SE7EN CAPITAL SINS
The 7 deadly sins are a collection of seven major actions and attitudes of the Catholic religion that are believed to be wicked and will encourage a person to indulge in further immoral activities. The Catholic Church defines sin as any act that people voluntarily choose to do that hurts God or other persons.
While the 7 deadly sins are not all the actions that are classified as wicked, they are regarded as the deadliest and ones that create the gateway for a person to lead a sinful life.
The 7 deadly sins go by two different titles in Catholicism. They are also known as the 7 cardinal sins or the 7 capital sins.
The 7 deadly sins are generally regarded as going hand-in-hand with the notion of Catholic guilt. Catholic guilt is regarded to be the overwhelming guilty sentiments that Catholics experience concerning how they conduct life.
Catholicism regards guilt as a sort of repentance, therefore the list of sins helps
Catholics recognize when they've sinned and, in turn, when to be contrite for it.
History of the 7 Sins
While the notion of sin generally conjures thoughts of modern-day Catholicism, the concept of sin stretches back to the Greco-Roman days before Christianity came up. Many ancient Greek thinkers, including Aristotle, highlight acts that were either deemed virtues or vices. Aristotle even went as far as suggesting that there existed a balance between virtue and vice termed the Golden Mean.
The 7 deadly sins may be dated well before the founding of the Roman Catholic Church.
In the fourth century, a Christian monk called Ponticus produced a list of 8 ideas regarding what he perceived to be bad acts and attitudes. He shared such views with other monks of the time.
Later, Pope Gregory, I re-wrote Ponticus' opinions and dubbed them moral or grave sins. Gregory felt that any individual who performed the deeds or ideas would suffer the loss of their soul.
In the 13th century, the theologian Thomas Aquinas amended the sins by bringing back ''sloth'' and eliminating ''sadness''. Aquinas' list has stayed essentially the same for centuries.
