Sophia Scriptura

Against Julian

Contra Iulianum

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  1. 5.46Augustine defends his view that Joseph and Mary had a true marriage without intercourse, since marriage has three goods, faith, offspring, and sacrament (no divorce), and says the end of intercourse is not a divorce.

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Author
Augustine of Hippo
Attribution
authentic
Standing
Honoured by the Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant traditions. Honoured as a saint or in a church calendar by: Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant.
Older English translation
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 4 (1887), "Acts or Disputation Against Fortunatus the Manichæan." (public domain, at CCEL; for comparison: our translation is made from the original first and checked against it afterwards)
Date
ca. 421-422 (approximate)
Written at
Hippo Regius, Africa Proconsularis (North Africa) (probable)
Language
Latin
Genre
treatise
Reference system
book.section (the section numbers of the Maurist edition as printed in Migne PL 44)
SBL abbreviation
C. Jul.Not yet checked
Clavis
CPL 351 (not yet checked)
Text from
J.-P. Migne, ed., Patrologiae cursus completus, series Latina, vol. 44 (Paris, 1865) (Printed edition (Migne) in the public domain; digital text CC BY-SA 4.0)