Incipit (according to manuscript): Incipit fides catholica exposita
Incipit (according to reconstructed order): Sancto spiritu plenus Paulus
Other titles: Against Valens and Ursacius , including the First Letter to Constantius
Date: Book 1 c. 356; Book 2 c. 359; Book 3 c. 366
CPL: 436
Earliest ms.: Paris, Bibliothque de l’Arsenal, 483. early 9th c.; 116 foll., 1 col., 30 lines, 310 x 235 mm.; 113 foll. contain Hilary’s Fragmentary History. By 1778 it was in the possession of Baron von Heiss, from 1781 was owned by the Marquis de Paulmy, and then entered the collection of l’Arsenal. Although the oldest of the extant Hilary manuscripts, it was not known and used until the edition of Feder.
Text: Feder, A.L., S. Hilarii episcopi Pictaviensis opera, pars quarta: Tractatus Mysteriorum; Collectanea Antiariana Parisina (Fragmenta Historica) . . ., CSEL, vol. 65 (Vienna 1916).
English Translation: Wickham, L.R. Hilary of Poitiers, Conflicts of Conscience and Law in the Fourth-Century Church “Against Valens and Ursacius”, the Extant Fragments, Together with His “Letter to the Emperor Constantius”. (Liverpool 1997).
Notes: This work has survived in a mutilated, re-arranged form; see below for a tentative reconstruction of the original order of composition.
Bibliography: Smulders , P. F. Hilary of Poiters’ Preface to his Opus historicum: Translation and Commenatary. Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae, v. 19. (Leiden, 1994).

The following table is a reconstruction of the original order of Hilary’s Fragmentary History. The three stages of composition are indicated by a shaded background.

1. Smulder’s numbering (see above, pp. 7-11). Letters represent Hilary’s comments, numbers represent primary documents.
2. Wickham’s numbering, based on Feder. (1, 01= Book 1, number 1, though the numbers are Roman numerals in Wickham)
3. Contents (ante = before compromising with Arians, post = after)
4. Thompson number, followed by Thompson date, if applicable (from upcoming publications: The Correspondence of Julius and The Correspondence of Liberius from CUA Press)
5. Feder’s date of the original document, if applicable
6. Feder number
7. Date published by Hilary according to Feder

1 2 3 4 5 6 7
D 1, 01 Hilary’s Preface B, I 356
4a 1, 02a Council of Sardica (Eastern bishops), Decrees ad. Afros 343/4 A, IV, 1 356
4b 1, 02b Creed A, IV, 2 356
4c 1, 02c List of signatures A, IV, 3 356
12 1, 03 Council of Sardica (Western Bishops), Circular letter 343/4 B, II, 1 356
13a 1, 04a Council of Sardica (Western Bishops), Letter to Julius: Quod semper J4, 343 343/4 B, II, 2 356
13b 1, 04b Names of the heretics B, II, 3 356
13c 1, 04c List of signatures B, II, 4 356
E 1, 05 Hilary’s commentary B, II, 5 356
14 1, 06 Valens et Ursacius, Letter to Julius: Quoniam constat J6, 347 347 B, II, 6 356
15 1, 07 Valens et Ursacius, Letter to Athanasius 347 B, II, 8 356
16 1, 08 Unknown Arian Creed, fragments B, II, 9 356
17 1, 09 Creed of Nicea 325 B, II, 10 356
18 1, 10 Council of Sardica (Western Bishops), Letter to Constantius (1-5) 343/4 C, App. I 356
F 1, 11 Hilary [to Constantius] (6-8) C, App. II 356
19 2, 01 Liberius (post), Letter to the Eastern bishops: Studens paci L8, 356 357 B, III, 1 359
G 2, 02 Hilary’s commentary B, III, 2 359
8 2, 03 Liberius (ante), Letter to Constantius: Obsecro L4, 354 353/4 A, VII 359
H 2, 04a Hilary’s commentary B, VII, 1 359
24 2, 04b Liberius (ante), Letter to Eusebius, Dionysius, and Lucifer: Quamuis sub L7, 355 355 B, VII, 2 359
J 2, 05a Hilary’s commentary B, VII, 3 359
25 2, 05b Liberius (ante), Letter to Caecilian: Nolo te (one line) L1, 353 353/4 B, VII, 4 359
K 2, 06a Hilary’s commentary B, VII, 5 359
26 2, 06b Liberius (ante), Letter to Hosius: Quia in nullo L2, 353 353/4 B, VII, 6 359
L 2, 07a Hilary’s commentary B, VII, 7 359
27 2, 07b Liberius (post), Letter to the Eastern bishops: Pro Deifico L11, 357 357 B, VII, 8 359
M 2, 08 Hilary: list of signatures B, VII, 9 359
28 2, 09 Liberius (post), Letter to Ursacius, Valens, and Germinius: Quia scio L9, 356 357 B, VII, 10 359
29 2, 10 Liberius (post), Letter to Vincent of Capua: Non doceo L10, 356 357 B, VII, 11 359
9 2, 11 Constantius, Letter to Council of Ariminum 359 A, VIII 359
10 2, 12 Council of Ariminum (ante), Definitio 359 A, IX, 1 359
C 2, 13a Hilary’s commentary A, IX, 2 359
11 2, 13b Council of Ariminum (ante), Condemnation 359 A, IX, 3 359
5 2, 14 Council of Ariminum (ante), Letter to Constantius 359 A, V, 1 359
A 2, 15 Hilary’s commentary A, V, 2 359
6 2, 16 Gesta Nike Thrac. = Council of Ariminum (post) 359 A, V, 3 359
B 2, 17 Hilary’s commentary A, V, 4 359
7 2, 18 Council of Ariminum (post), Letter to Constantius 359 A, VI 359
30 2, 19 Eastern bishops, Letter to the Legates of the Council of Ariminum 359 B, VIII, 1 359
N 2, 20 Hilary’s commentary B, VIII, 2 359
1 3, 01 Council of Paris, Letter to Eastern bishops 360, ca A, I 366
2 3, 02 Eusebius of Vercelli, Letter to Eastern bishops 360, ca A, II 366
20 3, 03 Liberius, Letter to Italian clergy: Imperitiae culpam L12, 362 362/3 B, IV, 1 366
21 3, 04 Italian bishops, Letter to Illyrian bishops. 363 B, IV, 2 366
3 3, 05 Germinius, Letter against the Arians 366 A, III 366
22 3, 06 Valens et. al., Letter to Germinius 366 B, V 366
23 3, 07 Germinius’s reply 366 B, VI 366

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