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Against Julian 4.9.54

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In the fact that the first human beings, ashamed after their sin, covered the organs where desire is present, he found a way to persuade people that God had established marriages made of air.

That without which nature does not exist is not natural.

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In hoc quod post peccatum primi homines erubescentes membra illa, in quibus est libido, texerunt, invenisse me unde persuaderem, Deum aeria constituisse coniugia

naturale non esse sine quo natura non est