To Turbantius — fragments in Against Julian · §3.3.8 · Julian of Eclanum

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Against Julian 3.3.8

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The grace of baptism need not be changed according to the circumstances, since it distributes its own gifts according to the capacity of those who come to it. So Christ, who is the redeemer of his own work, continually increases his gifts to his image with generous kindness. Those whom he made good by creating them, he makes better by renewing and adopting them.

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gratiam Baptismatis

non pro causis esse mutandam, quod ipsa dona sua pro accidentium capacitate dispensat. Ideoque Christus qui est sui operis redemptor, auget - inquis - circa imaginem suam continua largitate beneficia; et quos fecerat condendo bonos, facit innovando adoptandoque meliores