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Here are the seven holy virtues as opposites to the seven deadly sins. According to Dante's The Divine Comedy the sins have an order of greatness, and the virtues a respective order of greatness as well. This order is shown below from the lowest to the highest.

+ Holy Virtues +
Chastity (purity)
Moderation (self-restraint)
Generosity (vigilance)
Zeal (enthusiasm)
Meekness (composure)
Charity (giving)
Humility (humbleness)

+ Deadly Sins +
Lust (inappropriate desire)
Gluttony (over-indulgence)
Greed (avarice)
Sloth (laziness)
Wrath (anger)
Envy (jealousy)
Pride (vanity)

The history of this list goes back at least to Pope St. Gregory the Great and St. John Cassian, but while the list itself is not strictly biblical, the Bible proscribes all seven.

I suggest you read Dante's Inferno to find out how he imagines each deadly sin is punished: http://www.ccel.org/d/dante/inferno/infer02.htm

With love in Christ.

2007-09-21 18:16:46 · answer #1 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0 0

Greed
Lust
Pride
Envy
Sloth
Wrath
Gluttony

I didn't know there were individual punishments -- I thought all of them led to death (hence the "deadly" sins).

2007-09-18 11:29:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

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