To Florus 6.32
But let us examine the whole context of the passage. ‘If Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead,’ he says, ‘how do some among you say there is no resurrection of the dead? If there is no resurrection of the dead, Christ has not risen either. If Christ has not risen, our preaching is empty and your faith is empty. We are also found false witnesses about God, because we testified against God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise. For if the dead do not rise, Christ has not risen either. If Christ has not risen, your faith is vain, because you are still in your sins. Those who fell asleep in Christ have therefore perished too. If we hope in Christ only in this life, we are more pitiable than all people.
‘But now Christ has risen from the dead, the firstfruits of those who sleep (1 Corinthians 15:20). Since death came through a human being, resurrection of the dead also comes through a human being. For as all die in Adam, so all will be made alive in Christ. But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, then those who belong to Christ, at his coming; then the end’ (1 Corinthians 15:12–24).
Latin
Verum totum contextum loci ipsius ventilemus. Si - inquit - Christus praedicatur quia ex mortuis resurrexit, quomodo quidam dicunt in vobis quia resurrectio mortuorum non est? Si autem resurrectio mortuorum non est, nec Christus resurrexit; si autem Christus non resurrexit, inanis est praedicatio nostra, et vacua est fides vestra; invenimur etiam falsi testes Dei, quia testimonium diximus adversus Deum, quod suscitaverit Christum, quem non suscitavit. Si enim mortui non resurgunt, nec Christus resurrexit; si autem Christus non resurrexit, vana est fides vestra, quia adhuc estis in peccatis vestris; et qui dormierunt ergo in Christo, perierunt. Si in hac vita in Christo speramus tantum, miserabiliores sumus omnibus hominibus. Nunc autem Christus ex mortuis resurrexit primitiae dormientium, quoniam quidem per hominem mors, et per hominem resurrectio mortuorum. Sicut enim in Adam omnes moriuntur, ita et in Christo omnes vivificabuntur. Unusquisque autem in suo ordine; primitiae Christus, deinde hi qui sunt Christi, qui in adventu eius; deinde finis [n205] .
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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