Direct quotation
Against Julian 3.24.55
Through what is sin found in infants?
Parents who, through their union, supplied the cause of sin are rightly liable to condemnation. By their work they brought it about that the devil gained the power to rule over human beings.
The origin of those who are born comes from the devil, because the origin of sin, without which no human being is born, is said to come from the devil.
Latin
per quid peccatum inveniatur in parvulis
Parentes - inquis - qui conventu suo causam fecere peccato, iure damnabiles; quorum labore actum est ut ad dominatum exercendum in homines diabolus perveniret
a diabolo ducitur origo nascentium
quia dicitur a diabolo esse origo peccati, sine quo nullus nascitur hominum
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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