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7 CARDINAL SINS vs 7 GOOD (HEAVENLY) VIRTUES Pope Gregory I The seven deadly sins according to the Catholic Church are Pride , Greed , Lust , Wrath , Envy , Gluttony and Sloth .  Lust, for example, could result in adultery, which is a mortal sin (also called a cardinal sin ). St. Gregory the Great (who reigned as pope from 590 to 604) enumerated the seven cardinal sins in his authoritative 6th-century text Moralia in Job . They were further elaborated in the 13th century by St. Thomas Aquinas . In 590, Pope Gregory I rewrote the list of sins, changing them to lust, avarice, sloth, envy, wrath, gluttony and pride; the revised virtues became chastity, temperance, charity, diligence, kindness, patience, and humility. St. Gregory the Great (born c. 540, Rome [Italy]—died March 12, 604, Rome; Western feast day, September 3 [formerly March 12, still observed in the East]) was the pope, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church, from 590 to 604. A reformer and an excellent administ...

“AS     I     LAY     DYING”     –     NOBEL LAUREATE     -     WILLIAM FAULKNER                     William Cuthbert Faulkner was an American writer and Nobel Prize laureate from Oxford, Mississippi . Faulkner wrote novels, short stories, a play, poetry, essays, and screenplays. He was the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1949. He also won two Pulitzer Prizes and twice the National Book Award for his works.   American writer William Faulkner was born in New Albany, Mississippi , in 1897.      William Faulkner was the poet-novelist of Mississippi. His novels " As I Lay Dying ," " The Sound and the Fury ," and " Light in August " all reflect the history and culture of the American South .   Faulkner created an impressive literary legacy and remains a revered writer of the rural American South, having expertl...