Where Did The Seven Deadly Sins Come From?

Question

Where Did The Seven Deadly Sins Originate From, And What Came First, The Seven Deadly Sins Or The Ten Commandments?

Answer 1

Mathew's Gospel, Chapter's 5-7 (The Bible)

Answer 2

Many people fear a list of seven sins that God supposedly will not forgive. This list is known as the “seven deadly sins.” Is the idea of “seven deadly sins” Biblical? Yes and no. Proverbs 6:16-19 declares: “There are six things the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to him: (1) haughty eyes, (2) a lying tongue, (3) hands that shed innocent blood, (4) a heart that devises wicked schemes, (5) feet that are quick to rush into evil, (6) a false witness who pours out lies, and (7) a man who stirs up dissension among brothers.” However, this list is not what most people understand as the “seven deadly sins.”



Most people understand the list of the “seven deadly sins” to be: pride, envy, gluttony, lust, anger, greed, and sloth. Although each of these are undeniably sins, they are never given the description of "the seven deadly sins" in the Bible. The traditional list of the “seven deadly sins” can function as a good way to categorize the many different sins that exist. Nearly every kind of sin could be placed under one of the seven categories. More importantly, however, is that we realize these seven sins are no more “deadly” than any other sin. All sin results in death (Romans 6:23). Praise be to God, that through Jesus Christ, all of our sins, including the “seven deadly sins,” can be forgiven (Matthew 26:28; Acts 10:43; Ephesians 1:7).

Recommended Resource: Who Gives a R. I. P. About Sin?: Breaking Sin's Death Grip on Your Life by Norm Wakefield.

Answer 3

Pope Gregory the Great (d. 604) described Seven Deadly Sins in his Moralia in Job.

1. Superbia Pride
2. Invidia Envy
3. Ira Anger
4. Avaritia Avarice
5. Tristia Sadness
6. Gula Gluttony
7. Luxuria Lust
(Moralia in Job, XXXI cap. xlv).

The sin ‘Tristia’ was later replaced by ‘Accidia’, or Sloth (Wenzel (1967), 38). Some of the iconography of the Sins was derived from the descriptions of the Battles between the Virtues and Vices in the Psychomachia by the fourth-century poet Prudentius.

Answer 4

Man...

This was done by some "pope" and IS NOT SCRIPTURE. So it and the "10 Commandments" are equally valid for the Christian.

Ephesians 2:15 Through his body on the cross, Christ put an end to the law with all its commands and rules. He wanted to create one new group of people out of the two. He wanted to make peace between them.

Colossians 2:14 He wiped out the written Law with its rules. The Law was against us. It opposed us. He took it away and nailed it to the cross.

Galatians 2:16 ...No one can be made right with God by obeying the law.

Galatians 2:21 ...What if a person could become right with God by obeying the law? Then Christ died for nothing!

Galatians 5:4 Some of you are trying to be made right with God by obeying the law. You have been separated from Christ. You have fallen away from God’s grace... The ONLY verse that talks about falling from grace, and they did it by trying to follow the law!

Jesus said he didn’t come to destroy the law, but to fulfill it. (Matt 5:17) The effect was the same. Once fulfilled it was no longer in effect. The very next verse, Matthew 5:18, looks forward to the time when the law would be set aside. "...Not even the smallest stroke of a pen will disappear from the Law UNTIL EVERYTHING IS COMPLETED."

On the cross, Jesus' last recorded saying, "It is finished," is an important milestone. Because of Jesus life, Satan had been defeated. The law was finished and would no longer stand between God and mankind.

The 10 commandments along with the rest of the law ("commands and rules" from Ephesians 2:15) were "set aside" when they were fulfilled or completed at Jesus' resurrection. We are no longer bound by that law.

Answer 5

They came out of the monasteries, produced by ascetics who were intent on being as "perfect" as humanly possible. The sins were "deadly" to the progress of meditation and contemplation, hence the inclusion of "sadness" in the original list.

Of course what's good for contemplatives should be good for everybody, right? It's all about humility and withdrawing from the wicked old world, so it was generally propagated and picked up by those civilians who were looking for the holiness fast track.

Answer 6

The 'Seven Deadly Sins' (and the corresponding 'Seven Virtues') weren't delineated until at least the 7th Century A.D.
For a full treatise visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins

Answer 7

The best thing you can do is READ THE BIBLE, and with the time you will understand a lot of things. The first sin was when Adan and Eva eat the prohibited fruit. After that due to the imperfection,we make sins every day. The fist command is ST. MARK 12:30 SAY:
"And thou shalt love JEHOVAH thy God with all thy heart, and with all
thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: This is the
first commandment

Answer 8

The only time I have ever heard of these seven deadly sins are in conjunction to the Roman Catholic Church. I have seen no biblical passages that list these. Gluttony, Lust, etc, etc are mentioned singularly in passages of the bible. I have serious issues with the catholic church but harbor no ill will towards catholics. God bless

Answer 9

Dunno but i know it goes into them in Dante's inferno