To Florus 2.170
‘For scarcely does anyone die for a righteous person, though perhaps someone would dare to die for a good person. But God commends his love toward us because, if Christ died for us while we were still sinners, much more, now justified in his blood, shall we be saved through him from wrath. For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, once reconciled, shall we be saved in his life. And not only this, but we also glory in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation’ (Romans 5:7–11). He has revealed the great compassion with which Christ did everything: he deigned to die for people who deserved nothing good.
Latin
Vix enim pro iusto quis moritur; nam pro bono forsitan quis audeat mori. Commendat autem Deus caritatem suam in nobis, quoniam si, cum adhuc peccatores essemus, Christus pro nobis mortuus est, multo magis iustificati nunc in sanguine ipsius salvi erimus per eum ab ira. Si enim cum inimici essemus, reconciliati sumus Deo per mortem Filii eius, multo magis reconciliati salvi erimus in vita eius. Non solum autem hoc, sed et gloriantes in Deo per Dominum nostrum Iesum Christum, per quem nunc reconciliationem accepimus [n260] . Aperuit, quanta totum Christus pietate gessisset, qui mori dignatus est pro nihil boni merentibus.
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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