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7 deadly sins trivia
« on: 2004-06-08 10:47:04 » |
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Copying from another mailing list:
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The deadly sins were first brought up by Evagrius of Pontus, a greek theologian (345-399). In order of increasing seriousness he included the following 8: Gluttony, Lust, Avarice, Sadness, Anger, Acedia, Vainglory, and Pride.
Pope Gregory later reduced the list to the 7 sins of Pride, Envy, Anger, Sadness, Greed, Gluttony, and Lust.
Sadness was replaced by Sloth in the 17th century.
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[rhinoceros]
Trying to read behind the changes, we notice that:
- Pride, Anger, Gluttony, and Lust remained unchanged.
- Acedia (=indifference, apathy) was the first mortal sin dropped.from the list. Perhaps Pope Gregory wanted to encourage the faithful to mind their own business.
- Avarice was replaced with Greed.
- Vainglory, which was mainly aimed at the accomplished, was replaced by Envy, which discouraged the less fortunate as well.
- Sadness was finally allowed in the 17th century, and was replaced with the deadly sin of Sloth. I am not sure if it included intellectual sloth though, which would bring Apathy back.
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