Augustine reports that Julian argued that Christ’s flesh, born from Mary whose flesh descended from Adam…
Click or tap any sentence to jump there. The side buttons skip a paragraph.
Augustine reports that Julian argued that Christ’s flesh, born from Mary whose flesh descended from Adam like everyone else’s, cannot be distinguished from other human flesh in the interpretation of ‘the likeness of sinful flesh’ (Romans 8:3).Julian’s conclusion, as Augustine restates it, is that no flesh is sinful, so that Christ’s flesh will not be sinful either.
Christi caro, quia de Maria natus est, cuius virginis caro sicut ceterorum omnium ex Adam fuerat propagata, nihil distet a carne peccati, et sine ulla distinctione Apostolus dixisse credatur, eum fuisse missum in similitudine carnis peccati [n125]