![]() Indeed, any enquiry today into the seven deadly sins must have a certain quaintness which would itself be entirely unintelligible to an officer of the Inquisition. Suffice it to say, this is not the case in the twentieth century. From the refinements of scholastic philosophy to the exuberance of popular fancy, sin functioned as a common measure of man for all alike and in every arena. From the patristic period to the close of the Middle Ages, sin and its progeny exercised the imaginations of laymen and theologians alike, so much so that European society and culture are unintelligible to those unacquainted with sin. Throughout Christian history, sin has functioned as the Archimedean lever of orthodox Christian morality. He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone.
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