On Marriage and Concupiscence

by Augustine of Hippo

Book Overview

"I Addressed two books to the Illustrious Count Valerius, upon hearing that the Pelagians had brought sundry vague charges upon us--how, for instance, we condemned marriage by maintaining Original Sin. These books are entitled, On Marriage and Concupiscence. We maintain that marriage is good; and that it must not be supposed that the concupiscence of the flesh, or "the law in our members which wars against the law of mind," is a fault of marriage...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1643730584
• ISBN13: 9781643730585
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Lighthouse Publishing
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"