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Random Info of the Week #1: Seven Deadly Sins |
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I am hardly religious person, but I do find this very interesting.
The Internet Says..
* Lust (Latin, luxuria) (fornication, perversion)
Obsessive, unlawful, or unnatural sexual desire, such as desiring sex with a person outside marriage or engaging in unnatural sexual appetites, or depraved thought and unwholesome morality. (Dante's criterion was "excessive love of others," thereby detracting from the love due to God). Associated with the cow and the colour blue.
* Gluttony (Latin, gula) (waste, overindulgence)
Thoughtlessness and waste of everything, especially food, drink, or intoxicants. Marked by overindulgence, misplaced sensuality and depriving of others ("excessive love of pleasure" was Dante's rendering). Associated with pigs and the colour orange.
* Greed (Latin, avaritia) (covetousness, avarice)
A strong desire to gain more than one has need or use for, in money or power. Associated with the frog and the colour yellow.
* Sloth (Latin, acedia) (laziness, indifference)
Laziness; idleness and wastefulness of time allotted. Laziness is condemned because others must work harder to make up and you are abandoning the will of God. It, like gluttony, is a sin of waste, for it wastes time.
Sloth is a state of equilibrium: one does not produce much, but one does not need much either (in Dante's theology, sloth is the "failure to love God with all one's heart, all one's mind and all one's soul"; specific examples include laziness, cowardice, lack of imagination, complacency and irresponsibility). Associated with goats and the colour light blue.
* Wrath (Latin, ira) (anger, hatred)
Inappropriate (unrighteous) feelings of hatred, revenge, or even denial, as well as punitive desires outside of justice (Dante's description was "love of justice perverted to revenge and spite" wink ]. Associated with the bear and the colour red.
* Envy (Latin, invidia) (jealousy, malice)
Resentment of material or spiritual possessions of others. (Dante: "Love of one's own good perverted to a desire to deprive other men of theirs" wink . Associated with the dog and the colour green.
* Pride (Latin, superbia) (vanity, narcissism)
A desire to be important or attractive to others or excessive love of self (holding self out of proper position toward God or fellow man; Dante's definition was "love of self perverted to hatred and contempt for one's neighbour" wink . Associated with the horse and the colour violet.
Sin
Lust (undesired love)
Gluttony (overindulgence)
Greed (avarice)
Sloth (laziness)
Wrath (anger)
Envy (jealousy)
Pride (vanity)
Virtue
Chastity (purity)
Moderation (self-restraint)
Generosity (vigilance)
Zeal (integrity)
Meekness (composure)
Charity (giving)
Humility (humbleness)
Punishments
* Lust: Smothered in brimstone and fire
* Gluttony: Force-fed rats, toads and snakes
* Greed: Boiled in oil
* Sloth: Thrown into a snake pit
* Wrath: Dismembered alive
* Envy: Put in freezing water
* Pride: Broken on the wheel
 Putzfimmel · Fri Mar 10, 2006 @ 02:32am · 0 Comments |
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