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