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7 DEADLY SINS
Mrs. Thomas
Senior English
10 December 2010
Anglo-Saxon vs. Medieval
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Anglo- Saxon-English culture- druids
taught
 Fighting
culture
 Social hierarchy based on tribal warfare
 Religion based off many pagan gods
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Medieval- Teachers use Bible, Roman
Catholic church determines curriculum
 Culture-Social
mores – they are more religious
and believe in one God
 Life is a journey- man is a pilgrim
7 Deadly sins
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Cardinal sins
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Also known as capital vices
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2 categories
 VENIAL-
minor sins (forgiven in sacrament)
 CAPITAL- mortal sins, when committed,
destroy the life of grace and threaten eternal
damnation unless absolved or forgiven
through confession and penitance
European
artists
depicted 7
deadly sins as
a popular
theme.
Hieronymus
Bosch’s The
Seven Deadly
Sins and the
Four Last
Things.
SALIGIA a mnemonic to ingrain
them in Christian culture and
consciousness
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Based on the first letters in Latin of the
seven deadly sins: Superbia, Avaritia,
Luxuria, Invidia, Gula, Ira, Acedia.
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Now in your notes: guess what the 7
deadly sins are!
SALIGIA Answers
Superbia- pride
 Avaritia-greed
 Luxuria-lust (at first was extravagance)
 Invidia-envy
 Gula-gluttony
 Ira-wrath or anger
 Acedia-sloth (lazy)
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Corresponding Holy Virtues
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To parallel the sins they oppose, there are
seven holy virtues. Guess what they are.
Holy Virtues
Chastity- like abstinence
 Charity- giving
 Temperance-moderate in eating
 Diligence- working hard
 Patience or forgiveness
 Kindness-admiration
 Humility- modest
 Now guess which sin is their opposite.
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Sin and Virtue
Pride- humility
 Envy-kindness
 Wrath-patience or
forgiveness
 Sloth-diligence
 Greed- charity
 Gluttony-temperance
 Lust- chastity
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Bible vs.Dante’s Inferno
The Bible does NOT refer to 7 deadly sins, but
Dante’s Divine Comedy, Purgatorio, is the best
source.
By categorizing the sins, it helped priests to
figure out how to get people to repent and how
to punish them so they wouldn’t go to hell.
Dante had specific punishments for each sin.
Gluttony
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Derived from Latin to
gulp down or swallow
Over-indulgence and
over-consumption of
anything to the point
of waste
 Dante’s hell- they had
to eat rats/toads/
snakes.
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Gluttony
Depends on culture- where food is scarce and is
a status symbol, taking pride in having a lot is a
vice. Where food is plentiful- not having selfcontrol is the vice. Which are we?
 Early Church leader said it was:
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Eating too soon
Too expensively
Too much
Too eagerly
Too daintily- Prioress
Greed
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Avarice
Sin of excess like gluttony,
only this isn’t food, it’s
wealth.
Includes disloyalty, deliberate
betrayal, treason for Personal
Gain.
Hoarding materials or
objects, robbery, especially
by means of violence or
trickery.
Simony- where one profits
form solicitng goods within
the actual confines of a
church
Dante- bound face down on
board for thinking earthly
thoughts
SLOTH
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Has considerably changed since its beginning.
Used to be sadness, or depression, joylessness- a
refusal to enjoy the goodness of God and the
world he created.
Spiritual apathy
Changed to discontent, “uneasiness of the mind”
Failure to love God with all your heart
TODAY IT STANDS FOR LAZINESS, UNWILLINGESS
TO ACT OR CARE, rather than a failure to love
God, so now it is not such a serious sin.
Sloth-
Dante’s
Purgatorio
made
slothful
penitents
(sinners)
RUN at
TOP
SPEED
We even make fun of slothful people
Envy
Like GREED, envy
has Insatiable desire,
but greed is for
material goods, and
envy is more
general.
 They covet
something someone
else has, or
something they think
they lack
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Envious Glance
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Dante’s hell has
the envious
having their
eyes sewn shut
with wire
because they
have gained
sinful pleasure
from seeing
others brought
low
Green with envy
Early church leader Thomas Aquinas described
envy as “sorrow for another’s good”. The color
green is associated with this sin.
WRATH or Anger
Uncontrolled feelings of
hatred
 Do EVIL or HARM to
others
 Desire to seek revenge
outside of the workings of
the justice system
 Vengeance: murder,
assault, and genocide
 Only sin not necessarily
associated with
selfishness or self interest
 Dante’s hell has sinners
dismembered while still
ALIVE!
 Batman exemplifies this
because he acts out of
vengeance.
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Lust
Obsessive thought or
desires of a sexual
nature.
 Dante- “excessive
love of others”,
penitence is to walk
through the flames to
purge oneself from
lustful thoughts
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Marilyn Monroe- sexy
woman of the 60’s
Love and Lust
Love and lust are two
different things
 A Genuine, selfless love
represents the highest
degree of development
while lust is an excessive
desire for sexual release.
The other person is just a
“means to an end” for the
fulfillment of the subject’s
desires.
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The worst one
This is the sin that is depicted as the trunk
of the sin tree because most other sins
come from it.
 It is the MOST DEADLY of all the sins.
 In the BIBLE, this was the downfall of
LUCIFER- it caused his fall from heaven.
 WHAT IS IT?
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PRIDE
Pride can be the downfall of the young, old, or
even cartoon characters. It is sometimes
referred to as VANITY. Dante’s hell: had to walk
with stone slabs bearing down on back to
induce humility.
Demons Associated with Sins
Asmodeus: Lust
 Beelzebub: Gluttony
 Mammon: Greed
 Belphegor: Sloth
 Satan: Wrath
 Leviathan: Envy
 Lucifer: Pride
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Bible-Proverbs 6:16 “These six things
doth the lord hate: yea, seven are an
abomination unto him”:
A proud look
 A lying tongue
 Hands that shed innocent blood
 Heart that deviseth wicked imaginations
 Feet that be swift in running to mischief
 A false witness that speaketh lies
 He that soweth discord among brethern
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Biblical list vs. 7 Deadly Sins list
While there are 7 of these sins, they differ from
the 7 deadly sins of the Roman Catholic Church
in Medieval times.
 Only PRIDE is clearly listed on both!
 As stated before no where in Bible are the 7
deadly sins stated, although you can kind of
connect the sins to the seven deadly ones.
“Hands that kill”- Wrath, but that connection is
not necessarily biblical.
 Bible makes it clear in the New Testament that it
only takes one sin, which is an act of disobeying
God’s law, to separate man from a perfect God,
placing him in need of salvation.
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Gilligan’s Island
Which character represents which deadly sin?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Gilligan
Skipper
Ginger
Maryann
Professor
Mr. Howell
Mrs. Howell
Answers
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Gilligan-Sloth
Skipper- Gluttony
Ginger-Lust
Maryann-Envy
Professor-Pride
Mr. Howell-Greed
Mrs. HowellWrath
Narnia and the Seven Deadly Sins
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Seven Narnian tales by C.S. Lewis in his
Chronicles of Narnia
Edmund- glutony-sin of excessively using
things, normally associated with appetite.
 Jadis, the White Witch tempts him with a
warm drink and Turkish Delight, his
favorite candy.
 He is like Eve, tempted by evil by which
he betrays those he loves.
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Narnia continued
Jill fails because of SLOTH- not so much
laziness as just a reckless disregard and
wearing away of devotion.
 Aslan intervenes by means of a dream and
re-awakens her faithfulness.
 Lewis suggests that we can break the
chains of sloth; we too can regain a
spiritual vision.
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Prince Caspian
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Luxury- Luxuria or Lust-which suggests
sexual immorality or unchecked physical
passion. However, there can be a LUST
for THINGS in general. More like the sin
of a Profiteer- like King Miraz, Caspian’s
uncle. This is more like Luxury which
children can understand better than lust.
Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Greed- Eustace is egocentric and totally
selfish
 When he and his shipmates get
shipwrecked, he finds the dying dragon
and fills his pockets with diamonds. When
he can carry no more, he falls asleep upon
a pile of golden coins.
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Each tale will give a moral lesson
connected to the seven deadly sins.
Assignment
 Find
examples of a sin and of its
opposite virtue. Bring in the
pictures, but keep them clean for
school. Let us guess which
deadly sin it represents and which
virtue.