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Against Julian 4.8.47

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Free will is denied if grace is praised; and, in turn, grace is denied if free will is praised.

When those books themselves begin to be examined, the ungodliness of those statements will be exposed and pierced.

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Negari liberum arbitrium, si gratia commendetur; et iterum negari gratiam, si liberum commendetur arbitrium

Ista - inquam - quaestio ubi de arbitrio voluntatis et Dei gratia disputatur, ita est ad discernendum, difficilis, ut quando defenditur liberum arbitrium, negari Dei gratia videatur; quando autem asseritur Dei gratia, liberum arbitrium putetur auferri, et cetera

negari liberum arbitrium, si gratia commendetur; et negari gratiam, si liberum commendetur arbitrium

videatur

putetur

Negari gratiam

ut negari gratia videatur

Negari arbitrium liberum, vel auferri

Ut putetur auferri

Cum libri ipsi ventilari coeperint, quod abs te illa sententiarum mearum et nudabitur et confodietur impietas