1866. Vices can be classified according to the virtues they oppose, or also be linked to the capital sins which Christian experience has distinguished, following St. John Cassian and St. Gregory the Great. They are called “capital” because they engender other sins, other vices.138 They are pride, avarice, envy, wrath, lust, gluttony, and sloth or acedia.
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463. How should authority be exercised in the various spheres of civil society?
57. If God is omnipotent and provident, why then does evil exist?
598. What is the meaning of the final Amen?
349. What is the attitude of the Church toward those people who are divorced and then remarried?
302. What are the essential elements of the sacrament of Reconciliation?
183. What is the competence of the college of bishops?
Acesse nossos estudos biblicos:
How to Avoid the Temptation of Lust and Adultery (Proverbs 5:3-6)
What is the message of Proverbs 6:6-11 about laziness and hard work?
What is the true nature of evil, according to the story of Job described in Job 2:1-13?
What is the teaching on leading humble servants in 3 John 1:1-4?
What does Baruch 6:2-5 teach us about the danger of trusting ourselves instead of trusting God?
What is the importance of humility and repentance according to the book of Baruch?
