Augustine

Augustine: Sinfulness and Sexuality Augustine’s views on sin and sexuality were expressed in his writings, such as “The Confessions,” which later contributed in the birth of the Roman Catholic theory. As a young boy he was sexually active and he had a son when he was a teenager. Later on, he joined the Manichean sect, who believed that having children corrupted the world even more. These beliefs shaped his view that if a man …showed first 75 words of 223 total…

…showed last 75 words of 223 total…newborn was sinful because he was conceived through a sinful act. As a defender of marriage, Augustine was careful not to imply! that “a biological transfer of the parents sinfulness to the child” existed. The way Augustine viewed a woman was “a baby-making machine.” Augustine felt that marriage was good if the intention was to have children, but sinful and wrong if marriage is used to fulfill one’s desires and satisfy one’s lust.