[SkyPilot]

Actually, the “seven deadly sins” are a reduced version of the Eight Grievous Vices catalogued by St. John Cassian in a brief work of the same title in the late fourth or early fifth century. The one omitted by St. Gregory the Dialogist was self-esteem. They also have parallels in the Ladder of Divine Ascent by St. John Climacus, a monk of St. Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai, a contemporary of St. Gregory, who is honored by the Orthodox with commemoration on one of the Sundays of Great Lent.

You are better off sticking with the Bible. It is much more instructive.

[The_Reader_David]

You are better off sticking with the Bible. It is much more instructive.

Are you sure? Applying the Scriptures to circumstances of daily life requires spiritual discernment, which, alas, most of us lack. The lessons of the Scriptures seen through the experience of those holy monks whose lives are known and who showed spiritual discernment in their lives and writings are easier to digest and apply directly to our lives, particularly when we are beset with specific temptations. Don't shoot from the hip with a trite defense of the sufficiency of Scripture. If you really want to reply, peruse at least a little of The Ladder of Divine Ascent, sticking to St. John Climacus's writing, rather than the translators' introduction, before replying.