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You have certainly done neither. After replying that catholics acknowledge free will—and pretending to be one of them—you immediately added a definition taking away what you seemed to have granted. For you say: ‘But anyone who says humans have free will to worship God rightly without his help is called a Pelagian.’ And again: ‘We say that humans have free will; but you say that anyone is free to do good’ (Augustine, Marriage and Sexual Desire 2.8).

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Quorum certe nihil a te actum est; sed postquam respondisti catholicos liberum arbitrium confiteri, de quorum te numero esse confingis, statim definitionem admovisti, quae id, quod dedisse videbaris, eriperet. Ais enim: Sed si quis ad colendum recte Deum sine ipsius adiutorio dicit esse in hominibus liberum arbitrium, hic Pelagianus vocatur; et item: Liberum arbitrium esse in hominibus dicimus, liberum autem quemquam esse ad agendum bonum vos dicitis [n129] .

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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.

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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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