Julian excerpt in the intermediary document
Marriage 2.4.13
But you say: “Whatever parents they are born from, we do not deny that they are still under the devil unless they are born again in Christ.” (Genesis 4:25) Show, then, what the devil recognizes as his own in the sexes, through which he can rightfully possess their offspring, as you say. Is it the difference between the sexes? But that is in the bodies God made. Their union? But it is vindicated as much by the privilege of God’s blessing as by his institution. For God’s voice says: “A man will leave his father and mother and cling to his wife, and the two will be one flesh” (Genesis 2:24). God’s voice says: “Increase and multiply and fill the earth” (Genesis 1:28). Or perhaps it is fruitfulness itself? But fruitfulness is the reason marriage was instituted.
Latin
Post haec, quae veraciter et catholice dicta sunt, immo in divinis Libris veraciter scripta, non autem ab isto catholice dicta sunt, quia non intentione catholici pectoris dicta sunt; iam propter quod ea dixit, Pelagiana et Caelestiana haeresis incipit introduci. Namque attende quod sequitur: "Tu vero - inquit - qui dicis: "Eos qui de parentibus qualibuscumque nascantur non negamus adhuc esse sub diabolo, nisi renascantur in Christo"; ostende ergo nunc, quid suum diabolus cognoscat in sexibus, per quod fructum eorum, ut dicis, iure possideat. Diversitatem sexuum? Sed haec in corporibus est, quae Deus fecit. Commixtionem? Sed non minus benedictionis quam institutionis privilegio vindicatur. Vox enim Dei est: Relinquet homo patrem et matrem et adhaerebit uxori suae et erunt duo in carne una 20; vox Dei est: Crescite et multiplicamini et replete terram 21. An forte ipsam fecunditatem? Sed ipsa est instituti causa coniugii".
About this text
Intermediary extracts Augustine answered in Book Two — compiler framing labeled where needed. Latin context is on each section when recovered.
English follows the extracts Augustine answered in On Marriage and Concupiscence II. Compiler framing is labeled where needed.
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- Copy-text Augustine, On Marriage and Concupiscence II (Latin · Extracts of Julian)
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