13 January: Hillary, Bishop, Confessing Churchman, Defensor Fidei, Nicene Christian

13 January.  Book of Common Prayer.   Hillary, Bishop, Confessing Churchman, Exegete, Theologian, Defensor Fidei, and Nicene Christian.

With a few adjustments to: http://www.eskimo.com/~lhowell/bcp1662/notes/saints.html#Hilary

Hilary, Bishop (of Poitiers) and Confessor. An eminent, Gallican, Senior Presbyter-Bishop, and writer. He was sovereignly converted by the unilateral, divine, irresistible, and efficacious operation of the Triune God by His infallible Word—bringing him from unbelief and paganism in adulthood to faith in the Triune God in adulthood.  Predestined from the before the foundation of the world, he was justified by faith alone in Christ alone by grace alone. Sola Deo Gloria. He was turned into a sensible man after being dead in his sins, trespasses and manifold wickednesses. Once a rock in heart, he now had a heart of flesh. Once alienated in affections, will and mind from God, he was incorporated into the mystical and triumphant body of Christ. Like Ambrose, he was appointed by acclamation from a lay position to the see of Poitiers (A.D. 350). His life was chiefly devoted to the struggle against Arianism and Semi-Arianism, both in the East and in the West; for this commendable service in doctrinal and theological combat, he was exiled by Emperor Constantius. However, he was restored three years before his death in A.D. 368. He was one of the earliest Latin defenders of the faith, both in exegetical and dogmatic works. "Hilary Term" is used in British (and some American) schools to identify a slice of the academic calendar. -- January 13th.