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Seven Deadly Sins

Pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, sloth — the seven roots from which other sins grow

The Seven Deadly Sins are a catalogue of principal vices, traditionally pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, and sloth, regarded as roots from which other sins spring. The scheme grew from the desert monk Evagrius Ponticus, who listed eight tempting "thoughts," and was reshaped by Gregory the Great into the familiar sevenfold list. It became a lasting tool for examining conscience and teaching the spiritual life in the West.

How it traveled

  1. James
    Jerusalem · 62
    applies
  2. 1 Timothy
    Ephesus · 67
    applies
  3. The Instructions of Commodianus.
    · 220
    applies
  4. The Shows, or De Spectaculis.
    · 220
    applies
  5. On Patience.
    · 220
    explains
  6. On the Duties of the Clergy
    Milan · 397
    applies
  7. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  8. Homilies on First Corinthians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  9. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  10. The Commentary and Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Galatians and Ephesians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  11. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. John
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  12. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Timothy, Titus, and Philemon
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  13. A Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  14. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Paul's Epistle to the Romans
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  15. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Epistle to the Hebrews
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    applies
  16. The Homilies on the Statues to the People of Antioch
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  17. Homilies on Second Corinthians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  18. Jerome and Gennadius. Lives of Illustrious Men
    Bethlehem · 420
    explains
  19. City of God
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  20. The Confessions
    Hippo Regius · 430
    applies
  21. Expositions on the Book of Psalms
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  22. Letters of St. Augustin
    Hippo Regius · 430
    applies
  23. The Twelve Books on the Institutes of the Cœnobia, and the Remedies for the Eight Principal Faults
    Marseille · 435
    explains
  24. The Conferences of John Cassian. Part I. Containing Conferences I-X
    Marseille · 435
    explains
  25. The Book of Pastoral Rule, and Selected Epistles, of Gregory the Great
    Rome · 604
    explains
  26. Selected Epistles of Gregory the Great
    Rome · 604
    applies
  27. Treatise on the Angels (qq[50]-64)
    Paris · 1274
    applies
  28. Commentary on Galatians
    Wittenberg · 1546
    applies
  29. Seventeen Occasional Sermons
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
    explains
  30. Thoughts on the Revival of Religion in New England
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
    applies

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Homilies on Second Corinthians · John Chrysostom

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The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians · John Chrysostom

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The Twelve Books on the Institutes of the Cœnobia, and the Remedies for the Eight Principal Faults · John Cassian

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The Twelve Books on the Institutes of the Cœnobia, and the Remedies for the Eight Principal Faults · John Cassian

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The Twelve Books on the Institutes of the Cœnobia, and the Remedies for the Eight Principal Faults · John Cassian

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The Twelve Books on the Institutes of the Cœnobia, and the Remedies for the Eight Principal Faults · John Cassian

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The Twelve Books on the Institutes of the Cœnobia, and the Remedies for the Eight Principal Faults · John Cassian

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The Twelve Books on the Institutes of the Cœnobia, and the Remedies for the Eight Principal Faults · John Cassian

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The Twelve Books on the Institutes of the Cœnobia, and the Remedies for the Eight Principal Faults · John Cassian

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The Twelve Books on the Institutes of the Cœnobia, and the Remedies for the Eight Principal Faults · John Cassian

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The Twelve Books on the Institutes of the Cœnobia, and the Remedies for the Eight Principal Faults · John Cassian

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The Twelve Books on the Institutes of the Cœnobia, and the Remedies for the Eight Principal Faults · John Cassian

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Homilies on First Corinthians · John Chrysostom

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