Direct quotation
Against Julian 3.11.21
Sexual desire was restored by God’s gift to Abraham and Sarah when old age had worn them out and their bodies were as good as dead.
Let him say, if he can, that something he sees God sometimes bestow as a gift belongs to the devil’s work.
Latin
hanc fuisse redditam Dei munere Abrahae et Sarrae senio confectis emortuisque corporibus
ut asseram si possum, ad opus diaboli pertinere, quod Deum videam interdum conferre pro munere
About this text
Earlier four-book work to Turbantius, surviving as excerpts arranged by Augustine’s witness. Latin source text is on each section when recovered.
English follows Julian’s words as Augustine excerpts them in Against Julian. This is not a recovered complete To Turbantius.
Witnesses
- Copy-text Augustine, Against Julian (Latin · Excerpts arranged by Augustine’s books)
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