Julian quotations and scripture he cites
Against Julian 6.23.73
The apostle emphasizes the power of habit.
Through the good law and the holy commandment, the minds of the wicked had become more savage, because no instruction could instill virtue without their own willing participation.
The law is holy, and the commandment holy and just and good. Has what is good, then, become death for me? Certainly not! But sin, so that it might appear as sin, worked death in me through what is good, so that sin might become sinful beyond measure through the commandment. (Romans 7:12–13)
Latin
Exaggerat - inquis - Apostolus vim consuetudinis
Per legem - inquis - bonam et per mandatum sanctum pravorum animi ferocierant; quoniam sine voluntate propria nulla eruditio poterat inspirare virtutem
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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