The capital sins ♱ Los pecados capitales

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According to St. Thomas (II-II:153:4) "a capital vice is that which has an exceedingly desirable end so that in his desire for it a man goes on to the commission of many sins all of which are said to originate in that vice as their chief source". It is not then the gravity of the vice in itself that makes it capital but rather the fact that it gives rise to many other sins. These are enumerated by St. Thomas (I-II:84:4) as vainglory (pride), avarice, gluttony, lust, sloth, envy, anger. St. Bonaventure (Brevil., III, ix) gives the same enumeration. Earlier writers had distinguished eight capital sins: so St. Cyprian (De mort., iv); Cassian (Institutes 5, Conferences 5); Columbanus ("Instr. de octo vitiis princip." in "Bibl. max. vet. patr.", XII, 23); Alcuin (De virtut. et vitiis, xxvii sqq.). The number seven, however, had been given by St. Gregory the Great (Lib. mor. in Job. XXXI, xvii), and it was retained by the foremost theologians of the Middle Ages.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14004b.htm#III

De acuerdo a Santo Tomás (II-II:153:4) "un vicio capital es aquel que tiene un fin excesivamente deseable de manera tal que en su deseo, un hombre comete muchos pecados todos los cuales se dice son originados en aquel vicio como su fuente principal". Entonces, no es la gravedad del vicio en sí mismo que lo torna en capital sino el hecho que da origen a muchos otros pecados. Estos son enumerados por Santo Tomás (I-II:84:4) como vanagloria (orgullo), avaricia, glotonería, lujuria, pereza, envidia, ira. San Buenaventura (Brevil., III,ix) enumera los mismos. Escritores anteriores habían distinguido 8 pecados capitales: Así también San Cipriano (De mort., iv); Cassian (De instit. cænob., v, coll. 5, de octo principalibus vitiis); Columbanus ("Instr. de octo vitiis princip." in "Bibl. max. vet. patr.", XII, 23); Alcuin (De virtut. et vitiis, xxvii y sgtes.) El número siete, sin embargo, fue dado por San Gregorio el Grande (Lib. mor. in Job. XXXI, xvii), y se mantuvo por la mayoría de los teólogos de la Edad Media.

http://ec.aciprensa.com/p/pecado.htm#IIC

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