To Florus 1.110
Let us briefly complete, however, the reply owed to the passage of yours quoted above in section 74. I answer firmly and faithfully that we do not begrudge human beings their liberator, the Lord Jesus Christ. We urge them not to believe you and be crushed by despair of amendment, abandoning Christ's teaching as though he commanded things that mortal nature could not grasp because it was burdened by an inborn evil.
Latin
Verum suppleamus breviter responsionem, quae capiti tuo, quod supra posuimus [n296] , debetur. Constanter itaque fideliterque respondeo, quia non invideamus liberatorem hominibus Dominum Iesum Christum; quos convenimus, ne vobis credentes, emendationis desperatione frangantur, et recedant ab eruditione Christi, quasi ea praecipientis, quae capere mortalium natura non possit, quippe malo aggravata congenito.
About this text
Julian’s six preserved books to Florus, quoted section by section in Augustine’s unfinished reply. Augustine’s refutations are omitted. Latin of Julian’s words is on each section.
Julian’s own books do not survive as a separate manuscript. English follows his words as Augustine quotes them in the Unfinished Work Against Julian. Augustine’s replies are omitted. We do not restore a Julian text independent of Augustine.
Witnesses
- Copy-text Augustine, Unfinished Work Against Julian (Latin · Julian’s words as quoted, Books 1–6)
- Checked print Augustinus.it Latin of the Unfinished Work (Latin · Same work)
- Checked print Migne PL 45 (Latin · Hard cases)
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