To Florus 6.13
What, then, has been established? One of two alternatives is necessary. Either you acknowledge that Adam was made with a good substance, that his nature was not destroyed by a voluntary quality, and you abandon natural sin; or, if you insist as before that he is the cause of natural evils, you must pronounce him too to be of an utterly evil substance and to belong to your god—that is, yours and Mani’s.
Latin
Quid igitur confectum est? Unum esse necessarium de duobus, ut aut confitearis Adam factum bonae esse substantiae, nec naturam eius voluntaria qualitate destructam, et deseras naturale peccatum; aut si illum, ut hactenus opinatus es, naturalium malorum causam esse contenderis, et ipsum pessimae substantiae, atque ad Deum vestrum, id est, tuum et Manichaei, pertinere pronunties.
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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