Julian excerpts
Against Julian 5.4.16
Lust is just and should be publicly praised if, by refusing to obey him, it punished the person who did not obey God.
Nothing can be considered more praiseworthy if it avenged the injustice of the offense, vindicated the wrong done to God, and had so little partnership in sin that it assumed the office of avenger.
Latin
iustam - dicis - esse libidinem et laudis praeconio praedicandam, si eum qui Deo non oboedivit, non illi oboediendo punivit
Iniustum enim erat ut obtemperaretur a servo suo, hoc est a corpore suo, ei qui non obtemperaverat Domino suo
Quia nihil ea potest laudabilius aestimari, si iniquitatem ulta commissi est, si vindicavit iniuriam Dei, et quia ita consortium peccati non habuit, ut officium vindicantis assumeret
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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