To Florus 3.174
He therefore stresses, not merely by saying it but by repeating it, that belief in souls’ transmission by descent is characteristic of his doctrine. He also tries to establish it through the analogy of bodies generating offspring: ‘Just as souls are generated from souls, so the body’ (John 3:6)s formation is drawn from bodily nature; and as flesh comes from flesh, so soul comes from soul.’ But let us proceed to the rest: ‘Just as God is the author of souls, so the devil, through desire, is the author of bodies. Thus, in the devil’s birdlime, through a woman’s desire, the devil snares not souls but bodies—’
Latin
Ideo non solum eloquendo, sed etiam repetendo inculcat dogmatis sui esse proprium traducem animarum putare, quod etiam per similitudinem generantium corporum approbare conatur. Sicut animae - inquit - gignuntur ab animabus, ita figmentum corporis a corporis natura digeritur et sicut caro de carne, ita anima de anima. Sed pergamus ad reliqua: Sicut ergo auctor animarum Deus est, ita corporum auctor per concupiscentiam diabolus est, ut in viscatorio diaboli per concupiscentiam mulieris, unde diabolus aucupatur non animas, sed corpora.