To Florus 2.94
But none of these things we have mentioned is known to happen to baptized people’s bodies. And truth, clearer than the sun, has shown that full healing could not—or rather should not—take place except by these methods of treatment. You must therefore confess either that the things we listed earlier did not arise through sin and so were not wounds of nature, thus preserving a coherent account of grace, which plainly has not displaced them from their order; or else you must deny that Christ’s mysteries contain any medicine at all, since they have not been able to heal even one of the many diseases you describe.
Latin
Verum cum nihil horum quae diximus baptizatorum constet evenire corporibus, non potuisse autem aliter, id est non debuisse, quam his medicinae modis totum fieri veritas clarior sole monstraverit, confitendum tibi est aut illa, quae prius enumeravimus, non accidisse peccato et ideo nec vulnera fuisse naturae, ut constet ratio gratiae, per quam manifestum est illa de suis ordinibus mota non esse, aut certe negandum in mysteriis Christi quidquam esse medicinae, quae de tot secundum te morbis ne unum quidem sanare potuerunt.
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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