To Florus 4.72
For you understood that a charge could never be fastened on infants, who have deserved nothing of their own, without condemning bodies. You therefore needed the help of Manichaeus, who excluded the desire of the flesh from God’s works and assigned both marriage and bodies themselves to the devil as their author.
Latin
Intellexisti quippe, parvulis nihil de suo merentibus, nequaquam posse sine damnatione corporum, crimen affigi; et ideo opus esse auxilio Manichaei, qui concupiscentiam carnis a Dei operibus excluderet, et tam nuptias quam ipsa corpora diabolo deputaret auctori.
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)
This is an AI-assisted study translation. Source fidelity and completeness have not been independently certified. Open Latin on each section (or the Latin source witness link) for the source text. This is not a complete critical edition.