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Concupiscence is an ardent longing, typically one that is sensual. [1] In Christianity, concupiscence is the tendency of humans to sin. [2] [3] There are nine occurrences of concupiscence in the Douay-Rheims Bible [4] and three occurrences in the King James Bible. [5]
Gatal: When translated from Malay, the word has the meaning of "itchy" in English. The word however means "on purpose" or indicate female concupiscence 5) Lansi: a profanity describing individuals with an arrogant attitude. 6) Sepet: someone who has slit and narrow eyes and often used when describing the eyes of the Chinese.
In Roman Catholic theology, the meaning of the word "concupiscence" is 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.
According to the Catholic Church, sin is an "utterance, deed, or desire," [1] caused by concupiscence, [2] that offends God, reason, truth, and conscience. [3] The church believes sin is the greatest evil and has the worst consequences for the sinner ( original sin and damnation ), the world (human misery and environmental destruction), and the ...
Akoman is also close to Varun/Varan "lust" or "concupiscence," together with whom (so Denkard 3.33) was created. In the Epistles of Zadspram (14.8), Akoman is first among the demons who try to injure Zoroaster before and at his birth. He was however "easily defeated by his own weapon of deceit being turned against him.
In theology, angelism is a pejorative for arguments that human beings are essentially angelic, and therefore sin-less in actual nature.The term is used as a criticism, to identify ideas which reject conceptions of human nature as being (to some degree) sinful and lustful:
Accordingly Augustine includes two things in the definition of sin; one, pertaining to the substance of a human act, and which is the matter, so to speak, of sin, when he says, word, deed, or desire; the other, pertaining to the nature of evil, and which is the form, as it were, of sin, when he says, contrary to the eternal law.
Therefore, concupiscence (nafs) is to be disciplined, while the heart must be blind to the opinions of others, as the spirit guards against pride. Sincerity, she says, is like water helping the tiny seeds of good works to grow, while hypocrisy is a cyclone that will sweep away the fields of one's labor.