The Times has been doing a series on sin. Now this on pride-
Pride makes the confident reckless, the charismatic manipulative and the compassionate careless. It is one big puffed-up chest. The perfect target to be shot down……Pride is the most antisocial sin, and the seed of all others. It is the mistake of forgetting your flaws while remembering everyone else s
and on envy
Charity rejoices in our neighbour’s good, while envy grieves over it, said the medieval theologian Thomas Aquinas……
Envy is green-eyed, the sin of focusing on others to the detriment of oneself. It is impossible to cure with material things, without self-belief.
Gluttony was discussed earlier
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