Julian argument
Against Julian 6.20.63
The same pattern observed in the devil ought also to have been observed in an evil human being: no one should be condemned except for the faults of his own will. Therefore there is no original sin. Otherwise the work of him who created even the devil good cannot be approved.
Latin
humana natura damnatur: et propter quod damnatur, propter hoc et damnabili diabolo subiugatur; quia et ipse diabolus spiritus immundus est: et utique bonum quod spiritus, malum quod immundus; quoniam spiritus est natura, immundus est vitio: quorum duorum illud a Deo est, hoc ab ipso. Non itaque tenet homines sive maioris sive infantilis aetatis, propter quod homines, sed propter quod immundi sunt
Hanc formam etiam in homine malo debuisse servari, quae servatur in diabolo; ne quisquam damnetur, nisi ex vitiis propriae voluntatis; atque ideo nullum sit originale peccatum: alioquin opus eius - ut dicis - qui etiam diabolum bonum condidit, non potest approbari
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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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