To Florus 6.24
But why should hostility toward innocence arouse indignation against you, when the insolence and fury of your obscene mouth are not restrained even by reverence for divinity? You accuse infants, but God with them; you attack innocence, but also wrong fairness; you deny truth, but accuse the one you acknowledge as your god. Consequently, although we would not lack the help of reason, the transmission of sin would collapse more than sufficiently through its advocates’ deformity.
Latin
Sed cur tibi de inimicitiis innocentiae commoveatur invidia, cum petulantia et rabies oris obsceni nec divinitatis honore frenetur? Accusas enim parvulos, sed cum Deo; incessis innocentiam, sed cum aequitatis iniuria; inficiaris veritati, sed cum eius criminatione quem Deum tuum fateris. Ac per hoc, etsi non deficeremus rationis auxilio, abunde tamen tradux peccati assertorum suorum deformitate corrueret.
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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