They affirm that “the Lord Christ was touched by no stain of sin, as far as his infancy is concerned.” (2…

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They affirm that “the Lord Christ was touched by no stain of sin, as far as his infancy is concerned.” (2 Corinthians 5:21) (1 Peter 2:22)

Augustine reports their explanation as follows: Christ’s flesh was entirely free from the contamination of sin because he shared the nature found in all infants, rather than because of a distinctive excellence and a unique grace.

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Julian of Eclanum (c. 386–c. 455) was bishop of Eclanum in southern Italy until 418, when he was deposed and exiled for refusing to condemn Pelagius. The most learned Pelagian controversialist, he pursued Augustine across a decade of pamphlet war.

None of Julian's works survives directly; what remains is preserved in the long quotations of Augustine, who answered him book by book. Reconstructed from those hostile pages, Julian emerges as a formidable defender of free will, marriage, and the goodness of creation.

EditionAgainst Two Letters of the Pelagians II–IV

Surviving material from the bishops’ letter as Augustine quotes it in Against Two Letters of the Pelagians II–IV. Not a recovered complete letter.

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Fragments Augustine, Against Two Letters of the Pelagians II – IV (Latin · Collective letter)

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