To Turbantius — fragments in Against Julian · §4.6.36 · Julian of Eclanum

Direct quotation

Against Julian 4.6.36

He has said, in a ridiculous contradiction, that some are guilty from a good act and others holy from an evil act.

“Unbelievers turn the good of marriage into evil and sin by using it without faith; in the same way, believers’ marriages turn the evil of desire to a righteous use.”

Latin source witness

Latin

Ridenda contrarietate me dixisse

alios reos ex bono, alios sanctos ex malo opere

nuptiarum bonum homines infideles infideliter utendo, in malum peccatumque convertere; eoque modo concupiscentiae malum convertere fidelium nuptias in usum iustitiae