THE LETTERS OF ST PAUL

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THE LETTERS OF ST PAUL

• WHAT DO THEY TEACH ABOUT MORALITY IN RELATION TO
  THE CAPITAL SINS?

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PRIDE vs HUMILITY

• PRIDE

• HUMILITY

• One of the seven capital sins. Pride is undue
  self-esteem or self-love, which seeks attention
  and honor and sets oneself in competition with
  God (CCC 1866).

• The virtue by which a Christian acknowledges that
  God is the author of all good. Humility avoids
  inordinate ambition or pride, and provides the
  foundation for turning to God in prayer (CCC
  2559). Voluntary humility can be described as
  "poverty of spirit" (CCC 2546).

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ST PAUL ADDRESSING PRIDE

• Romans 123
• Romans 126
• Romans 1413
• Romans 143
• Galatians 526
• 1 Timothy 28-10

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AVARICE vs LIBERALITY

• AVARICE

• LIBERALITY/GENEROSITY

• An inordinate love of earthly things, an
  immoderate desire to possess, keep, and increase
  them.
• A Handbook of Moral Theology V2 Sin and the
  Means of Grace by Anthony Koch and Arthur Preuss

• a spirit of generosity for a proper and worthy
  charity that may involve the donation of our
  time, our money, or other possessions.
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ST PAUL ADDRESSING AVARICE

• Romans 125
• Romans 1220
• Romans 131
• Romans 137
• Ephesians 428
• Ephesians 53-4
• Colossians 36
• 1 Timothy 69-10
• 2 Timothy 216-17

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ENVY vs KINDNESS

• ENVY

• KINDNESS/CHARITY

• Resentment or sadness at another's good fortune,
  and the desire to have it for oneself. One of the
  seven capital sins, envy is contrary to the tenth
  commandment (CCC 2539).

• The theological virtue by which we love God above
  all things for his own sake, and our neighbor as
  ourselves for the love of God (CCC 1822).

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ST PAUL ADDRESSING ENVY

• Romans 21
• Romans 1210-11
• Romans 1216
• Galatians 526

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WRATH vs PATIENCE

• WRATH/ANGER

• PATIENCE/MEEKNESS

• An emotion which is not in itself wrong, but
  which, when it is not controlled by reason or
  hardens into resentment and hate, becomes one of
  the seven capital sins. Christ taught that anger
  is an offense against the fifth commandment (CCC
  1765, 1866, 2262).

• a form of temperance that controls every
  inordinate resentment at anothers character or
  behavior
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ST PAUL ADDRESSING WRATH

• Romans 1214
• Romans 1217
• Romans 1219
• Ephesians 429
• Ephesians 431
• Colossians 38
• 1 Thessalonians 49

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LUST vs CHASTITY

• LUST

• CHASTITY

• The inordinate craving for, or indulgence of, the
  carnal pleasure which is experienced in the human
  organs of generation.
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• The moral virtue which, under the cardinal virtue
  of temperance, provides for the successful
  integration of sexuality within the person
  leading to the inner unity of the bodily and
  spiritual being (CCC 2337). Chastity is called
  one of the fruits of the Holy Spirit (CCC 1832).

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ST PAUL ADDRESSING LUST

• Romans 126-27
• Romans 613
• Romans 813
• Romans 1313
• Ephesians 518
• 1 Corinthians 69, 16, 18
• 1 Thessalonians 43-8

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GLUTTONY vs TEMPERANCE

• GLUTTONY

• TEMPERANCE

• Overindulgence in food or drink. Gluttony is one
  of the seven capital sins (CCC 1866).

• The cardinal moral virtue that moderates the
  attraction of pleasure and pro- vides balance in
  the use of created goods. It ensures the mastery
  of the will over instinct, and keeps natural
  desires within proper limits (CCC 1809).

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ST PAUL ADDRESSING GLUTTONY

• Ephesians 518
• 1 Thessalonians 46-7

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SLOTH vs DILIGENCE

• SLOTH/ACEDIA

• DILIGENCE

• A culpable lack of physical or spiritual effort
  acedia or laziness. One of the capital sins (CCC
  1866, 2094, 2733).

• The decision to fulfill all of the
  responsibilities in our vocation or state in
  life.
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ST PAUL ADDRESSING SLOTH

• Romans 130
• 1 Corinthians 1128-29
• Ephesians 61-3
• Philippians 214
• Philippians 46
• 1 Thessalonians 46-7
• Colossians 320

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WHICH CAPTIAL SINS ARE MENTIONED IN THESE VERSES?

• Romans 139
• Romans 1313
• 1 Corinthians 511
• Galatians 519-21
• Colossians 31-25
• 1 Timothy 18-11

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References and Information

• New American Bible
• Catechism of the Catholic Church
• Catholic Encyclopedia entries on the Capital Sins
• Pride
• Avarice
• Envy
• Wrath
• Lust
• Gluttony
• Sloth