Thursday, February 23, 2012

Seven Deadly Sins

The Seven Deadly Sins is a classification of vices used in early Christian teachings.  The current version of the sins are wrath ( ira ; 暴怒), greed ( avaritia ; 貪婪), sloth (acedia ; 懶惰), pride (supervia ; 傲慢 ), lust ( luxuria ; 色欲 )  , envy ( invidia ; 妒忌 ) and gluttony ( gula ; 貪食).


Development of the traditional seven sins

Ponticus 1
Cassian 1b
Gregory I 2
Dante 3
Philokalia 4
RC Catechism 5
'gastimargia'  gluttony
'gula'  gluttony
gluttony
'gula'  gluttony
gluttony
'gula'  gluttony
'porneia'  prostitution, fornication
'fornication'  ust
lust
'luxuria' lechery / lust
prostitution, fornication
'luxuria' lust
'philargyria' avarice
'avaritia'   greed
greed
'avaritia' averice / greed
avarice
'avaritia' greed
'hyperephania'  hubris
'supervia'  pride
pride
'superbia'  pride
self-esteem
'superbia'  pride
'kenodoxia' boasting
'vangloria'  vainglory
boasting
'orge'  wrath
'ira'  wrath
wrath
'ira'  wrath
wrath
'ira'  wrath
'akedia'   acedia
'acedia'  sloth
acedia
'acedia'  acedia / sloth
dejection
'acedia'  sloth 
'lype'   sadness
'tristitia'  despair
envy
n.a.
n.a
envy
'invidia'  envy
'invidia'  envy
1.  Evagrius Ponticus 'Evagrius the Solitary', 345-399 AD, The Eight Logismoi.
1b.John Cassian, c 360-435 AD, Institutions
2.  Pope Gregory I 'Gregory the Great', c 540-604 AD.
3.  Dante degli Alighieri, 1265-1321, The Divine Comedy
4.  Nikodemos the Hagiorite, 1749-1809 & St. Makarios, 1731-1805, The Philokalia.
5.  Roman Catholic Catechism, 2nd Edition, 1997



The Book of Proverbs VI:16-19  list a considerably different vices :
“There are six things the LORD hates,
seven that are detestable to him:
haughty eyes,
a lying tongue,
hands that shed innocent blood,
a heart that devises wicked schemes,
feet that are quick to rush into evil,
a false witness who pours out lies
and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.”
 

The Epistle to the Galatians V:19-21, includes more sins :
“The acts of the flesh are obvious:
sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery;
idolatry and witchcraft;
hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy;
drunkenness, orgies, and the like.
I warn you, as I did before,

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