To Florus · §3.202 · Julian of Eclanum

To Florus 3.202

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What should I accuse first here: the liar’s shamelessness, the debater’s appetite, or the irreverence of believing such perverse things? Yet I understand that we should use the prophet’s words: ‘We are blessed, Israel, because we know what pleases God’ (Baruch 4:4).

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Quid igitur hic primum accusem, impudentiam mentientis, libidinem disputantis an profanitatem tam prava credentis? Nobis tamen intellego utendum Prophetae esse verbis: Beati sumus, Israel, quoniam quae Deo placent, nobis nota sunt [n254] .