Christ of the apostles is antichrist, even under the appearance of preaching him.
4. 3The apostles spread the Gospel without imperial support and in spite of persecution.
5. 4The church that grew under persecution now relies on worldly power and persecutes others.
6. 5Hilary sees the age of antichrist in the Arian disputes, carried on by Valens, Ursacius, Auxentius, Germinius, and Gaius.
7. 6The Arians give Christ titles that also fit angels and men while denying that he is true God; the people, hearing the words, believe rightly.
8. 7Hilary recounts the hearing at Milan before imperial officials, where Auxentius professed orthodoxy and then gave an evasive written creed.
9. 8Hilary analyzes how Auxentius's written creed attaches "true" to "Son" rather than to "God" and keeps the one divinity in the Father alone.
10. 9Auxentius was believed orthodox, the emperor took communion with him, and Hilary was ordered to leave Milan.
11. 10Hilary invites the readers to judge Auxentius's written creed against his spoken profession.
12. 11Auxentius grants Christ only titles that Scripture also gives to men, Israel, and even the devil, while denying his true deity.
13. 12Hilary urges the faithful to leave Auxentius and the church buildings he holds, preferring the wilderness to communion with antichrist.
14. 13Auxentius's letter to the emperors: his accusers Hilary and Eusebius were deposed and have no standing.
15. 14Auxentius's creed: one only true God the Father, and the Son "God, true Son from the true God the Father".
16. 15Auxentius denies teaching two gods, appeals to the council of Ariminum, and accuses Hilary and Eusebius of schism.