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7 DEADLY SINS

7 DEADLY SINS. Mrs. Thomas Senior English 10 December 2010. Anglo-Saxon vs. Medieval. Anglo- Saxon-English culture- druids taught Fighting culture Social hierarchy based on tribal warfare Religion based off many pagan gods

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7 DEADLY SINS

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  1. 7 DEADLY SINS Mrs. Thomas Senior English 10 December 2010

  2. Anglo-Saxon vs. Medieval • Anglo- Saxon-English culture- druids taught • Fighting culture • Social hierarchy based on tribal warfare • Religion based off many pagan gods • 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

  3. 7 Deadly sins • Cardinal sins • Also known as capital vices • 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

  4. European artists depicted 7 deadly sins as a popular theme. Hieronymus Bosch’sThe Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things.

  5. SALIGIA a mnemonic to ingrain them in Christian culture and consciousness • Based on the first letters in Latin of the seven deadly sins: Superbia, Avaritia, Luxuria, Invidia, Gula, Ira, Acedia. • Now in your notes: guess what the 7 deadly sins are!

  6. SALIGIA Answers • Superbia- pride • Avaritia-greed • Luxuria-lust (at first was extravagance) • Invidia-envy • Gula-gluttony • Ira-wrath or anger • Acedia-sloth (lazy)

  7. Corresponding Holy Virtues • To parallel the sins they oppose, there are seven holy virtues. Guess what they are.

  8. 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.

  9. Sin and Virtue • Pride- humility • Envy-kindness • Wrath-patience or forgiveness • Sloth-diligence • Greed- charity • Gluttony-temperance • Lust- chastity

  10. 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.

  11. Gluttony • 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.

  12. 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 self-control is the vice. Which are we? • Early Church leader said it was: • Eating too soon • Too expensively • Too much • Too eagerly • Too daintily- Prioress

  13. Greed • 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

  14. SLOTH • 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.

  15. Sloth- Dante’s Purgatorio made slothful penitents (sinners) RUN at TOP SPEED

  16. We even make fun of slothful people

  17. 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

  18. Envious Glance • Dante’s hell has the envious having their eyes sewn shut with wire because they have gained sinful pleasure from seeing others brought low

  19. Green with envy Early church leader Thomas Aquinas described envy as “sorrow for another’s good”. The color green is associated with this sin.

  20. 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.

  21. 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 Marilyn Monroe- sexy woman of the 60’s

  22. 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.

  23. 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?

  24. PRIDE

  25. 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.

  26. Demons Associated with Sins • Asmodeus: Lust • Beelzebub: Gluttony • Mammon: Greed • Belphegor: Sloth • Satan: Wrath • Leviathan: Envy • Lucifer: Pride

  27. 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

  28. 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.

  29. Gilligan’s IslandWhich character represents which deadly sin? • Gilligan • Skipper • Ginger • Maryann • Professor • Mr. Howell • Mrs. Howell

  30. Answers • Gilligan-Sloth • Skipper- Gluttony • Ginger-Lust • Maryann-Envy • Professor-Pride • Mr. Howell-Greed • Mrs. Howell-Wrath

  31. Narnia and the Seven Deadly Sins • 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.

  32. 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.

  33. Prince Caspian • 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.

  34. 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. • Each tale will give a moral lesson connected to the seven deadly sins.

  35. 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.

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