Sloth (deadly sin)
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Sloth is one of the seven deadly sins in Catholic teachings. It is the most difficult of the seven deadly sins to define and credit as sin, since it refers to an assortment of ideas, dating from antiq
Acedia in The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things, by Hieronymus Bosch.
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Laziness
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Laziness is emotional disinclination to activity or exertion despite having the ability to act or to exert oneself. It is often used as a pejorative; terms for a person seen to be lazy include "couch
Sloth (deadly sin)
…dating from antiquity and including mental, spiritual, pathological, and conditional states. One definition is a habitual disinclination to exertion, or laziness. Views concerning the virtue of work to support society and further God's plan suggest that through inactivity, one invites sin: "For Satan finds some…
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