Xxxx’s “robust conscience Sample Clauses

Xxxx’s “robust conscience. In consideration of the tangible emphasis on covet- ing especially in Romans, it seems less convincing to maintain that Xxxx was simply a man of “a rather robust conscience,” not being in accord with the so-called “in- trospection” of Western Christianity ever since Xxxxxxxxx and in particular Lu- ther.49 On the contrary, the apostle appears to be conscientious at least vis-à-vis the unconditional demand of the divine law. He thoroughly knows his total inadequacy as a consequence of the commandment prohibiting concupiscence in every form. To be sure, the heart-rending or heart-breaking description in Romans 7 does not spring from the soul of “a rather robust” person. It is serious, not in the least theat- rical.50 Neither, for example, does the great, magnificent hymn of love (the oppo- 46 See Xxxxx, Xxxx and Judaism, 90–91, 126–27. 47 The verb πράσσειν appears only sometimes. See Xxxxxxx, ‘‘Role,” 55 n. 25. 48 First and foremost, Xxxxxxx, Role, 50.