Julian accusation and quotation
Against Julian 5.16.66
Augustine reports Julian applied to him the apostolic condemnation of heretics ‘forbidding marriage’ (1 Timothy 4:3), alleging that his position was: ‘After Christ’s coming, marriages are shameful.’
A human being is sufficient to lay down laws for his inborn impulses.
Latin
Apostolica sententia, qua notat haereticos prohibentes nubere [n142] , etiam me - asseris - tangi
Post adventum Christi turpia esse coniugia
hominem sufficere ingenitis sibi motibus dare leges
About this text
Earlier four-book work to Turbantius, surviving as excerpts arranged by Augustine’s witness. Latin source text is on each section when recovered.
English follows Julian’s words as Augustine excerpts them in Against Julian. This is not a recovered complete To Turbantius.
Witnesses
- Copy-text Augustine, Against Julian (Latin · Excerpts arranged by Augustine’s books)
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