2379: Variations in the 7 Deadly Sins Jun 23, 2021

The 7 deadly sins (a.k.a. capital vices) are an aspect fo Christian theology, are not found in the Bible and are thus subject to a certain amount of flexibility. For instance, nowadays these would usually be listed as pride, greed, wrath, envy, lust, and gluttony but throughout history this had been slightly different. Originally it began with the Ancient Greeks anyway, but even into the Middle Ages this list included 'acedia' (spiritual neglect), vainglory (vanity; boasting, etc.) and tristitia (sorrow; despair). Different theologians from the 4th century onwards would be known to have their own lists with slight variations like this.