“The Pelagianizing Romanist says, Lust, or concupiscence, brings forth sin, therefore it cannot be sin, because the mother cannot be the child. We reply, Concupiscence brings forth sin, therefore it must be sin, because child and mother must have the same nature. The grand sophism of Pelagianism is the assumption that sin is confined to acts, that guilty acts can be the product of innocent condition, that the effect can be sinful, yet the cause free from sin--that the unclean can be brought forth from the clean.” SinLutheranismLutheranOrthodox LutheranismConcupiscence Author:Charles Porterfield Krauth
“The smoke from her cigarette passed beneath the nostrils of the brown and white girls, and their space-annihilating concupiscence seemed centered on mentholated smoke along.” SmokeSmokingCigaretteConcupiscenceNostrils Book:The Sirens of Titan Source: The Sirens of Titan
“[I]t is not by being richer or more powerful that a man becomes better; one is a matter of fortune, the other of virtue. Nor should she deem herself other than venal who weds a rich man rather than a poor, and desires more things in her husband than himself. Assuredly, whomsoever this concupiscence leads into marriage deserves payment rather than affection.” LoveWomenSinMarriagePovertyPowerVirtueHonestyHonorIntegrityDignityShameFortuneGreedAffectionRichesMaterialismPaymentProstitutionMatrimonyMarried LifeVicePossessionsWedlockWivesConcupiscenceVenality Book:The Letters of Abélard and Héloïse Source: The Letters of Abélard and Héloïse