To Florus · §3.110 · Julian of Eclanum

To Florus 3.110

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To illuminate this clear matter with a few examples: a person is as free to choose sacrilege as to refuse it; as free to choose the murder of a parent as to refuse it; as free to choose adultery as to refuse it; as able to give truthful testimony as false; as free to obey God’s command as the devil’s persuasion.

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Et ut res absoluta paucis illuminetur exemplis, ut tam liberum sit homini sacrilegium facere velle quam nolle, tam liberum sit parricidium velle perpetrare quam nolle, tam liberum sit adulterium committere velle quam nolle, tam possibile sit verum testimonium perhibere quam falsum, tam liberum Deo oboedire imperanti quam diabolo persuadenti.