To Florus 1.25
Did not Adimantus and Faustus, whom you call your teacher in the books of your Confessions, do the same thing, following the tradition of their heresy's founder (Augustine, Confessions 5.6–7, 13)? They seized and gnawed away at whatever statements were more obscure, whether from the Gospel or the apostles' letters, to defend an impious doctrine through the authority of those names. But why speak only of the Manichaeans? Every heresy fortifies its own inventions, through which it has strayed from piety and faith, with the language and statements of Scripture.
Latin
Numquid non idem, Adimantus et Faustus (quem in libris Confessionis tuae praeceptorem tuum loqueris [n21] ), haeresiarchae sui traditione fecerunt, obscuriores quasque vel de Evangelio, vel de Apostolorum Epistolis sententias rapientes et corro ntes, ut profanum dogma nominum auctoritate tuerentur? Quamquam quid dico de Manichaeis? Omnes prorsus haereses inventa sua, quibus a pietate et fide exorbitaverunt, Scripturarum elocutionibus sententiisque communiunt.
About this text
Julian’s six preserved books to Florus, quoted section by section in Augustine’s unfinished reply. Augustine’s refutations are omitted. Latin of Julian’s words is on each section.
Julian’s own books do not survive as a separate manuscript. English follows his words as Augustine quotes them in the Unfinished Work Against Julian. Augustine’s replies are omitted. We do not restore a Julian text independent of Augustine.
Witnesses
- Copy-text Augustine, Unfinished Work Against Julian (Latin · Julian’s words as quoted, Books 1–6)
- Checked print Augustinus.it Latin of the Unfinished Work (Latin · Same work)
- Checked print Migne PL 45 (Latin · Hard cases)
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