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Maladies of the Soul

Maladies of the Soul. The Fathers on Evil Thoughts. MASI Study Days 2009 2009 Andriy Chirovsky. 7 Deadly Sins.

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Maladies of the Soul

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  1. Maladies of the Soul The Fathers on Evil Thoughts MASI Study Days 2009 2009 Andriy Chirovsky

  2. 7 Deadly Sins • CCC 1866:Vices can be classified according to the virtues they oppose, or also be linked to the capital sins which Christian experience has distinguished, following St. John Cassian and St. Gregory the Great. They are called "capital" because they engender other sins, other vices. [Cf. St. Gregory the Great, Moralia in Job, 31, 45: PL 76, 621A. ] • 1They are pride, avarice, envy, wrath, lust, gluttony, and sloth or acedia.

  3. 7 Deadly Sins CCC 1866: They are • Pride • Avarice • Envy • Wrath • Lust • Gluttony • Sloth or acedia.

  4. Hieronymus Bosch 15c

  5. Where did this list come from? • Evagrius Ponticus (late 4th cent.) • St. John Cassian ( his disciple) • St. Gregory the Great (late 6th cent.) • Medieval and later permutations

  6. Evagrius, Praktikos #6 “There are 8 general and basic categories of thoughts in which are included every thought. First is that of gluttony, then impurity, avarice, sadness, anger, acedia, vainglory, and last of all, pride.”

  7. Evagrius, Praktikos #6 “It is not in our power to determine whether we are disturbed by these thoughts, but it is up to us to decide if they are to linger within us or not and whether or not they are to stir up our passions.”

  8. The 8 Logismoi (Thoughts) • Gluttony • Impurity • Avarice • Sadness • Anger • Acedia • Vainglory • Pride

  9. Gluttony Impurity Avarice Sadness Anger Acedia Vainglory Pride Pride Avarice Envy Wrath Lust Gluttony Sloth or acedia. Let’s compare lists Logismoi Deadly sins

  10. 5 Stages of the Battle with Thoughts • Assault -Suggestion (no guilt here) • Handling - Bargaining • Consent ( the beginning of sin) • Struggle (may precede consent) • Passion - captivity/obsession (Life-destroying)

  11. Dealing with Thoughts Nepsis - Be aware of what you are thinking St. Maximus the Confessor: “Thing, representation, passion -- all differ.” Centuries on Love 3:42

  12. Dealing with Thoughts Custody of the heart St. Gregory of Nyssa: Human beings have powers in the soul fashioned by God as instruments for them, but they have become dangerous to us because the mind has lost control over them. On the Making of Man 18; cf. On the Soul and Resurrection

  13. Dealing with Thoughts Notice them but let them go St. Isaac the Syrian: “What is human dispassion (apatheia)? It consists not in not feeling the passions, but in not welcoming them.” -Ascetical Homilies 81

  14. Dealing with Thoughts Don’t do it yourself. Live within the Tradition (Liturgy) Do not fall into the delusion of trying to save yourself.

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