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Concupiscence - Definition of Concupiscence at Dictionary.com a free online dictionary with pronunciation, synonyms, and translation of Concupiscence. Look it up now! ... Use concupiscence in a Sentence...
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Concupiscence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Modern definitions of Concupiscence : an ardent, usually sensuous, longing; a strong sexual desire; lust. In Christian theology, concupiscence is selfish human desire for an object, person, or exp...
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In its widest acceptation, concupiscence is any yearning of the soul for good; in its strict and specific acceptation, a desire of the lower appetite contrary to reason ... Nor have the inordinate desires (actual concupiscence) or the proneness to them (habitual concupiscence) the nature of sin; for sin, being the free...
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Conjugal chastity makes a good use of the evil of concupiscence in the procreation of children. My first treatise contained two books. The first of them found its way into the hands of Julianus the Pelagian, who wrote four books in opposition to it.
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The complete text of the treatise "On Marriage and Concupiscence" may be found on-line at the Christian Classics Ethereal Library. BOOK I, CHAP. 3 --CONJUGAL CHASTITY THE GIFT OF GOD.
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NEW version 6: Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows. Noun: concupiscence kón'kyoo-pi-sun(t)s ... Encyclopedia: Concupiscence ... concretely; concreteness; concretion; concretionary; concretise; concretism; concretistic; concretize; concubinage; concubine concupiscence; concupiscent; concupiscible;
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What will you try today in lessons learned from past mistakes? In legaleseing mumble jumble, the words escape your skewed attention. Something off by the shimmering corner of your eye...it's not the way it was when you ... Try to escape the tell-tale telling of tales..and all that entails... ... So when you venture even further,
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Concupiscence of the eyes is an unreasonable desire to see, hear, and know what is harmful to our virtue, inconsistent with our state in life, or detrimental to our higher duties. ... Concupiscence of the flesh is inordinate when sensual pleasure is desired as an end to itself apart from its divinely intended purpose:
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