The seven deadly sins are Pride, Covetousness, Gluttony, Lust, Anger, Greed and Sloth. We read about these in the Sermon on the Mount, which we find in Matthew chapters five through seven.
The term “Apologetics” comes from the titles of two essays that were written by St. Justin Martyr for the Emperor of Rome, which together formed a very detailed explanation of the Catholic faith. These two essays were known as the First and Second Apologias of St. Justin.
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. The seven deadly sins are Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Wrath, Envy and Pride. They are also known as the Cardinal sins. So an apologist would be similar to a scholar or a shiekh in Islam?From the Catechism of the Catholic Church:Thanks for the answers.
And are the seven deadly sins/heavenly virtues only a Catholic thing? **Deadly sins and the virtues are a Christian thing. ** Another question, what exactly does the concept “original sin” involve? see below
Not so much. By virtue of representing and explaining your faith and engaging in debate here, you’re one tooThanks for the answers.
The seven deadlies get a lot of press in various branches of Protestantism too. The concept’s not unique to Catholicism, though it did originate with it.
I’m not sure about the Islamic analogues to an apologist, I’d presume it was more like “defender of the faith” in a non-military sense. It’s not a Catholic thing; C.S. Lewis is the best known Anglican apologist.Thanks for the answers.
And are the seven deadly sins/heavenly virtues only a Catholic thing? Another question, what exactly does the concept “original sin” involve?
Not really. Anyone who is knowledgeable about the faith can be an apologist. As Christians, we are all called, first of all, to become knowledgable about our faith, and secondly, to explain it to others when called upon to do so.Thanks for the answers.
The concept originates in Catholicism, but many others have imitated it, including many non-Christians.
“Original sin” is the sin of Adam, when he broke the relationship of the human race with God by disobeying His command not to eat of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Becasue of Adam’s disobedience, everyone now is born into the state of not having a relationship with God, which we call “Original Sin.”
No they are a Christian thing… I have heard Non-Catholic Christian preach about them. I’ve seen books written by Non-Catholic Christians regarding the seven deadly sins/heavenly virtues.
Thank you Kelly, I’m reading the links now. So it was the first sin that Adam committed.
Cool.Not so much. By virtue of representing and explaining your faith and engaging in debate here, you’re one too
Sadly, when I was growing up a Lutheran I didn’t know too much about what I believed in… I first learned about the seven deadly sins from the movie Seven, with Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman. I once read something about it, but I got the impression that it was strictly a Catholic thing.
Thanks for the list and the link, will be checking that out as well. So the virtues defeat the sins, thank you.
Just wanted to add that “Orginal Sin” is NOT a personal sin.
I like how the relationship between Baptism and Orginal Sin is described in the book Catholicism for Dummies.
Uh - that doesn’t seem very accurate, to me, since even unbaptized people have the virtue of self-control. I don’t know if I would want to use that explanation, since it raises a lot of troubling questions- baptized persons seem to sin at the same rate as unbaptized persons, everything else being equal.
That was just a tiny quote. The book does go on to say:
The book also goes on to explain what a Baptism by desire is and a Baptism by blood is and how that fits in.
, but I believe that this quote would help explain the first quote better.I guess. I just have trouble with that analogy, because it makes it seem as though being baptized could prevent a person from sinning in the future. It can’t. All it does is washes away previous sins, including Original Sin, and initiates us into the Church.That was just a tiny quote. The book does go on to say:
The book also goes on to explain what a Baptism by desire is and a Baptism by blood is and how that fits in.
I’m not about to quote the whole book
You’re right baptism can’t prevent a sin from happening. Vaccinations don’t prevent disease from happening, either.
Baptism does a little bit more then just washes away sins and initiates us into the Church:
CCC said:
They are supposed to prevent the disease for which they are vaccinating from occurring. It puts dead disease cells into the body in order to fortify the white blood cells to attack that disease and prevent it from occurring in the body.
It failed. If they were vaccinated against chicken pox, then they should never have gotten chicken pox.
The natural inclination to sin is called concupiscience. It is a side effect of Original Sin, but it is not, itself Original Sin. It is also not washed away at Baptism.
Yes, that’s true. Being a temple of the Holy Spirit means that we have the duty to follow the teachings of Christ, and that we will become open to hear them and understand them. But it is not a guarantee that we will actually do so. That part is up to us - we have to consciously choose to follow through with our Baptismal promises.