Where did the seven deadly sins originate from?

Answer 1

Here's the short answer... the Catholic Church came up with the 7 deadly sins when they were trying to classify sins, it was then made popular by Dante's "The Divine Comedy"

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

Answer 3

The Seven Deadly Sins"', also known as the "Capital Vices" or "Cardinal Sins", are a classification of vices that were originally used in early Christian teachings to educate and instruct followers concerning (immoral) fallen man's tendency to sin. The Roman Catholic Church divided sin into two principal categories: "venial", which are relatively minor, and could be forgiven through any sacrament of the Church, and the more severe "capital" or "mortal" sins, which, when committed, destroyed the life of grace, and created the threat of eternal damnation unless either absolved through the sacrament of confession, or otherwise forgiven through perfect contrition on the part of the penitent. Beginning in the early 14th century, the popularity of the Seven deadly sins as a theme among European artists of the time eventually helped to ingrain them in many areas of Christian culture and Christian consciousness in general throughout the world.

The Seven deadly sins are as follows: Luxuria (extravagance, later lust), Gula (gluttony), Avaritia (greed), Acedia (sloth), Ira (wrath), Invidia (envy), and Superbia (pride).

Answer 4

According to Sacred Origins of Profound Things, by Charles Panati, Greek monastic theologian Evagrius of Pontus first drew up a list of eight offenses and wicked human passions:. They were, in order of increasing seriousness: gluttony, lust, avarice, sadness, anger, acedia, vainglory, and pride. Evagrius saw the escalating severity as representing increasing fixation with the self, with pride as the most egregious of the sins. Acedia (from the Greek "akedia," or "not to care") denoted "spiritual sloth."

In the late 6th century, Pope Gregory the Great reduced the list to seven items, folding vainglory into pride, acedia into sadness, and adding envy. His ranking of the Sins' seriousness was based on the degree from which they offended against love. It was, from most serious to least: pride, envy, anger, sadness, avarice, gluttony, and lust. Later theologians, including St. Thomas Aquinas, would contradict the notion that the seriousness of the sins could be ranked in this way. The term "covetousness" has historically been used interchangeably with "avarice" in accounts of the Deadly Sins. In the seventeenth century, the Church replaced the vague sin of "sadness" with sloth.

Answer 5

. This list is known as the “seven deadly sins. 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).


Lust very completely. Adultery: intercourse outside of a marriage. Fornication: intercourse without marriage. Uncleanness: (impurity) sex acts besides intercourse outside of or without marriage. lasciviousness: inordinate desire for sex outside of or without marriage, even if not acted upon.

Wrath is mentioned specifically, but linked with Hate, includes the notions of hostility both acted upon and purely internalized. Envy/Jealousy is part of the list in Galatians. Greed is part of "selfish ambitions" from Galatians, but is also mirrored in Proverbs' "wicked plans." Gluttony is evident in "drunkenness and revellings", but also implied as the contrary of the virtue in Galatians 5:23 - "temperance" (self-control).

Sloth is not listed in Galatians, but it can be found in verses such as Proverbs 6:6-10, "How long will you sleep, O sluggard?". Laziness is addressed in many other verses, though not necessarily labeled obviously as sin. In 1 Corinthians 3:8, a man is to receive "according to his labors". Similarly in Timothy 5:18, a laborer is worthy of his wages, with the implied converse being that the sluggard is not entitled to be fed or rewarded. He sins in living off others' labors.

Lust (excessive sexual appetites)
Gluttony (over-indulgence)
Greed (avarice)
Sloth (idleness)
Wrath (anger)
Envy (jealousy)
Pride (vanity)

Answer 6

the seven deadly sins are not mentioned in the bible. neither is the seven punishments/layer in hell that go with it. the seven deadly sins were originally created during medieval times by a monk named Evagrius of Pontus. His list of sins had 8 which were 1>pride 2>vainglory 3>acedia 4>anger 5>sadness 6>avarice 7>lust 8>gluttony This was changed in the 6th century by Pope Gregory to 1> Pride 2> Envy 3> Anger 4> Sadness 5> Avarice 6> Gluttony 7> Lust "Saint".Thomas modified alittle the sins and came up with the punishments for each sin. Sin/ Punishment 1 Pride Broken on the torture wheel 2 Envy placed in freezing icy water 3 Anger Dismemberment 4 Sloth thrown into a snake pit 5 Greed boiled in oil 6 Gluttony force fed rats and toads 7 Lust smothered in fire This is the begining depiction of hell that we all know from TV and from parents and church etc. but really hell is ONLY to be without "gods" love not a fire pit! Dantes inferno defines hell a system of 9 layers divided by upper and lower hell layer 1 Limbo, L2 Lust L3 for gluttons L4 covetous L5 anger which make up the city of dis lower hell is for acts against god L6 heretics L7 homosexuals and suicidal people L8 Liars and commiters of fraud Level 9 The frozen lake of Cocytus and Satan

Answer 7

Catholic dogma----pride, lust, anger, sloth, gluttony, greed, uh,uh,

they interfere with our having a good relationship with God and with our fellow humans

Answer 8

Greek philosophy or so this says

Answer 9

from the mutant teenage ninja turtles...or is the teenage mutant ninja turtles?...oh, you get the drift...