Augustine and the Functions of Concupiscence

Augustine and the Functions of Concupiscence......Page 4
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 12
Abbreviations......Page 14
1.1. The Task of the Study......Page 16
1.2. The Sources of the Study......Page 18
1.3. Lines of Research on Concupiscentia......Page 19
1.4. Methodological Considerations......Page 26
1.5. Outline of the Study......Page 28
2. The Language of Desire......Page 30
2.1. Roman Literature and Libido, Cupiditas, Concupisco......Page 34
2.1.1. Historical Writing......Page 35
2.1.2. Philosophical Writing......Page 38
2.2. Latin Christian Literature......Page 43
2.3.1. Some Lexical Remarks......Page 50
2.3.2. Augustine's Semantic Reflections......Page 52
2.3.3. Synonymy......Page 57
2.3.4. Textual Contexts......Page 62
2.4. Conclusion......Page 72
3. Paradise and Punishment......Page 74
3.1. Probing for the Connection between Divine Punishment and Concupiscentia......Page 78
3.2. Stabilizing Reciprocal Punishment......Page 92
3.2.1. Disobedience......Page 117
3.2.2. Justice......Page 119
3.2.3. Rhetorical Aesthetics of Punitive Concupiscence......Page 122
3.3. Defending Divine Punishment and Divine Justice......Page 124
3.3.1. Starting the Defence - nupt. et conc. and c. ep. Pel.......Page 128
3.3.2. An Escalating Conflict - c. Iul. and c. Iul. imp.......Page 133
3.4. Conclusion......Page 149
4. The Root and Matrix of Sin......Page 152
4.1. Cupiditas and Caritas - An Overview......Page 154
4.2. Cupiditas As the Root of All Sin......Page 165
4.3. Concupiscentia As the Matrix of Sin......Page 183
4.4. Conclusion......Page 206
5. Concupiscentia and Philosophical Traditions of Emotions......Page 208
5.1. Emotions, Libido and Anti-Manichaean Apology (388-396)......Page 215
5.2.1. Affective Confessions......Page 232
5.2.2. Contra Faustum......Page 238
5.2.3. De Trinitate......Page 243
5.3. Critical Reflections - De Ciuitate Dei and the Debate with Julian of Aeclanum (410-430)......Page 249
5.3.1. De Ciuitate Dei 9 and 14......Page 250
5.3.2. Critical Encounters with Philosophy, Emotions, and Christian Psychology in the Debate with Julian of Aeclanum......Page 263
5.4. Conclusion......Page 277
6.1. Introduction......Page 282
6.2. Disavowing Concupiscentia — Vague Beginnings......Page 284
6.3. Inuictissima Cupiditas — In Search of the Effects of Grace......Page 293
6.4. Relocating Concupiscentia — The First Phase of the Pelagian Debate......Page 308
6.5. Encountering Caricatures — The Second Phase of the Pelagian Debate......Page 322
6.5.1. Resistibility......Page 340
6.5.2. Interiority in Christian Life......Page 342
6.5.3. Real Effects of Baptism......Page 345
6.5.4. Romans 7......Page 349
6.6. Last Meanderings with Julian — Resistibility and Necessity......Page 355
6.6.1. Resistibility and the Real Effects of Baptism......Page 358
6.6.2. Romans 7......Page 359
6.6.3. Christ As a Model for Renewal......Page 364
6.7. Conclusion......Page 365
7. Conclusion......Page 368
1. Augustine......Page 376
2. Other Sources......Page 379
3. Translations......Page 386
Studies......Page 387
Index of Modern Authors......Page 404
Index of Subjects and Names......Page 408
Index of Ancient Sources......Page 417