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Concupiscence

The pull toward sin that lingers in fallen human nature — but is it itself a sin?

Concupiscence is the disordered desire or inclination to sin that remains in fallen human nature, a theme developed especially by Augustine. The traditions differ over its status after baptism: Catholic teaching holds that concupiscence remaining in the baptized is not itself sin, though it inclines toward sin, while much Protestant teaching regards this remaining disorder as truly sinful. The disagreement bears on how each tradition understands grace and ongoing struggle.

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  1. James
    Jerusalem · 62
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  2. Romans
    Corinth · 67
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  3. The Instructions of Commodianus.
    · 220
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  4. The Letters
    Caesarea (Cappadocia) · 379
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  5. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
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  6. Homilies on First Corinthians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
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  7. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Paul's Epistle to the Romans
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
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  8. The Commentary and Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Galatians and Ephesians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
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  9. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
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  10. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Timothy, Titus, and Philemon
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
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  11. A Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
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  12. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Epistle to the Hebrews
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
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  13. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. John
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
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  14. Homilies on Second Corinthians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
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  15. The Letters of St. Jerome
    Bethlehem · 420
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  16. On Marriage and Concupiscence
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  17. The Confessions
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  18. City of God
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  19. A Treatise Against Two Letters of the Pelagians
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  20. Expositions on the Book of Psalms
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  21. A Treatise on Nature and Grace
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  22. On Continence
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  23. Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  24. A Treatise on the Merits and Forgiveness of Sins, and on the Baptism of Infants
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  25. Letters of St. Augustin
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  26. On Christian Doctrine
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  27. The Twelve Books on the Institutes of the Cœnobia, and the Remedies for the Eight Principal Faults
    Marseille · 435
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  28. The Conferences of John Cassian. Part I. Containing Conferences I-X
    Marseille · 435
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  29. The Conferences of John Cassian. Part III. Containing Conferences XVIII.-XXIV
    Marseille · 435
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  30. The Book of Pastoral Rule, and Selected Epistles, of Gregory the Great
    Rome · 604
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  31. Treatise on the Sacraments (qq[60]-90)
    Paris · 1274
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  32. Treatise on the Incarnation (qq[1]-59)
    Paris · 1274
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  33. Internal Consolation
    Zwolle · 1471
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  34. Discussion: Second Part
    Wittenberg · 1546
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  35. Book Second. of the Knowledge of God the Redeemer, in Christ, as First Manifested to the Fathers, Under the Law, and Thereafter to Us Under the Gospel
    Geneva · 1564
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  36. Book Third. the Mode of Obtaining the Grace of Christ. the Benefits It Confers, and the Effects Resulting from It
    Geneva · 1564
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  37. The great christian doctrine of original sin defended
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
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  38. Seventeen Occasional Sermons
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
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  39. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections, in Three Parts
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
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  40. a careful and strict inquiry into the prevailing notions of the freedom of will
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
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