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The perfection of learning is to know God in such a way that, though you realize he is knowable, yet you know him as indescribable.

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Hilary of Poitiers

Hilary of Poitiers

Born: 315
Died: 367 (aged 52)
Bio: Hilary of Poitiers was Bishop of Poitiers and is a Doctor of the Church. He was sometimes referred to as the "Hammer of the Arians" and the "Athanasius of the West." His name comes from the Latin word for happy or cheerful.

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