Direct quotation
Against Julian 3.24.56
Where is the crack among so many defenses of innocence through which sin could enter?
The devil’s work is not allowed to pass through God’s work.
If nature comes from God, original evil cannot be in it.
Latin
Rimam - quaeris - inter tot innocentiae praesidia, qua potuerit intrare peccatum
Quia per opus Dei opus diaboli transire non sinitur
Si natura per Deum est, non potest in ea esse originale malum
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)
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.