7 CARDINAL SINS vs 7 GOOD (HEAVENLY) VIRTUES

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 administrator, he is considered the founder of the medieval papacy, which exercised both secular and spiritual power. His epithet “the Great” reflects his status as a writer and a ruler. As the fourth and final of the traditional Latin Fathers of the Church, Gregory was the first exponent of a truly medieval, sacramental spirituality.

St. Thomas Aquinas’s Summa Theologica (written in the 13th century) and Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy (written in the 14th century) are among the famous works of medieval Italian thought on the seven deadly sins. In The Canterbury Tales (written in the 14th century), Geoffrey Chaucer ended the work with a discussion of the sins. Since the Middle Ages, the concept has inspired many other works of literature, art, music, and film.







 

7 Cardinal (deadly) Sins vs 7 Good (heavenly) Virtues:

The seven deadly sins can be thought of as dispositions toward sin and separation from God.


 

1) Pride in summary:

Pride is an excessive focus on oneself.
It claims full credit for one’s abilities and successes and resists dependence on God. It turns the self into the center.

Counter-virtue:  Humility is truthful self-understanding.
It recognizes one’s gifts and accomplishments but sees them as received from God. It responds with gratitude rather than self-glorification.

 

2) Greed in summary:

• Greed: An excessive desire for wealth, power, or personal gain.

• Effect: Selfish attachment that prioritizes possessions or status over God and others.

• Counter-virtue: Charity — self-giving love that seeks the good of others and places trust in God rather than material gain.

3) Lust in summary:

• Lust: Disordered sexual desire separated from love and moral order. 
  

• Possible effects: Can lead to mortal sin (e.g., adultery) or venial sin depending on knowledge and consent.

• Counter-virtue: Chastity — the proper and respectful ordering of sexuality according to God’s design.

4) Envy in summary:

• Envy: Resentment at another’s blessings, coupled with a desire to possess or even destroy them.

• Effect: Breeds rivalry, bitterness, and division.

• Counter-virtue: Gratitude, supported by kindness, which enables us to rejoice in the good of others rather than resent it.

5) Gluttony in summary:

• Gluttony: Excessive indulgence in food or drink.

• Effect: Weakens self-control and may lead to further moral harm.

• Counter-virtue: Temperance — moderation and balance in the enjoyment of bodily pleasures.

6) Wrath in summary:

• Wrath: Disordered anger marked by hatred and a desire for vengeance.

• Effect: Leads to harm, division, and further sin.

• Counter-virtue: Patience — enduring wrongs with self-control, forgiveness, and trust in God’s justice.
  
  
  
  

7) Sloth in summary:

• Sloth: A culpable neglect of physical or spiritual effort.

• Acedia: A form of spiritual sloth marked by discouragement or indifference toward the things of God.

• Effect: Leads to apathy and neglect of moral and spiritual responsibilities.

• Counter-virtue: Diligence — faithful, persevering effort in fulfilling one’s duties and pursuing holiness.
  
  
  
  
  
  Original Sin (Biblical) :
  
   

Adam and Eve, in the Judeo-Christian and Islamic traditions, the original human couple, parents of the human race.

 

In the Bible, there are two accounts of their creation. According to the Priestly (P) history of the 5th or 6th century bce (Genesis 1:1–2:4), God on the sixth day of Creation created all the living creatures and, “in his own image,” made both “male and female.” God then blessed the couple, told them to be “fruitful and multiply,” and gave them dominion over all other living things. According to the lengthier Yahwist (J) narrative of the 10th century bce (Genesis 2:5–7, 2:15–4:1, 4:25), God, or Yahweh, created Adam at a time when the earth was still void, forming him from the earth’s dust and breathing “into his nostrils the breath of life.” God then gave Adam the primeval Garden of Eden to tend, but, on penalty of death, commanded him not to eat the fruit of the “tree of knowledge of good and evil.” Subsequently, so that Adam would not be alone, God created other animals, but, finding these insufficient, put Adam to sleep, took from him a rib, and created a new companion, Eve. The two were persons of innocence until Eve yielded to the temptations of the evil serpent, and Adam joined her in eating the forbidden fruit, whereupon they both recognised their nakedness and donned fig leaves as garments. Immediately God recognised their transgression and proclaimed their punishments—for the woman, pain in childbirth and subordination to man and, for the man, relegation to an accursed ground with which he must toil and sweat for his subsistence.

Original Sin - 2001 Movie starring Angelina Jolie and Antonio Banderas.








This Hollywood movie is an erotic romantic thriller.

Original Sin :

On This Day, July 11, 2001, 24 Years Ago: American erotic romantic thriller Original Sin was released. Starring Antonio Banderas and Angelina Jolie. It is based on the novel Waltz into Darkness by Cornell Woolrich. Luis (Antonio Banderas) and Julia (Angelina Jolie) are bound together first by matrimony, and then by fierce love and desire. For Luis, the loneliness that led to love becomes a passion which transcends reason and defies convention, as he and Julia engage in a dangerous dance that takes them across the landscape of Cuba, into obsession, eroticism... and perhaps even murder.
 

 

Original Sin, a movie with scandal, surprises, and a whole lotta love (I mean the physical kind), has Antonio Banderas as a wealthy Mexican coffee plantation owner who orders a mail order bride (weird to have this in 1900) played by Angelina Jolie. They get married, seem to start falling in love, but then the film turns into a twisting film. These twists give some great scenes of power for Banderas and Jolie to work off of, plus an excellent amount of sex and nudity from Jolie and a good feeling for the movie throughout. Unfortunately, the film has some flaws, including an overused music score, overacting, scenes that make the film confusing, and an ending that had me a little disappointed, then really disappointed. Still, it's OK. Thomas Jane has some wicked fun playing a, uh, detective.



TRIVIA :

Director Michael Cristofer said in interviews and in his commentary for the movie that before the sex scene between Luis and Julia was filmed, Angelina Jolie told him that she would only film the scene if she was fully naked and without tapes or anything else to cover her up. Antonio Banderas also decided to do the scene fully naked after talking with them, and only Cristofer and a couple of other crew members were involved in filming it. However, this meant that a lot of footage filmed for the scene could not be used in the film because it was too graphic and explicit to show onscreen. Cristofer said he was unable to even include it in the NC-17 unrated version, which is why, in all versions of the film, the sex scene has very obvious cuts, which are covered with editing and fade-outs in between the shots. This was also where the rumour started about how Jolie and Banderas had real-life sex, which was said to have been another reason why the scene was cut down. Cristofer said he still had a copy of the original cut of the film, which, among other deleted scenes, also included the original uncut sex scene.


 

In past centuries and in modern times, the idea of sins (especially seven in number) has influenced or inspired various streams of religious and philosophical thought, fine art painting, and modern popular media such as literature, film, and television.



It is a human tendency to sin. The humanity was cursed by God for committing sin. The sin originated in the paradise when they ate the forbidden fruit.  

 

The Mallu (Malayali /Keralite) poet Vayalar Rama Varma wrote -

 "Thettu, thettu ithu thudangiyathenno, evideyo 
Yahovayude shilpa shalayilo, aden thottathilo".

(Sin, where does this originate? Is it in the Garden of Eden or in the creative workshop of Yahweh (God)?

 

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Disclaimer

The “Seven Cardinal Sins” referenced here are not related to the hierarchy of the Catholic Church, nor do they refer to Cardinals within the Church.

The term “cardinal” in this context means “fundamental” or “principal.” Traditionally, the Seven Cardinal (or Deadly) Sins are moral categories describing common human failings. Within Catholic tradition, these sins may be confessed to a priest in the Confession (Reconciliation) box, where spiritual guidance is offered and virtues are encouraged as a path toward repentance and forgiveness.