Reported reference to an earlier argument
Against Julian 5.10.41
Augustine reports that Julian said he had already refuted in his second book the view that Christian spouses generate children in this age so that, for the next age, those children may be regenerated in Christ.
Latin
Sed insertis aliis verbis meis, ubi voluntatem vere piorum, quia Christianorum, coniugum commendavi, qui filios ad hoc generant in hoc saeculo, ut propter alterum saeculum regenerentur in Christo [n102] ; commemoras te iam in secundo libro istam meam destruxisse sententiam: ubi quid tibi responderim, ibi potius legant qui volunt. Sic enim non sunt facienda adulteria, etiam voluntate generandi regenerandos, quemadmodum nec furta facienda sunt, etiam voluntate pascendi pauperes sanctos: quod tamen faciendum est, non furta perpetrando, sed bene utendo mammona iniquitatis, ut et ipsi recipiant in tabernacula aeterna [n103] ; sicut non adulteria committendo, sed coniugaliter bene utendo malo libidinis, ea voluntate generandi sunt filii, ut cum eis regnetur in aeternum.
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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