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7 DEADLY SINS- GREED

Posted by Dawn Sutherland (Phoenix, United States) on 28 August 2007 in Abstract & Conceptual.

Today I am beginning a series devoted to the 7 deadly sins. I came across the movie "Seven" in my movie stack and decided to give it a try. Today's image is devoted to greed. I am sure it would have been more powerful if the bills were of larger denomination but you get the idea....
Taken from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins#Greed_.28Latin.2C_avaritia.29
Greed (Latin, avaritia)
Main articles: Greed (treachery, covetousness)
Greed is, like Lust and Gluttony, a sin of excess. However, Greed (as seen by the Church) applied to the acquisition of wealth in particular. Thomas Aquinas wrote that Greed was "a sin against God, just as all mortal sins, in as much as man condemns things eternal for the sake of temporal things." In Dante's Purgatory, the penitents were bound and laid face down on the ground for having concentrated too much on earthly thoughts. "Avarice" is more of a blanket term that can describe many other examples of sinful behavior. These include disloyalty, deliberate betrayal, or treason, especially for personal gain, for example through bribery. Scavenging and hoarding of materials or objects, theft and robbery, especially by means of violence, trickery, or manipulation of authority are all actions that may be inspired by greed. Such misdeeds can include Simony, where one profits from soliciting goods within the actual confines of a church.
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