7 Sins - Sloth

7 Deadly Sins - Sloth

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Sloth is defined as spiritual or emotional apathy, neglecting what God has spoken, and being physically and emotionally inactive.

Sloth can also indicate a wasting due to lack of use, concerning a person, place, thing, skill, or intangible ideal that would require maintenance, refinement, or support to continue to exist.

Religious views concerning the need for one to work to support society and further God's plan and work also suggest that, through inactivity, one invites the desire to sin.

In the Philokalia the word, dejection is used instead of sloth, for the man who falls into dejection will lose interest in life.


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See also:
Wrath [link]
Gluttony [link]
Greed [link]
Envy [link]
Pride [link]
Lust [link]
7 Sins Compilation [link]