CCC 2515
Life in Christ›SECTION TWO THE TEN COMMANDMENTS›CHAPTER TWO YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF›Article 9 THE NINTH COMMANDMENT
Etymologically, "concupiscence" can refer to any intense form of human desire. Christian theology has given it a particular meaning: the movement of the sensitive appetite contrary to the operation of the human reason. the apostle St. Paul identifies it with the rebellion of the "flesh" against the "spirit." Concupiscence stems from the disobedience of the first sin. It unsettles man's moral faculties and, without being in itself an offense, inclines man to commit sins.
Footnotes
- Cf. ⇒ Gal 5:16, ⇒ 17, ⇒ 24; ⇒ Eph 2:3.
- Cf. ⇒ Gen 3:11; Council of Trent: DS 1515.
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