To Florus 2.165
‘Therefore, justified by faith, let us have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we also have access to this grace in which we stand, and we glory in the hope of God’s glory’ (Romans 5:1–2). You who see that justification has been conferred on you through the forgiveness of sins, he says, hold firmly to harmony, and with united minds praise the Mediator’s gifts. By his gift we have been granted entrance into this grace. Those whom justice held guilty—because it was will, not nature, that made us guilty—he restored to freedom and snatched from retribution. He granted that we who expected eternal punishments should now glory in the hope of God’s glory.
Latin
Iustificati itaque ex fide pacem habeamus ad Deum per Dominum nostrum Iesum Christum, per quem et accessum habemus in gratiam istam, in qua stamus, et gloriamur in spe gloriae Dei [n245] . Qui vobis videtis, inquit, iustificationem per peccatorum veniam fuisse collatam, firmam tenete concordiam et paribus animis Mediatoris dona laudate, cuius munere collatum nobis est, ut in hanc gratiam haberemus introitum; et eos, quos iustitia reos tenebat, quia reos nos non natura fecerat, sed voluntas, libertati reddidit et eripuit ultioni praestititque, ut, qui sperabamus aeterna supplicia, modo gloriemur in spe gloriae Dei.
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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