Saint Hilary, Pope Benedict, Pope Francis and the Road to Mercy

This jumped out at me while re-reading Pope Benedict’s audience from 2007 on St. Hilary of Poiters:

Ever adamant in opposing the radical Arians, St Hilary showed a conciliatory spirit to those who agreed to confess that the Son was essentially similar to the Father, seeking of course to lead them to the true faith, according to which there is not only a likeness but a true equality of the Father and of the Son in divinity. This too seems to me to be characteristic: the spirit of reconciliation that seeks to understand those who have not yet arrived and helps them with great theological intelligence to reach full faith in the true divinity of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Truth and love. In love. In Him.

Almost makes you want to Defend the Faith without Raising Your Voice, doesn’t it?

More on St. Hilary here.

Have you seen the pope’s The Name of God Is Mercy?