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Augustine of Hippo and Martin Luther had absolutely foundational influences over the thought, practice, and development of Christian theology. Yet somehow the work of these two theological giants has produced out-of-balance perspectives within Protestantism on marriage, sexuality, and singleness—thanks to Augustine’s view of sexuality as shameful and Luther’s exaltation of marriage as the sure...

Although he refuses to equate concupiscentia carnis solely with lust, Augustine nonetheless largely uses the word in sexual contexts because he perceives sexual lust as inherently different from other desires of the flesh, for reasons he finds in the account of the original sin. Since everything for Augustine comes back to love, it follows that he believes the first sin of Adam and Eve was rooted in self-love. This self-love was demonstrated
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