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Works Augustine of Hippo (354-430) Contra Faustum Manichaeum Contra Faustum Manichaeum libri triginta tres
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Faustus dixit: Quare non accipis vetus testamentum? Si apostolis licuit sub eodem natis ab eo discedere, mihi quare non liceat, in quo natus non sum, non usurpare? p.307,21 Omnes quippe gentiles nascimur, non Iudaei, non denique Christiani. Sed alios ad se ex eadem gentilitate testamentum vetus adducit facitque Iudaeos, alios novum et initiat christianos, tamquam si duae arbores, dulcis et amara, radicibus suis unius terrae in se vim transferant mutandam qualitatibus suis. Apostolis ergo in dulcem transeuntibus ex amaro, quam demens ero ego, si in amarum convertar ex dulci?

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