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Sin for Its Own Sake? The Theft of the Pears and the Divine Image in Augustine’s Confessions - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

The complex recounting of the “theft of the pears” in Book 2 of his Confessions is often distilled into Augustine’s famous evaluation of the act: “I simply wanted to enjoy the theft for its own sake, and the sin” (nec […]