@truthhasspoken concupiscence very much is a Catholic teaching. Douay-Rheims Bible has 9 occurrences and the Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches it.
Bottom line is the Bible is the truth of God. It says homosexuals will not inherit the kingdom of God, 1Cor 6:9. It will never be seen by God as acceptable. The believer in Christ knows this.
No Al - The Catholic Church doesn't teach at Trent or at any other time, that the apostles taught concupiscence is sin. No where in scripture, does scripture teach that the inclination to sin is sin. The Sin of Adam caused a loss of sanctifying grace for all of humanity and we inherit this condition, restored by baptism which is why scripture itself explicitly states "baptism now saves you" (1 Pet 3:21). And because we are born in this condition, that is why the apostles taught their descendants, and their descendants their descendants, that infants should be baptized. Baptism is how we are "born again," restored to that state of having sanctifying grace as Adam had. Here's what Trent states. "from a tradition of the apostles, even infants, who could not as yet commit any sin of themselves, are for this cause truly baptized for the remission of sins, that in them that may be cleansed away by regeneration, which they have contracted by generation. For, unless a man be born again of water and the Holy Ghost, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God." (First Decree) However, despite our being born again, the affects of Adam's sin remains. This includes the inclination to sin: Concupiscence. Our nature has been damaged by the sin of Adam. However, being inclined to sin, is not sin. Our desires are not in accord with our reasoning. We only sin if we act on our temptations. *We can and do resist temptation.* When we do so, we DO NOT sin. Scripture attests to this fact. St. Paul: “I see in my members another principle at war with the law of my mind, taking me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members” (7:23). And because of this he writes “I do not do the good I want, but I do the evil I do not want” (Rom 7:19). Jesus too remarked on concupiscence saying: “The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak” (Mt 26:41)
Thank you so much for posting this.
@truthhasspoken concupiscence very much is a Catholic teaching. Douay-Rheims Bible has 9 occurrences and the Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches it.
Bottom line is the Bible is the truth of God. It says homosexuals will not inherit the kingdom of God, 1Cor 6:9. It will never be seen by God as acceptable. The believer in Christ knows this.
No Al -
The Catholic Church doesn't teach at Trent or at any other time, that the apostles taught concupiscence is sin. No where in scripture, does scripture teach that the inclination to sin is sin.
The Sin of Adam caused a loss of sanctifying grace for all of humanity and we inherit this condition, restored by baptism which is why scripture itself explicitly states "baptism now saves you" (1 Pet 3:21). And because we are born in this condition, that is why the apostles taught their descendants, and their descendants their descendants, that infants should be baptized. Baptism is how we are "born again," restored to that state of having sanctifying grace as Adam had. Here's what Trent states.
"from a tradition of the apostles, even infants, who could not as yet commit any sin of themselves, are for this cause truly baptized for the remission of sins, that in them that may be cleansed away by regeneration, which they have contracted by generation. For, unless a man be born again of water and the Holy Ghost, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God." (First Decree)
However, despite our being born again, the affects of Adam's sin remains. This includes the inclination to sin: Concupiscence. Our nature has been damaged by the sin of Adam. However, being inclined to sin, is not sin. Our desires are not in accord with our reasoning. We only sin if we act on our temptations. *We can and do resist temptation.* When we do so, we DO NOT sin.
Scripture attests to this fact.
St. Paul: “I see in my members another principle at war with the law of my mind, taking me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members” (7:23).
And because of this he writes “I do not do the good I want, but I do the evil I do not want” (Rom 7:19).
Jesus too remarked on concupiscence saying: “The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak” (Mt 26:41)