Direct quotation
Against Julian 3.20.40
The apostle praised sexual desire by calling the use of a woman natural, when he said that some men “abandoned the natural use of the woman and burned in their desire for one another” (Romans 1:27).
Latin
Apostolum ex hoc laudasse libidinem, quia usum feminae dixit esse naturalem, ubi ait, quosdam relicto naturali usu feminae, exarsisse in appetitum suum in invicem [n54]
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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