Catholic Word of the Day: DEADLY SINS, 06-30-10

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DEADLY SINS

Another name for the seven capital sins. They may be called deadly because they are tendencies to those basic sins which, if deliberately and fully consented to, deprive a person of the supernatural life of God in the soul.

All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.

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Can you name them?

[DManA]

Every sin is grounds for death.

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[iowamark]

Hieronymus Bosch: "The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things" 1485.

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The 7 Capital Sins and their Contrary Virtues

Capital Sin	Definition	Contrary Virtue
Pride	Unrestrained appreciation of our own worth	Humility
Greed	Immoderate desire for earthly goods	Liberality
Lust	Hankering for impure pleasures	Chastity
Anger	Inordinate desire for revenge	Meekness
Gluttony	Unrestrained use of food and drink	Temperance
Envy	Sorrow over another's good fortune	Brotherly Love
Sloth	Laxity in keeping the Faith and the practice of virtue	Diligence

Note:
The 7 Capital Sins, also known as "The 7 Deadly Sins," are those sins that give rise to other sins. They were first enumerated by Pope St. Gregory the Great in "Moralia in Job."

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Deadly Sins

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Pedophilia?

[MaggieCarta]

Can you name them?

About a year or so ago, I saw a bar (maybe a restuarant) that had the faces of these 7 sins over the door on the front of their establishment. Kind of creeped me out...

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I bet it would be creepy to see them. But one of the seven deadly sins is gluttony — eating and drinking too much. LOL!

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I don’t think you are trying to bait me, so I will answer you.

I believe that would fall under greed — earthly pleasures, rather than seeking the kingdom of God.

[MaggieCarta]

Yep, gluttony was the first one you could see!

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Thank you for posting the picture, iowamark. I was reading Saint Thomas More’s “The Four Last Things” only last week...

[Mrs. Don-o]

Predominantly lust, I think.

I remember the names of the 7 Deadlies via the acronym PALE GAS:

Pride
Anger
Lust
Envy
Gluttony
Avarice
Sloth

[Salvation]

Good acronym to remember them by. LOL!

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along with the greed — lust — of course, for the wrong things.

But is lusting after a married woman the right thing?

According to this list, lust of any kind is not OK.....