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What should I accuse first here: the liar’s shamelessness, the debater’s appetite, or the irreverence of believing such perverse things? Yet I understand that we should use the prophet’s words: ‘We are blessed, Israel, because we know what pleases God’ (Baruch 4:4).

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Quid igitur hic primum accusem, impudentiam mentientis, libidinem disputantis an profanitatem tam prava credentis? Nobis tamen intellego utendum Prophetae esse verbis: Beati sumus, Israel, quoniam quae Deo placent, nobis nota sunt [n254] .

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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.

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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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