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Concupiscence is a desire or will to do action. Antecedent concupiscence precedes an act of will without being willfully stimulated. Meaning before an action is carried out, there is a sudden desire to do this action.
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Concupiscence refers to the inclination to sin or the desire for worldly things, while sin of the word refers to sins committed through speech or communication. Concupiscence is an internal struggle, while sin of the word involves external actions and expressions.
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Concupiscence is a desire or will to do action. Antecedent concupiscence precedes an act of will without being willfully stimulated. Meaning before an action is carried out, there is a sudden desire to do this action.
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Concupiscence refers to the inclination or tendency towards sinful actions or thoughts that are contrary to reason and virtue. The principle of concupiscence stems from the belief in inherent human weakness and susceptibility to temptation as a result of original sin. It underscores the ongoing struggle between our lower desires and higher moral values.
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Concupiscence Concupiscence is a theology of the body term used by Pope John Paul II. Theology of the body defines concupiscence as follows: The "inclination to sin" that is present in all humans, inherited through the sin of Adam and Eve, and against which we must struggle to resist "By the grace of Jesus Christ" (CCC 1264)" Hope this helps :))
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The cast of Concupiscence - 1998 includes: Janka Soursza as Aphrodite Girl Szilvia Grizig Tibor Kapazs Anita Madarasz Laszlo Nagy as Dinner Guest Victoria Peter Regina Sipos
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Examples of antecedent concupiscence can include desires or temptations that lead a person to commit sinful acts, such as lustful thoughts, greed, or envy. This concept is often associated with the idea of original sin and the inclination towards sinful behavior that humans are believed to have inherited.
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Timo Nisula has written:
'Augustine and the functions of concupiscence' -- subject(s): Lust, Christianity
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To protect herself from men's eyes and to protect the men from concupiscence.
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The threefold concupiscence is a concept in Christian theology that refers to the three main categories of sinful desires: lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, and pride of life. These categories encompass the various ways in which humans can be led astray by their desires and stray from God's will. It is often associated with the teachings of St. Augustine and St. John the Apostle.
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Concupiscence is a term used in Christian theology to describe the inclination to sin that remains in human beings even after baptism. It is considered a consequence of original sin.
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The Bible says nothing about this; only listing it amongst other evil works of the flesh. From a dictionary you may find out what it means.
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: (Colossians 3.5)
For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience (Colossians 3.6)
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1. removal of all guilt of sin, original and personal;
2. removal of all punishment due to sin, temporal and eternal;
3. infusion of sanctifying grace along with the theological virtues of faith, hope, and charity, and the gifts of the Holy Spirit;
4. incorporation into Christ;
5. entrance into the Mystical body, which is the Catholic Church;
6. imprinting of the baptismal character, which enable s person to receive the other sacraments, to participate in the priesthood of Christ through the sacred liturgy, and to grow in the likeness of Christ through personal sanctification.
Baptism does not remove two effects of original sin, namely concupiscence and bodily mortality. However, it does enable a Christian to be sanctified by his struggle with concupiscence and gives him the title to rising in a glorified body on the last day.
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maybe. well I heard this story from my Mother who has been a nurse since qualifying in l943. she was shown an illustration in some sort of technical manual on abnormal biology by a DOCTOR. No Halloween or April fool joke, of a quadruped animal resembling a young horse- but maybe about the size of a dog with a humanoid head. It was said this resulted from unnatural Human-animal ( Concupiscence) or love-making. Mother was not allowed make a copy of the photo the whole thing had an eerie ( Top secret) atmosphere, it happened c.l943. I wish I had more info she knew I was interested in Freaks so told me this story.
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Yes, Our Blessed Lord loves everyone all the time, even when they have died and condemned themselves to hell for all eternity. The proof that Our Blessed Lord loves us is that He created each of us out of love, and He holds us in existence out of love. This is not the love of concupiscence with which most men love, it is the selfless love which wants the best for the other, the one loved. God loves us and wants the best for us, but He allows us free will, and allows us to choose eternity without Him if they is what we wish - otherwise known as hell.
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To ask such a question would be like asking if children cheat more because the school teachers tell them that is wrong to do so - there are some who will cheat and some who will not cheat. The Church sets standards, God's Standards, and teaches the means to maintain those standards, i.e. a life in communion with the Church.
However, since humans are subject to concupiscence and the wiles of life, they are also prone to sin, i.e. "try things they should not." God knows this and has set up the means, i.e. confession and "rules," to help mitigate and to resolve these issues. God, made man, knows this and understands human nature (Mt. 26:41) and pours out His Grace and strength upon those who call upon him.
God, threw His Church, is there to teach right from wrong and to give lessons...not to encourage wrong behavior...but, to correct it if it occurs - just like teachers.
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There are five internal senses: 1. The intuition (common sense) combines the forms it receives from the five external senses. 2. The imagination keeps these forms stored. 3. The sense of memory (imaginative power) combines and separates forms kept in the imagination. 4. The estimative power judges perceived salient or of interest (e.g., the sheep that apprehends the perceived wolf as something it should flee from). 5. The memory keeps these prerational estimations.
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In the King James version
the word - idolatry - appears 5 times
- 1 Sam 15:23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
- Act 17:16 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.
- 1 Cor 10:14 Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.
- Gal 5:20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
- Col 3:5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
Also mentioned are....
- the word - idol - appears 15 times
- the word - idol's - appears once
- the word - idolater - appears twice
- the word - idolaters - appears 5 times
- the word - idolatries - appears once
- the word - idolatrous - appears once
- the word - idols - appears 101 times
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It says that disobedience is the "reason" why "God's wrath is coming" on the earth.
"...in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: among whom also we all had our conversation [conduct] in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others." (Eph.2:2-3)
"Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience." (Eph.5:6)
"Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: for which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience." (Col.3:5-6)
[Col.3:5-6 NIV] "Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil, desires and greed, which is idolatry. Because of these, the wrath of God is coming."
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As Adam sinned and brought sin into the world, we all are born sinners.
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Catholic AnswerThink of it like something you inherit from your parents. Our parents were created with original holiness and justice which they lost through the first sin. They no longer had that original holiness and justice to pass on to their children, so their children were conceived "in original sin", in other words: lacking original holiness and justice.from The Catechism of the Catholic Church:
389 The doctrine of original sin is, so to speak, the "reverse side" of the Good News that jesus is the Savior of all men, that all need salvaiton, and that salvation is offered to all through Christ. The Church, which has the mind of Christ, (Cf. 1 Cor 2:16) knows very well that we cannot tamper with the revelation of original sin without undermining the mystery of Christ.
418 As a result of original sin, human nature is weakened in its powers; subject to ignorance, suffering, and the domination of death; and inclined to sin. (this inclination is called "concupiscence."
419 "We therefore hold, with the Council of Trent, that original sin is transmitted with human nature, 'by propagation, not by imitation' and that it is . . . 'proper to each'" (Paul VI, Solemn Profession of Faith: Credo of the People of God
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1Cor:6:18: Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
1Cor:7:2: Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
Col:3:5: Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
1Thes:4:3: For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
Jude:1:7: Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
Rv:2:14: But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.
Rv:2:20: Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.
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You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his manservant, or his maidservant, or his ox, or his ass, or anything that is your neighbor's.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church explains what this requires:
ARTICLE 9
THE NINTH COMMANDMENT You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his manservant, or his maidservant, or his ox, or his ass, or anything that is your neighbor's.299
Every one who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.300
2514 St. John distinguishes three kinds of covetousness or concupiscence: lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, and pride of life.301 In the Catholic catechetical tradition, the ninth commandment forbids carnal concupiscence; the tenth forbids coveting another's goods.
2515 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."302 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.303
2516 Because man is a composite being, spirit and body, there already exists a certain tension in him; a certain struggle of tendencies between "spirit" and "flesh" develops. But in fact this struggle belongs to the heritage of sin. It is a consequence of sin and at the same time a confirmation of it. It is part of the daily experience of the spiritual battle: For the Apostle it is not a matter of despising and condemning the body which with the spiritual soul constitutes man's nature and personal subjectivity. Rather, he is concerned with the morally good or bad works, or better, the permanent dispositions - virtues and vices - which are the fruit of submission (in the first case) or of resistance (in the second case) to the saving action of the Holy Spirit. For this reason the Apostle writes: "If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit."304
I. PURIFICATION OF THE HEART
2517 The heart is the seat of moral personality: "Out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, fornication. . . . "305 The struggle against carnal covetousness entails purifying the heart and practicing temperance: Remain simple and innocent, and you will be like little children who do not know the evil that destroys man's life.306
2518 The sixth beatitude proclaims, "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God."307 "Pure in heart" refers to those who have attuned their intellects and wills to the demands of God's holiness, chiefly in three areas: charity;308 chastity or sexual rectitude;309 love of truth and orthodoxy of faith.310 There is a connection between purity of heart, of body, and of faith: The faithful must believe the articles of the Creed "so that by believing they may obey God, by obeying may live well, by living well may purify their hearts, and with pure hearts may understand what they believe."311
2519 The "pure in heart" are promised that they will see God face to face and be like him.312 Purity of heart is the precondition of the vision of God. Even now it enables us to see according to God, to accept others as "neighbors"; it lets us perceive the human body - ours and our neighbor's - as a temple of the Holy Spirit, a manifestation of divine beauty.
II. THE BATTLE FOR PURITY
2520 Baptism confers on its recipient the grace of purification from all sins. But the baptized must continue to struggle against concupiscence of the flesh and disordered desires. With God's grace he will prevail
- by the virtue and gift of chastity, for chastity lets us love with upright and undivided heart;
- by purity of intention which consists in seeking the true end of man: with simplicity of vision, the baptized person seeks to find and to fulfill God's will in everything;313
- by purity of vision, external and internal; by discipline of feelings and imagination; by refusing all complicity in impure thoughts that incline us to turn aside from the path of God's commandments: "Appearance arouses yearning in fools";314
- by prayer: I thought that continence arose from one's own powers, which I did not recognize in myself. I was foolish enough not to know . . . that no one can be continent unless you grant it. For you would surely have granted it if my inner groaning had reached your ears and I with firm faith had cast my cares on you.315
2521 Purity requires modesty, an integral part of temperance. Modesty protects the intimate center of the person. It means refusing to unveil what should remain hidden. It is ordered to chastity to whose sensitivity it bears witness. It guides how one looks at others and behaves toward them in conformity with the dignity of persons and their solidarity.
2522 Modesty protects the mystery of persons and their love. It encourages patience and moderation in loving relationships; it requires that the conditions for the definitive giving and commitment of man and woman to one another be fulfilled. Modesty is decency. It inspires one's choice of clothing. It keeps silence or reserve where there is evident risk of unhealthy curiosity. It is discreet.
2523 There is a modesty of the feelings as well as of the body. It protests, for example, against the voyeuristic explorations of the human body in certain advertisements, or against the solicitations of certain media that go too far in the exhibition of intimate things. Modesty inspires a way of life which makes it possible to resist the allurements of fashion and the pressures of prevailing ideologies.
2524 The forms taken by modesty vary from one culture to another. Everywhere, however, modesty exists as an intuition of the spiritual dignity proper to man. It is born with the awakening consciousness of being a subject. Teaching modesty to children and adolescents means awakening in them respect for the human person.
2525 Christian purity requires a purification of the social climate. It requires of the communications media that their presentations show concern for respect and restraint. Purity of heart brings freedom from widespread eroticism and avoids entertainment inclined to voyeurism and illusion.
2526 So called moral permissivenessrests on an erroneous conception of human freedom; the necessary precondition for the development of true freedom is to let oneself be educated in the moral law. Those in charge of education can reasonably be expected to give young people instruction respectful of the truth, the qualities of the heart, and the moral and spiritual dignity of man.
2527 "The Good News of Christ continually renews the life and culture of fallen man; it combats and removes the error and evil which flow from the ever-present attraction of sin. It never ceases to purify and elevate the morality of peoples. It takes the spiritual qualities and endowments of every age and nation, and with supernatural riches it causes them to blossom, as it were, from within; it fortifies, completes, and restores them in Christ."316
IN BRIEF
2528 "Everyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart" (Mt5:28).
2529 The ninth commandment warns against lust or carnal concupiscence.
2530 The struggle against carnal lust involves purifying the heart and practicing temperance.
2531 Purity of heart will enable us to see God: it enables us even now to see things according to God.
2532 Purification of the heart demands prayer, the practice of chastity, purity of intention and of vision.
2533 Purity of heart requires the modesty which is patience, decency, and discretion. Modesty protects the intimate center of the person.
299 Ex 20:17.
300 Mt 5:28.
301 Cf. 1 Jn 2:16.
302 Cf. Gal 5:16,17,24; Eph 2:3.
303 Cf. Gen 3:11; Council of Trent: DS 1515.
304 John Paul II, DeV 55; cf. Gal 5:25.
305 Mt 15:19.
306 Pastor Hermae, Mandate 2,1:PG 2,916.
307 Mt 5:8.
308 Cf. 1 Tim 4:3-9; 2 Tim 2:22.
309 Cf. 1 Thess 4:7; Col 3:5; Eph4:19.
310 Cf. Titus 1:15; 1 Tim 1:3-4; 2 Tim 2:23-26.
311 St. Augustine, Defide et symbolo 10,25:PL 40,196.
312 Cf. 1 Cor 13:12; 1 Jn 3:2.
313 Cf. Rom 12:2; Col 1:10.
314 Wis 15:5.
315 St. Augustine, Conf. 6,11,20:PL 32,729-730.
316 GS 58 § 4.
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Yes, the Bible calls it fornication and says that anyone who does it (and doesn't repent, meaning QUIT doing it), will not go to Heaven. Here are some Bible verses about fornication (premarital sex): 1 Corinthians 6:13 Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body. 1 Corinthians 6:18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. Galatians 5:19-21 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. Ephesians 5:3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; Colossians 3:5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: 1 Thessalonians 4:3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: Jude 1:7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
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Human motivation is a subject for academia. The topic of human motivation is a full semester course in most colleges, and at that it only lightly covers the topic. Most of us spend our entire lives wondering what makes us do the things that we do, and even then few of us seem to ever understand.
Human motivation is the subect of novels, textbooks, films and jokes. Once you feel that you understand the subject, please feel free to write about it; most of us would like to understand.
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You may be referring to the cincture, a liturgical vestment worn encircling the body around or above the waist.
The cincture is a long, rope-like cord with tassled or knotted ends, tied around the waist outside the alb. The colour may be white, or may vary according to the colour of the liturgical season.
When the cincture is tied in the front and the ends draped on either side, it is called a Roman Knot. Besides its functional role in securing the alb and stole, the cincture bears a symbolic role, signifying chastity and purity.
The Vesting Prayer recited by the priest as he wears the cincture is as follows:
"Gird me, O Lord, with the cincture of purity, and quench in my heart the fire of concupiscence, that the virtue of continence and chastity may abide in me."
On the other hand, if you refer to that which the priest wears around the back of the neck, then you mean the stole, the vestment that marks recipients of Holy Orders.
The stole is a liturgical vestment consisting of a band of colored cloth about seven and a half to nine feet long and three to four inches wide, whose ends may be straight or may broaden out. The center of the stole is worn around the back of the neck and the two ends are on the front, parallel or crossed over the breast.
The corresponding Vesting Prayer would be:
"Lord, restore the stole of immortality, which I lost through the collusion of our first parents, and, unworthy as I am to approach Thy sacred mysteries, may I yet gain eternal joy."
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For many Catholics, there is genuine faith, such that they will always be loyal to the Church. For some Catholics, their faith offers comfort and hope. I listened to an older woman explain how, no matter what her doubts were, she needed to believe, because it was the hope that she would rejoin her husband in heaven that kept her going. In cases like this there is a willing suspension of disbelief.
As with all faiths, some Catholics begin to have doubts. They see the Church as a man-made institution and God as non-existent. In other cases, there is still belief, but the Church has been abandoned because it is seen as a harbour for paedophiles and corrupt clergy, with bishops providing cover for criminals.
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Catholic AnswerVery simple question with a very simple answer. Every human being ever born, saving four: Adam, Eve, Our Blessed Lord, Jesus Christ, and His mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary, are born into this world with Original Sin on their souls. The effects of Original Sin on the soul are manifold, and covered in the Catechism, but to be brief: there is a difficulty in knowing God, the harmony of the human person has been destroyed and invaded with evil. Man has lost the grace of original holiness, and is subject to concupiscence. Which all adds up to the world and everyone of us in it is held ruled by the power of the evil one - Satan. To overcome concupiscence, and to achieve right judgment is the work of a lifetime and is almost never accomplished in this life; further, it can only be overcome by Grace, which is given by God in the sacraments. The very few who do overcome it, with God's assistance, in this life, are called Saints, and honored by the Church as such. Bottom line, EVERYONE in the Church is a sinner. If you read the Bible, you will quickly find out that, in the Old Testament, God's people (the Israelites) constantly turned from God and sinned. Well, nothing has changed since then, except that God came into the world and gave us the sacraments in order for us to work out our salvation "with fear and trembling", however, we are all sinners as St. Paul points out, everyone of us, but we are not to judge others but to continue to get up each morning and be converted again to the Lord. Some Catholics make the heroic effort with God's help to continue to come back to him to the end of their lives. Most do not, and Our Blessed Lord predicted this two thousand years ago, please read the seventh chapter of St. Matthew's Gospel which covers judging others (Matthew 7:1-5) "Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.", and the narrow gate: (Matthew 7:13-14) "Enter by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is easy, that leads to destruction , and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard, that leads to life, and those who find it are few."1 answer
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The three temptations in the wilderness are not in Mark's Gospel, but came into the Gospels of Matthew and Luke from the hypothetical 'Q' document. Although using the same source document, the two authors recorded two of the temptations in different sequences. Matthew's Gospel says that the devil first tried to tempt Jesus to turn a stone into bread, then took Jesus up to the pinnacle of the Temple in Jerusalem, and then to a high mountain in order to tempt him. Luke's Gospel says that the devil tried to tempt Jesus to turn a stone into bread, then took Jesus up to a high mountain in order to tempt him, and then to the pinnacle of the Temple in Jerusalem. In both cases, Jesus did not the succumb to the temptation to turn stone into bread, and the devil had to try another temptation.
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The Bible has much to say about disobedience. We are to obey God, our parents, and if we do, He will bless us, but if we do not, we will bring upon oursleves the wrath of God.
Obeying GodDeuteronomy Chapter 1126Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse;
27A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day:
28And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.
Chapter 134Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.
1 Samuel 1214If ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the LORD your God:
15But if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand of the LORD be against you, as it was against your fathers.
Obeying ParentsExodus 20:12
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Ephesians Chapter 61Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
2Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise;
3That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
Colossians 320Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
Disobedience5Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:6For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:
God punishes all mankind for the disobedience of Adam and Eve.
Disobedient children must be put to death.
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from The Catechism of the Catholic Church, second edition, English translation 1994
405 Although it is proper to each individual, (Cf. Council of Trent: Denzinger-Schonmetzer, Enchiridion Symbolorum, definitionum de rebus fidei et morum (1965) 1514) original sin does not have the character of a personal fault in any of Adam's descendants. It is a deprivation of original holiness and justice, but human nature has not been totally corrupted: it is wounded in the natural powers proper to it; subject to ignorance, suffering, and the dominion of death; and inclined to sin-an inclination to evil that is called "concupiscence." Baptism, by imparting the life of Christ's grace, erases original sin and turns a man back toward God, but the consequences for nature, weakened and inclined to evil, persist in man and summon him to spiritual battle.
406 The Church's teaching on the transmission of original sin was articulated more precisely in the fifth century, especially under the impulse of St. Augustine's reflections against Pelagianism, and in the sixteenth century, in opposition to the Protestant Reformation. Pelagius held that man could, by the natural power of free will and without the necessary help of God's grace, lead a morally good life; he thus reduced the influence of Adam's fault to bad example. The first Protestant reformers, on the contrary, taught that original sin has radically perverted man and destroyed his freedom; they identified the sin inherited by each man with the tendency to evil (concupiscentia), which would be insurmountable. The Church pronounced on the meaning of the data of Revelation on original sin especial at the second Council of Orange (529) (Denzinger-Schonmetzer, Enchiridion Symbolorum, definitionum de rebus fidei et morum (1965) 371-372) and at the Council of Trent (1546). (Cf. Denzinger-Schonmetzer, Enchiridion Symbolorum, definitionum de rebus fidei et morum (1965) 1510-1516)
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The Apostolic Fathers and the Apologists mostly dealt with topics other than original sin. The doctrine of original sin was first developed in second-century Bishop of Lyon Irenaeus's struggle against Gnosticism. The Greek Fathers emphasized the cosmic dimension of the Fall, namely that since Adam human beings are born into a fallen world, but held fast to belief that man, though fallen, is free. It was in the West that precise definition of the doctrine arose. Augustine of Hippo taught that original sin was physically transmitted from parent to child through the concupiscence (roughly, lust) that accompanied sexual reproduction, weakening the will and making humanity a massa damnata (mass of perdition, condemned crowd). In Augustine's view (termed "Realism"), all of humanity was really present in Adam when he sinned, and therefore all have sinned. Original sin, according to Augustine, consists of the guilt of Adam which all human beings inherit. As sinners, human beings are utterly depraved in nature, lack the freedom to do good, and cannot respond to the will of God without divine grace.
As defined by Augustine, original sin is inherited. Not every Christian accepts that it is true. The concept of original sin was never accepted in the Greek-speaking east, and it has been largely abandoned by many of the Protestant Churches. Even in the Roman Catholic Church, whether it is an actual sin depends on the reality of the story of Adam and Eve, from whom we must inherit it. The Catholic Church is gradually moving away from a literal reading of the story of Adam and Eve as the first two, historical people on earth. Cardinal George Pell recently stated that the story of Adam and Eve is a myth, describing it as a religious story told for religious purposes.
It is too early to predict that the Catholic Church will soon officially abandon the doctrine of original sin, but if the story of Adam and Eve is only a myth, any grounds for believing that original sin is actually true are being undermined.
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Many people find it hard to follow the Catholic Church's teaching on contraception because it is based on the acceptance that all sexual intercourse must be within marriage and must be open to the possibility of a new life. In practice this means that the couple must be prepared to practice abstinence when the woman might be fertile and only have sexual intercourse when it is unlikely to produce a pregnancy, often towards the end of the woman's cycle. In today's world we are used to having whatever we want on demand and for many people the practice of abstinence is too much of a challenge, especially in a loving relationship. Some people claim that the Catholic church's recommendations are impossible to implement, but modern methods of natural family planning mean that most couples can plan with a great deal of accuracy and still follow the Catholic teaching. For Catholic couples who work together on natural family planning there is a great deal of blessing and affirmation for the relationship.
Roman Catholic AnswerPeople find it "hard" to follow the Church's teaching on contraception, or anything else for that matter because of sin. Original sin has darkened our minds, and we are subject to concupiscence. We tend to confuse pleasure with good, in addition, we tend to confuse our "wants" with God's desires. God made us a certain way, to spend a few years on earth to choose whether we want to live with Him for ever in eternal happiness, or whether we want to choose ourselves, and spent eternity in eternal separation from all that is good - living alone with ourselves. It is hard to follow the Church's teaching because we get confused as to why we are here, what are purpose is, how we were created, what we created for, and what is for our own good. Because we have darkened minds, and skewed wills, the only thing that we can trust is the Holy Catholic Church with Our Blessed Lord left on this earth to guide us. Everything in this life is hard, if you do it right. so say a prayer to God, ask for His light and strength, and then resolve to do His Will, not your own.1 answer
Note: Fornication means to have sex outside of marriage.
Rom:1:29: Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
1Cor:5:1: It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.
1Cor:6:13: Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
1Cor:6:18: Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
1Cor:7:2: Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
1Cor:10:8: Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
2Cor:12:21: And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.
Gal:5:19: Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Eph:5:3: But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
Col:3:5: Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
1Thes:4:3: For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
Jude:1:7: Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
1Cor:7:9: But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.---meaning either remain celibate or get married.
Heb:13:4: Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
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Martin Luther's understanding of salvation was very muddled, he did not believe that man could actually change. In Martin Luther's theology, man was smuggled into heaven (in his words) "like a pile of manure covered with snow". Martin Luther believed that Christ, through His suffering and death covered us with His precious blood and "hid" our sins. This is radically different from the Catholic understanding of salvation. In the Catholic view, baptism really and truly changes you. Even though your concupiscence remains from your previous fallen nature (your tendency to sin), nevertheless, you are really and truly washed clean in baptism, and with God's grace CAN lead a moral and upright life. You really are made a child of God in baptism and are called to live that way. You can, by not cooperating with the graces given you, fall back into your sinful ways, but you are called, through repentance and confession, to pick yourself back up - WITH GOD's Grace - and continue to carry your cross on this earth and follow Christ.
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Colossians and Ephesians are both letters written by the apostle Paul to Christian communities in the first century. They share similarities in themes and content, such as the exaltation of Christ, ethical instructions for Christian living, and the concept of unity in the body of believers. Scholars believe Ephesians may have been written as a circular letter to multiple churches, while Colossians was specifically addressed to the church in Colossae.
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Sins are thoughts, words, or deeds which are contrary to the Will of God. God made us, and he made us with an infinite desire. The only "infinite" in the world (or out of it) is God; anytime we try to choose something less than God, we sin as we are choosing an idol, we are making something that is not God into a god and thus sinning. One incomplete analogy might be: anytime you are trying to use a tool for something for which it was not created, like a knife for a screwdriver, or some such thing, you are distorting its purpose. That is similar: anytime you are trying to use your body, your mind, or your spirit, for something other than glorifying God, you are distorting your purpose, the reason for which you were created and brought into being.
from The Catechism of the Catholic Church, second edition, English translation 1994
II. The Definition of Sin
1849 Sin is an offense against reason, truth, and right conscience; it is a failure in genuine love for God and neighbor caused by a perverse attachment to certain goods. It wounds the nature of man and injures human solidarity. It has been defined as "an utterance, a deed, or a desire contrary to the eternal law." (St. Augustine, Contra Faustum 22: J.P. Migne, ed., Patrologia Latina {Paris: 1841-1855} 42, 418; St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae I-II, 71, 6)
1850 Sin is an offense against God: "Against you, you alone, have I sinned, and done that which is evil in your sight." (Psalm 51:4) Sin sets itself against God's love for us and turns our hearts away from it. Like the first sin, it is disobedience, a revolt against God through the will to become "like gods," (Genesis 3:5) knowing and determining good and evil. Sin is thus "love of oneself even to contempt of God." (St. Augustine, De civ. Dei 14, 28: J.P. Migne, ed., Patrologia Latina {Paris: 1841-1855} 41, 436) In this proud self-exaltation, sin is diametrically opposed to the obedience of Jesus, which achieves our salvation. (Cf. Phil 2:6-9)
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According to the Muslim religion Satan born with the person and the person cannot get-rid from it until death even in grave. so according to Muslim(religion ) theory Satan have many sons , daughters and other relationships.
sorry i don't know about other religion if you got that pl z let me know
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According to the Bible, angels [of whom Satan is one] are not "given in marriage." In other words, they cannot physically reproduce as man does:
"...'Ye do err, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the Power of God. For in the resurrection they [resurrected humans when Christ returns] neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but ARE AS THE ANGELS of God in heaven.'" (Matt.22:29-30)
However... due to Adam and Eve's decision to "worship another god" other than their Creator [Jesus Christ; the WORD -- John 1:1-3]... they "chose," instead, to become the slaves or servants of their master, Satan [the god they chose to worship and obey] when they "disobeyed" God's Commandments [or "sinned" which is disobedience to God's Laws - I John 3:4].
Consequently, all of humanity became the "spiritual children of Satan":
"For as by one man's [Adam's] disobedience [sin] many were made sinners [Satan's slaves... his children], so by the obedience of One [Christ] shall many be made Righteous [redeemed back from Satan, purchased with Christ's shed blood]." (Rom.5:19)
"Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world [according to Satan's disobedient, 'sinful,' ways], according to the prince of the power of the air [Satan], the spirit that now worketh IN THE CHILDREN OF DISOBEDIENCE." (Eph.2:2)
"...WALK IN LOVE, as CHRIST ALSO HATH LOVED US, and hath given Himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God... But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, LET IT NOT BE ONCE NAMED AMONG YOU, as becometh saints [God's redeemed servants]... for this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and of God. LET NO MAN DECEIVE YOU WITH VAIN WORDS: for BECAUSE OF THESE THINGS COMETH THE WRATH OF GOD UPON THE CHILDREN OF DISOBEDIENCE." (Eph.5:2-6)
Satan doesn't have a "son" -- he has the vast majority of all of the human race bound to him [created in the beginning in God's image, as His Children] as the "children of disobedience" [sinners]. He is mankind's present "wicked master" from whom Christ shall eventually redeem many: return them to "innocence"... offer them a "new birth" [a re-birth] and entry into His Father's Household; His coming Kingdom.
"Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your Life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, WHO IS OUR LIFE, SHALL APPEAR, then SHALL YE ALSO APPEAR WITH HIM in GLORY.
Mortify therefor your members [the physical pulls and appetites of the flesh] which are upon the earth, fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: FOR WHICH THINGS' SAKE THE WRATH OF GOD COMETH ON THE CHILDREN OF DISOBEDIENCE[God's wrath upon Satan's children]." (Colossians 3:2-6)
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No. Because, The Old Testament of the Holy Bible, states that sexual intercourse, before marriage, is a sin.
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Ex:20:14: Thou shalt not commit adultery.
1Cor:7:2: Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
Mt:5:32: But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
Mt:15:19: For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
Mt:19:9: And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
Mk:7:21: For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
Jn:8:41: Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
Acts:15:20: But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
Acts:15:29: That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
Acts:21:25: As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication.
Rom:1:29: Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
1Cor:5:1: It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.
1Cor:6:13: Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
1Cor:6:18: Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
1Cor:7:2: Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
1Cor:10:8: Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
2Cor:12:21: And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.
Gal:5:19: Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Eph:5:3: But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
Col:3:5: Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
1Thes:4:3: For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
Jude:1:7: Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
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so then they would have the freedom to divore not go to church to pray or have their sins forgiven also that the bible should be written in all languages not just latinalso the king should be the overall ruler of their country.
Roman Catholic AnswerBecause they wanted to interpret the Bible in their own way, not in the way It was meant to be. They wanted it to say that they were perfectly fine in their sins, Martin Luther say that we are all just dung-heaps covered with snow. That God's grace cannot really change us, we remain rotten, but we get into heaven because God sees His son's righteousness and inputes it to us. Martin Luther said that he could go out and fornicate all day and he would still go to heaven. Protestants wanted to change the Church because they did not want to change. Unfortunately, Calvin, Henry VIII, and Luther became popular with their sovereigns (in Henry's case, he was the sovereign) and so their new "religion" got forced on people.7 answers
Saint Augustine developed the concept of original sin, so there needs to be a way of removing that sin, or logic would say that no-one can ever go to heaven. People believe that by means of baptism, that sin is removed.
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purity == They lost what are called the "Preternatural gifts" as well as sanctifying grace, for they had been created in a state of union with God. These Preternatural gifts included immortality, impassibility (that is freedom from all sickness and injury as well as despotic control over the emotions), freedom from concupiscence (despotic control over the lower passions), incorruptible knowledge (they were given infused knowledge and could never reason improperly or forget), and lordship over the earth (obedience of all creation to their direction).
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Because, in the bible, Adam was paired with Eve, who was a woman. He was not paired with another Adam.
Roman Catholic AnswerYou must first look at whether you are talking about a homosexual orientation or a homosexual lifestyle. They are two different things. The Church has always taught that homosexual actsare sinful as this is the teaching that she has received from God and from the natural law.The Church has taught consistently that homosexual actsare gravely disordered, in other words, this is a sin. Homosexuals, in themselves, are just people, like everyone else, called to be perfect by Jesus Christ and His Church. The Church condemns most vehemently any unjust discrimination and offers them the sacraments, just as It does for everybody, in order to live a Christian life. So many things, in the present day, are celebrated as "rights" or "freedoms", for instance, the pro-choice movement. But all "pro-choice" has always been a sin, and the Church is teaching the same thing today that it did centuries ago, holding fast to the revelation given it by Jesus Christ, even when that is against the current culture. The Church has always stood against the current culture, even in ancient Rome when it was actually considered scandalous that the Christians didn't expose their babies (for death).
from The Catechism of the Catholic Church, second edition, English translation 1994
2357 Homosexuality refers to relations between men or between women who experience an exclusive or predominant sexual attraction toward persons of the same sex. It has taken a great variety of forms through the centuries and in different cultures. Its psychological genesis remains largely unexplained. Basing itself on Sacred Scripture, which presents homosexual acts as acts of grave depravity, (Cf. Gen. 19:1-29; Rom 1:24-27; 1 Cor 6:10; 1 Tim 1:10) tradition has always declared that "homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered." (Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Persona humana 8) they are contrary to the natural law. They close the sexual act to the gift of life. They do not proceed from a genuine affective and sexual complementarity. Under no circumstances can they be approved.
2358 The number of men and women who have deep-seated homosexual tendencies is not negligible. This inclination, which is objectively disordered, constitutes for most of them a trial. They must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity. Every sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided. These persons are called to fulfill God's will in their lives and, if they are Christians, to unite to the sacrifice of the Lord's Cross the difficulties they may encounter from their condition.
2359 Homosexual persons are called to chastity. By the virtues of self-mastery that teach them inner freedom, at times by the support of disinterested friendship, by prayer and sacramental grace, they can and should gradually and resolutely approach Christian perfection.
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As God is omnipotent Gods will must be everything.
The things that are God's will are the things He has specifically told us are His will. Anything else is just human opinion, which may well be right but it also may be wrong with possible dire consequences. It is also true that God has promised to lead His people in their daily lives, in order that they may do His will. Countless Christian believers know this as a regular reality. This daily leading, if it is true, will never contradict the clear word of God, since God will never contradict Himself.
Here are some of the many things we may be certain are God's will:
1 Peter 2:15 (King James Version)15For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:1 Timothy 2:4 (King James Version)4Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.1 Thessalonians 4:3-7 (King James Version)3For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:4That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;
5Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:
6That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
7For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
Matthew 28:18-20 (King James Version)18And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.19Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
20Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
John 6:40 (King James Version)40And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.Ephesians 5:17-21 (King James Version)17Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.18And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
19Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
20Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
21Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
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they had taught different things and it can also be different religion
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The ‘Dead Stars’ represent a presence that is unrecognized. It speaks of emotions and relationships that may exist but are not realized and lose their real meaning and significance.
In the story, the attraction between Alfredo and Julia is a forbidden and taboo phenomenon. They both felt is to be real but never accepted their mutual attraction nor confessed it. They wilted to the social expectations and did the morally ordained thing.
However, the truth remains that they never intently examined their sentiments and relationship. Therefore, when they reunite after eight years they do not have the same passion for each other.
Their emotions became a transient and fleeting occurrence, much like the stars that are left as relics of their old glory and shine. These stars are dormant and the fire within them is vanquished but they remain as obtrusive reminders of their tangible existence.
They are an illusion of something that might have been lively and thriving previously, evidence of their vital past. But now they are a mere illusion of something that cannot be revived.
Even the moral fortitude of Esperanza is symbolized in her devotion to her husband even after learning about his dalliance with Julia. She has a strong belief in the institution of marriage and loyalty and fulfils her commitment for the same even though she might not ever truly love Alfredo.
Dead Stars Setting
The story uses the third-person voice and is set in the early 1900s. The story is set in Don Julian’s and Judge Del Valle’s houses located in the Philippines. It foreshadows the social make-up and dominant views of the place at that time.
The society is male-dominated and represent the features of such a social setup. As the author is a female writer placed in a male-dominated age and World, the story became a precursor to the growth of Filipino English literature.
In a patriarchal society, man is the ultimate authority in defining norms, moral or otherwise. Women are secondary and precluded group when it comes to deciding the dominant idea and pervasive issues. But the woman is not just anti-man or inadequate-man; she is also what man can never be.
This necessitates the balance between the two and if this equilibrium is challenged by revolutionary or reformist zeal than it is often stifled and silenced. They both cannot exist unilaterally or autonomously and need mutual reaffirmation by each other.
Hence, women often become an afterthought in such male-dominated and chauvinistic times even though the subtle and inextricable inter-dependence of the male and female forms is always a function of a cohesive social system.
Dead Stars Moral Lesson
The story is infused with moral and intellectual approaches highlighting the values and morals in place in that age, culture and place. Historicism and the historical context of the story give it salience in terms of understanding the thoughts and subsequent actions of the characters like Alfredo, Julia, Esperanza etc.
It depicts a plethora of battles that a human being is involved depending on the circumstances and interactions with other human beings. Characters like Alfredo, Julia etc are fighting not just against the odds fate has put before them but also their circumstances, public and moral obligations.
To make matter worse they are also embroiled in a battle against their own emotions and understanding, a battle within themselves. They lack the certainty of thought, sentiments for each other and thus their actions (Lies, ridicule, insults etc) reflect their ambiguity and desperation.
Paz Marquez’s penmanship mirrors the dominant social views and established conventions of literature as well society. It expounds various human emotions (like affection, compassion, jealousy, concupiscence etc.) and relationships involvement (like betrothal, courtship, friendship, professional obligations etc.).
Thus, it creates a veritable knowledge base to contrast and compares the society of her age and place with the contemporary or any other age. It provides a lens to make meaning about the extant culture, customs, traditions etc.
Consequently, it reflects the malleability of such social mores, practices and customs with a corresponding change in time and even landscape. Both the leading women conform to the masculine dominant and their ideology. They remain loyal to the man in their lives, Alfredo.
Hence, they both never criticize or lament Alfredo’s lies and deceit but acquiesce to his manly exceptionalism. Alfredo. On the other hand, is portrayed as weak-willed, easily seducible, contorted with his changing emotions and vulnerable to irrational actions.
Eventually, he surrenders to the social expectations and does the moral good even though he ends up building a loveless home with Esperanza, his first love
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Abstinence The law of abstinence requires a Catholic 14 years of age until death to abstain from eating meat on Fridays in honor of the Passion of Jesus on Good Friday. Meat is considered to be the flesh and organs of mammals and fowl. Also forbidden are soups or gravies made from them. Salt and freshwater species of fish, amphibians, reptiles and shellfish are permitted, as are animal derived products such as margarine and gelatin which do not have any meat taste.
Another answer:Most people say No, but some say Yes.Lent is based on Christ's 40-day fast in the desert, representing the 40 years that the Hebrews wandered in the desert after leaving Egypt and before entering Israel.
The Catholic Church's abstinence laws consider that meat comes only from LAND animals such as chicken, cattle and pigs - all of which live on land. Birds are also considered meat; on these grounds, chicken is prohibited.
Fish are a different category of animal - sea animals - and therefore are permitted to be eaten during Lent.
According to a Q&A from the website catholic.com, the answer is Yes:
Q: Can you offer any biblical justification for the Catholic Church's former teaching that it's sinful to eat meat on Fridays?
A: Yes, but, if you recognize the fact that Christ's Church is divinely authorized to teach, sanctify, and govern, there should be no need to "prove" it with biblical examples. If you don't recognize that, consider the following biblical facts.
Jesus guaranteed that when his Church teaches it teaches with his authority and that anyone rejecting his Church's teachings rejects him (Luke 10:16). This authority extends to Church discipline as well as doctrine. When the Church imposes a discipline, its members are bound to obey it, unless they are dispensed for a proportionate reason.
This exercise of authority is seen in Acts 15, where the Church, in its first major council, bound all Christians to the discipline of abstaining from meat that had been sacrificed to idols or that had come from strangled animals (19-29). When the Church promulgated its teaching about abstaining from meat (Acts 15:28-29), no Christian was free to disregard the discipline without committing sin. But since Paul explained that meat in itself is not unclean and the eating of meat is not inherently sinful (Rom. 14:1-23, 1 Cor. 8:1-13, 10:23-32), a Christian who violated the apostolic teaching in Acts 15 sinned not because the eating of meat was wrong but because he disobeyed a commandment of the Church. When the Catholic Church imposes a discipline such as not eating meat on Fridays, the same principle holds.
Consider this parallel example. A mother tells her son not to eat the cookies she just baked because it's close to dinner time and eating the cookies will spoil his appetite. The son ignores his mother's wishes and, when she's not looking, sneaks a few cookies. His sin is not the eating of cookies (a morally neutral act in itself), but of disobedience.
Finally, we should mention why Friday abstinence was imposed. The Church recognizes that, since meat is a chief part of most meals served in most places, and since meat is usually the most valued or expensive part of a meal, abstinence from meat on Fridays is a good way for Christians to unite themselves more closely to the sufferings of their Lord (Rom. 8:16-17, 1 Pet. 2:21) by denying themselves something they enjoy. Abstinence from meat is a sacrifice which unites them in penance and strengthens the solidarity of the Church through mild suffering. It's also a good form of mortification, which disciplines the soul and strengthens its resistance to concupiscence. Paul practiced and recommended mortification: "I drive my body and train it, for fear that after having preached to others, I myself should be disqualified" (1 Cor. 9:27).
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