In the 4th century ce the Christian ascetic Evagrius Ponticus outlined eight sins that he believed could undermine a monkβs faith and resolution. St. Gregory the Great (who reigned as pope from 590 to 604) enumerated the seven cardinal sins in his authoritative 6th-century text Moralia in Job. They were further elaborated in the 13th century by St. Thomas Aquinas.
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