Letter to Rome (Fragments) · §1.5.10 · Julian of Eclanum

Rome 1.5.10

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They also say that the movement of the sexual organs and the intercourse of married couples were devised by the devil. For that reason, they say, people who are born innocent are guilty and are made by the devil rather than by God, because they are born from this diabolical intercourse. This is unmistakably Manichaean.

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Fragments attributed to Julian; descriptions of opponents’ teaching are not his positive creed. Open the Latin source witness on each section.

Fragments attributed to Julian in Against Two Letters of the Pelagians I. Descriptions of opponents’ teaching are not his positive creed.

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Fragments Augustine, Against Two Letters of the Pelagians I (Latin · Letter to Rome fragments)

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