The Seven Deadly Sins, also known as the Capital Vices or Cardinal Sins, is a classification of objectionable vices (part of Christian ethics) that have been used since early Christian times to educate and instruct Christians concerning fallen humanity's tendency to sin. The currently recognized version of the sins are usually given as wrath, greed, sloth, pride, lust, envy, and gluttony.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins)
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surest path to becoming weary of the future is to eagerly speculate on
how innovation will change the heart of man. Nothing holds less
promise. The safest prediction in all the world is that is that
human nature is indelible and is unchangeable by any human
innovation. If people do not perceive that the seven deadly sins are
as fully operative today as ever, then they are blind even concerning
themselves. The hope for a brighter future has no rational basis and
is in this sense crazy. There was and remains only one shred of
hope. Doctrinal purity relies on the activities of no institution
(which are all corruptible) but on the grace of God in Christ. We
are all sooner or later brought to our knees—either in weariness of
the world or in reverence of the Trinity.
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