Stupid Title..
I've been thinking about the seven deadly sins a great deal since I wrote about them last. One thing I realized is that my sin isn't anger, it's wrath. Synonymous? Possibly.. but wrath sounds more like me. I've since been reading more into them and caught some quotes on Wikipedia that I think are.. I'll just post them.
*Wrath is the only sin not necessarily associated with selfishness or self-interest (although one can of course be wrathful for selfish reasons, such as jealousy, closely related to the sin of envy). Dante described vengeance as "love of justice perverted to revenge and spite". In its original form, the sin of wrath also encompassed anger pointed internally rather than externally. Thus suicide was deemed as the ultimate, albeit tragic, expression of wrath directed inwardly, a final rejection of God's gifts.
**Dante defined this as "love of one's own good perverted to a desire to deprive other men of theirs." In Dante's Purgatory, the punishment for the envious is to have their eyes sewn shut with wire because they have gained sinful pleasure from seeing others brought low. Aquinas described envy as "sorrow for another's good".
I'm beset with myself. I really don't want to admit to that being true of me.. but I know I'm not above, if not prone, to it. Makes me feel sick.
*Lifted from Wikipedia: The Seven Deadly Sins - Wrath
**Lifted from Wikipedia: The Seven Deadly Sins - Envy
*Wrath is the only sin not necessarily associated with selfishness or self-interest (although one can of course be wrathful for selfish reasons, such as jealousy, closely related to the sin of envy). Dante described vengeance as "love of justice perverted to revenge and spite". In its original form, the sin of wrath also encompassed anger pointed internally rather than externally. Thus suicide was deemed as the ultimate, albeit tragic, expression of wrath directed inwardly, a final rejection of God's gifts.
**Dante defined this as "love of one's own good perverted to a desire to deprive other men of theirs." In Dante's Purgatory, the punishment for the envious is to have their eyes sewn shut with wire because they have gained sinful pleasure from seeing others brought low. Aquinas described envy as "sorrow for another's good".
I'm beset with myself. I really don't want to admit to that being true of me.. but I know I'm not above, if not prone, to it. Makes me feel sick.
*Lifted from Wikipedia: The Seven Deadly Sins - Wrath
**Lifted from Wikipedia: The Seven Deadly Sins - Envy