To Turbantius — fragments in Against Julian · §4-6-36

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Against Julian 4.6.36

[He has said], in a ridiculous contradiction, that some are guilty from a good act and others holy from an evil act.

“Unbelievers turn the good of marriage into evil and sin by using it without faith; in the same way, believers’ marriages turn the evil of desire to a righteous use.”

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