To Florus 3.152
It is therefore clear that we do not deny the benefit of Christ’s grace to infants. What controversy remains, then, for which the advocate of inherited sin accuses us of error? That we do not agree that Adam’s nature was made good but everyone else’s evil? I freely acknowledge that we not only refuse to agree but attack this with all our strength. Put aside, then, those childishly twisted nets of your inventions and the popular bogeys through which you whispered that we deny Christ’s grace to the cradle. Let us contend over the central issue of the dispute. Following the order I promised, now that I have defended our views, let us weigh yours and those of Mani, whom you pretended to oppose.
Latin
Ecce ergo planum est nos Christi gratiam utilem parvulis non negare. Quid igitur controversiae remansit, propter quod nos Traducianus erroris insimulat, videlicet quia non annuimus Adae quidem bonam, sed omnium hominum malam factam esse naturam? Hoc sane non solum nos non annuere, verum etiam et summis viribus impugnare profiteor. Remotis igitur illis figmentorum tuorum distortis pueriliter retibus et vulgaribus maniis, quibus susurrabas nos Christi gratiam negare cunabulis, super hoc congrediamur, in quo est summa certaminis. Eo igitur ordine, quem promisi, quia iam nostra defendi, Manichaei, cui te adversari simulabas, et vestra sensa pensemus.