Fragments to Turbantius · §6.24.77 · Julian of Eclanum

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But if he was speaking about the transmission of sin by descent, nowhere would it have been more…

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But if he was speaking about the transmission of sin by descent, nowhere would it have been more appropriate for him to say, ‘Sin passed to all for this reason: because all were begotten through married people’s pleasure.’ He would have added, ‘It passes in this way: they flowed from the decaying flesh of the first man.’

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Sed - inquis - si de peccati traduce loquebatur, nusquam congruentius diceret: Ideo pertransiit peccatum, quia omnes sunt de coniugum voluptate generati; et adderet: In eo transit, in quo ex tabida primi hominis carne fluxerunt

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