Good Morning and God Bless You! I want you to know that I am very sick physically and mentally right now. I have a brand new health problem right now. I am suffering from Renal Failure right now. My kidneys are not as healthy as they used to be. I have been drinking plenty of water and cranberry juice as of late. I rarely drink coffee ☕️. Coffee ☕️ has been keeping me up all night long. I would like for you to please keep me in your prayers because I am very sick right now. I have gained a total of 15 pounds 💷 since February 28th of this year. I have to take Lasik medication 💊 just to remove the excess fluid from my heart. I want everyone to please pray for me because I am currently residing in a nursing home 🏡 🙏 at the moment 🙏. I am very sorry for mentioning my health problems to everyone right now. It is that Diabetes Type #2 is making things complicated for me right now. I weig...
How the Seven Deadly Sins Began as ‘Eight Evil Thoughts’ The idea of listing the vices began in the fourth century. Becky Little DeAgostini/Getty Images Published: March 25, 2021 Last Updated: May 28, 2025 In the fourth century, a Christian monk named Evagrius Ponticus wrote down what’s known as the “eight evil thoughts”: gluttony, lust, avarice, anger, sloth, sadness, vainglory and pride. Evagrius wasn’t writing for a general audience. As an ascetic monk in the Eastern Christian church, he was writing to other monks about how these eight thoughts could interfere with their spiritual practice. Evagrius’ student, John Cassian, brought these ideas to the Western church, where they were translated from Greek to Latin. In the sixth century, St. Gregory the Great—who would become Pope Gregory I—rearranged them in his commentary on the Book of Job, removing “sloth” and adding “envy.” Instead of giving “pride” its own place on the list, he described it as the ruler of the other seven...