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He used the term "concupiscence" to refer to sinful lust. [6] He taught that Adam's sin [ a ] is transmitted by concupiscence, or "hurtful desire", [ 7 ] [ 8 ] resulting in humanity becoming a massa damnÄta (mass of perdition, condemned crowd), with much enfeebled, though not destroyed, freedom of will. [ 9 ]
on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. The World English Bible translates the passage as: 27 "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall not commit adultery;' 28 but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.
The concepts of the sins involved were in part based on Greco-Roman and Biblical antecedents. Later, the concept of seven deadly sins evolved further, based upon historical context based upon the Latin language of the Roman Catholic Church, though with a significant influence from the Greek language and associated religious traditions.
The biblical story of Onan (Genesis 38) is traditionally linked to referring to masturbation and condemnation thereof. [6] A number of scholars have pointed out that the sexual act described by this story is coitus interruptus , not masturbation.
Lust is an intense desire for something. [1] [2] Lust can take any form such as the lust for sexuality (see libido), money, or power.It can take such mundane forms as the lust for food (see gluttony) as distinct from the need for food or lust for redolence, when one is lusting for a particular smell that brings back memories.
According to biblical scholars, this is merely an aetiological myth to theologically justify a pre-existing place name; [7] a number of biblical scholars have proposed that the graves (kibroth) in the name kibroth-hattaavah actually refers to a stone circle or cairns, [8] or to recently discovered Chalcolithic (~fourth Millennium BC) megalithic ...
The Catholic Church disapproves of lust: "Sexual pleasure is morally disordered when sought for itself, isolated from its procreative and unitive purposes". [ 44 ] The biblical quote "But I say to you, everyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.", [ 95 ] is considered as proof that the sins ...
The term derives from carnal, meaning "of the flesh", and the Biblical usage of the verb know/knew, a euphemism for sexual conduct.. One examples of this usage is in the first part of the Bible, the Book of Genesis, which describes how Adam and Eve conceived their first child: