CONCUPISCEN

C

EIN

MO

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L ITY

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IN

THEO

LOG

Y,

The proneness

of sin in man’s

nature

due to the fall of

Adam and EveThe bodily

appetites or

tendencies

or simply

PASSIO

NS.

TWO T

YPES

OF CO

NCU

PISCEN

C

E

ANTECED

E

NT

When passions spring into actions

without any stimulation or influence by the will.

CONCU

PISCENCE

ACTS OF MAN, -

Therefore, they are amoral

CONSEQUEN

T

acts directly or indirectly stirred by the will.

CONCU

PISCENCE

the will approves ----

directly or indireclty, Therefore, the agent is

responsible for them

PRIN

CIPLE

S

ONCO

NCU

PISCEN

C

E

FIRST PRINCIPLE

Antecedent concupiscence lessens the voluntariness of

an act.“ ”

SECOND PRINCIPLE

Antecedent concupiscence does not destroy the

voluntariness of an act.“ ”

THIRD PRINCIPLE

Consequent concupiscence,however, great, does not

lessen the voluntariness of an act.“

”

HENCEFORTH,A N T E C E D E N T

C O N C U P I S C E N C E

The doer of the act is less responsible because voluntariness is lessened.

C O N S E Q U E N T C O N C U P I S C E N C E

The doer of the act is fully responsible because voluntariness is present.

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