The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2195 page)
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Seven deadly sins
.
.
In Christianity (more accurately, ‘capital’ or ‘root’ sins): pride, covetousness, lust, envy, gluttony, anger, and sloth (
accidie
). The traditional number is first found in
Gregory
the Great (although with
tristitia
, ‘gloom’, instead of
accidie
). For five deadly sins, see
GOGYAKU-ZAI
.
accidie
). The traditional number is first found in
Gregory
the Great (although with
tristitia
, ‘gloom’, instead of
accidie
). For five deadly sins, see
GOGYAKU-ZAI
.
Seven dimensions of religion:
see Introduction.
Seveners
.
.
Ism
‘
l
sect (or sects; from Arab.,
sab‘
ya
) which holds that the legitimate line of
Im
ms
ended with the seventh (hence the name). The sixth Im
m was Ja‘far al-
diq: his eldest son, Ism
‘
l, died before his father, leading to a complex contest of claims to legitimate succession. The Seveners held that Ism
‘
l was the true (and perhaps, because of the significance of the number ‘seven’, the final) successor. Two of the many sects became prominent, the
F
imids
‘lsect (or sects; from Arab.,sab‘
ya) which holds that the legitimate line of
Im
msended with the seventh (hence the name). The sixth Im
m was Ja‘far al-diq: his eldest son, Ism‘l, died before his father, leading to a complex contest of claims to legitimate succession. The Seveners held that Ism‘l was the true (and perhaps, because of the significance of the number ‘seven’, the final) successor. Two of the many sects became prominent, theF
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