augustines will
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- new will, former wilfulness
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- The internal faculty of choice within Augustine, depicted as being divided into an old, carnal will and a new, spiritual will, leading to significant internal conflict.
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- divided
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- formed_the_basis_ofChain of Sin (Augustine's)
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- Augustine's 'forward will' initiated a progression that led to lust, custom, and necessity, forming what he called a chain of sin.
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- For of a forward will, was a lust made; and a lust served, became custom; and custom not resisted, became necessity. By which links, as it were, joined together (whence I called it a chain) a hard bondage held me enthralled
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- 2026-03-02T21:55:46.534Z
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