To Florus 2.90
—if, I say, the first man’s wickedness inflicted all this on God’s image, Christ’s grace is plainly very weak in its gifts, since it has found nothing to remedy so many massive evils. Or if it has found a remedy, state it. Let us now compare each point individually. If Adam overturned the institutions of nature itself, beyond the acts of his will, Christ should above all have repaired what Adam had shattered, following the very tracks along which Adam had destroyed it.
Latin
Si haec, inquam, cuncta in Dei imaginem primi hominis invexit iniquitas, manifestum est nimis esse imbecillam Christi gratiam in suis muneri bus, quae nihil, quod his tot trabalibus malis mederetur, invenit; aut si invenit, affirma. Singula enim nunc singulis conferamus. Si Adam praeter voluntatis opera ipsius naturae instituta subvertit, nihil debuit magis Christus quam ea, quae ab illo fuerant elisa, reparare his videlicet vestigiis, quibus ille subruerat.
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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