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The seven deadly sins (also known as the capital vices or cardinal sins) function as a grouping classification of major vices within the teachings of Christianity. [1] According to the standard list, the seven deadly sins in Roman Catholic Church are pride , greed , wrath , envy , lust , gluttony , and sloth .
The plot consists of the personified virtues of Hope, Sobriety, Chastity, Humility, etc. fighting the personified vices of Pride, Wrath, Paganism, Avarice, etc.The personifications are women because in Latin, words for abstract concepts have feminine grammatical gender; an uninformed reader of the work might take the story literally as a tale of many angry women fighting one another, because ...
Gluttony – Gluttony is described by Spenser as a "deformed creature" and "more like a monster, than a man". [4] He enters the parade riding a dirty pig, bearing a large stomach and a thin neck. In the poem, Gluttony eats excessively as others starve; this is when gluttony is considered a sin. Lechery – The sin of lust.
Gluttony (Latin: gula, derived from the Latin gluttire meaning "to gulp down or swallow") means over-indulgence and over-consumption of anything to the point of waste. In Christianity , it is considered a sin if the excessive desire for food leads to a lack of control over one's relation with food or harms the body. [ 1 ]
Gluttony (gula): A drunkard swigs from a bottle while a fat man eats greedily, not heeding the plea of his equally obese young son, as his wife begrudgingly brings in a turkey for them. Sloth (acedia): A lazy man dozes in front of the fireplace while Faith appears to him in a dream, in the guise of a nun, to remind him to say his prayers.
During most of the story, Gluttony typically appears in the company of Lust whom he has an attachment to. Gluttony is the failed product of Father's attempts to create a Gate of Truth. When activating this imperfect portal, Gluttony's stomach opens up, revealing a bestial counter-version of the Eye of Providence at its center. His ribs spread ...
Gluttony is the propensity for over-eating, or over-eating considered as a vice. Gluttony may also refer to: one of the seven deadly sins; Gluttony (Fullmetal Alchemist), a character from the anime and manga series Fullmetal Alchemist; Gluttony, a miniboss in the video games The Binding of Isaac and The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth; Gluttony
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