To Turbantius — fragments in Against Julian · §3-24-55

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Against Julian 3.24.55

Through what is sin found in infants?

Parents who, through their union, supplied the cause of sin are rightly liable to condemnation. By their work they brought it about that the devil gained the power to rule over human beings.

The origin of those who are born comes from the devil, because the origin of sin, without which no human being is born, is said to come from the devil.

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