All were believed to fatally affect the individual’s spiritual health. Then came the vices related to the flesh: sloth, then gluttony, avarice, and lust. It was followed by the ‘spiritual’ vices, envy and wrath. Pride, the most demonic sin from which sprung the rest, came first. The sins were Superbia, Avaritia, Luxuria, Ira, Gula, Invidia, and Acedia, now generally understood as Pride, Avarice (or Covetousness), Lust, Wrath (Anger), Gluttony, Envy, and Sloth (Laziness). The motif of the Seven Deadly Sins was extremely popular in the late medieval period, featuring in everything from literature, hymns, sermons, and manuals to wall paintings, manuscripts, and morality plays. ![]() ![]() Reblogged from Introducing Medieval Christianity. The Seven Deadly Sins and Their Antidotes
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