These authors are just a sample of those who have adapted the seven deadly sins (a popular revision of the Evagrian list of eight patterns) for their own use.
(12th century?)
A Treasury of Divine Knowledge, I.39
This impressive list of passion includes the eight Evagrian thoughts ... and a few more. Make of it what you will.
"The passions are:
harshness, trickery, malice, perversity, mindlessness, licentiousness, enticement, dullness, lack of understanding, idleness, sluggishness, stupidity, flattery, silliness, idiocy, madness, derangement, coarseness, rashness, cowardice, lethargy, dearth of good actions, moral errors, greed, over-frugality, ignorance, folly, spurious knowledge, forgetfulness, lack of discrimination, obduracy, injustice, evil intention, a conscienceless soul, slothfulness, idle chatter, breaking of faith, wrongdoing, sinfulness, lawlessness, criminality, passion, seduction, assent to evil, mindless coupling, demonic provocation, dallying, bodily comfort beyond what is required, vice, stumbling, sickness of soul, enervation, weakness of intellect, negligence, laziness, a reprehensible despondency, disdain of God, aberration, transgression, unbelief, lack of faith, wrong belief, poverty of faith, heresy, fellowship in heresy, polytheism, idolatry, ignorance of God, impiety, magic, astrology, divination, sorcery, denial of God, the love of idols, dissipation, profligacy, loquacity, indolence, self-love, inattentiveness, lack of progress, deceit, delusion, audacity, witchcraft, defilement, the eating of unclean food, soft living, dissoluteness, voracity, unchastity, avarice, anger, dejection, listlessness, self-esteem, pride, presumption, self-elation, boastfulness, infatuation, foulness, satiety, doltishness, torpor, sensuality, over-eating, gluttony, insatiability, secret eating, hoggishness, solitary eating, indifference, fickleness, self-will, thoughtlessness, self-satisfaction, love of popularity, ignorance of beauty, uncouthness, gaucherie, lightmindedness, boorishness, rudeness, contentiousness, quarrelsomeness, abusiveness, shouting, brawling, fighting, rage, mindless desire, gall, exasperation, giving offence, enmity, meddlesomeness, chicanery, asperity, slander, censure, calumny, condemnation, accusation, hatred, railing, insolence, dishonor, ferocity, frenzy, severity, aggressiveness, forswearing oneself, oath taking, lack of compassion, hatred of one's brothers, partiality, patricide, matricide, breaking fasts, laxity, acceptance of bribes, theft, rapine, jealousy, strife, envy, indecency, jesting, vilification, mockery, derision, exploitation, oppression, disdain of one's neighbor, flogging, making sport of others, hanging, throttling, heartlessness, implacability, covenant-breaking, bewitchment, harshness, shamelessness, impudence, obfuscation of thoughts, obtuseness, mental blindness, attraction to what is fleeting, impassionedness, frivolity, disobedience, dullwittedness, drowsiness of soul, excessive sleep, fantasy, heavy drinking, drunkenness, uselessness, slackness, mindless enjoyment, self-indulgence, venery, using foul language, effeminacy, unbridled desire, burning lust, masturbation, pimping, adultery, sodomy, bestiality, defilement, wantonness, a stained soul, incest, uncleanliness, pollution, sordidness, feigned affection, laughter, jokes, immodest dancing, clapping, improper songs, revelry, flute playing, license of tongue, excessive love of order, insubordination, disorderliness, reprehensible collusion, conspiracy, warfare, killing, brigandry, sacrilege, illicit gains, usury, wiliness, grave-robbing, hardness of heart, obloquy, complaining, blasphemy, fault-finding, ingratitude, malevolence, contemptuousness, pettiness, confusion, lying, verbosity, empty words, mindless joy, daydreaming, mindless friendship, bad habits, nonsensicality, silly talk, garrulity, niggardliness, depravity, intolerance, irritability, affluence, rancor, misuse, ill-temper, clinging to life, ostentation, affectation, pusillanimity, satanic love, curiosity, contumely, lack of the fear of God, unteachability, senselessness, haughtiness, self-vaunting, self-inflation, scorn for one's neighbor, mercilessness, insensitivity, hopelessness, spiritual paralysis, hatred of God, despair, suicide, a falling away from God in all things, utter destruction – altogether 298 passions.
These, then, are the passions which I have found named in the Holy Scriptures. I have set them down in a single list, as I did at the beginning of my discourse with the various books I have used. I have not tried, nor would I have been able, to arrange them all in order; this would have been beyond my powers, for the reason given by St. John Klimakos: 'If you seek understanding in wicked men, you will not find it.' For all that the demons produce is disorderly. In common with the godless and the unjust, the demons have but one purpose: to destroy the souls of those who accept their evil counsel. Yet sometimes they actually help men to attain holiness. In such instances they are conquered by the patience and faith of those who put their trust in the Lord, and who through their good actions and resistance to evil thoughts counteract the demons and bring down curses upon them."
(c. 1332-1386)
William's Vision of Piers Plowman (B-text)
This series of dreams was critical of contemporary errors while encouraging godly living.
| Passus V.062-.070 V.071-.074 V.075-.132 V.133-.185 V.186-.306 V.307-.385 V.386-.453 | Sin pride (Proud) lust (Lechour) envy (Envye) anger (Wrathe) greed (Coveitise) gluttony (Gluton) sloth (Sleuthe) |
(c. 1340-1400)
The Canterbury Tales
One story in particular, The Parson's Tale, features the seven deadly sins.
| Paragraphs 24-29 30-31 32-54 55-63 64-70 71-74 75-84 | Sin pride (pride / superbia) envy (envye / invidia) wrath (ira) sloth (accidia) avarice (avaricia and coveitise) gluttony (glotonye / gula) lust (luxuria / lecherie) |
(c. 1545-1598)
The Confession of Warlocks and Witches
Each of the deadly sins are matched to a particular demon.
| Demon Belphegor Leviathan Beelzebub Satan Asmodai Mammon Lucifer | Sin Sloth Envy Gluttony Wrath Lust Avarice Pride |
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(1564-1593)
The Tragedy of Doctor Faustus (Act II, Scene 2)
Lucifer, Beelzebub, and Mephistophilis come from hell to show Dr. Fastus "some pastime."
| Sequence 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | Sin pride covetousness envy wrath gluttony sloth lust |
(1552-1599)
The Faerie Queene (Book I, Canto IV)
| Stanza 4-17 18-20 21-23 24-26 27-29 30-32 33-35 | Sin pride (vanitie) sloth (idlenesse) gluttony (gluttony) lust (lechery) greed (auarice) envy (enuie) anger (vvrath) |
(1898 – 1963)
The Chronicles of Narnia
Each book of the series purportedly addresses one of the deadly sins.
| # | Book Title | Circumstance | Sin |
| 1 | The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe | Edmund’s desire for Turkish Delight | Gluttony |
| 2 | Prince Caspian | King Miraz’s lust for power | Lust |
| 3 | The Voyage of the Dawn Treader | Eustace in the dragon’s cave | Greed |
| 4 | The Silver Chair | Jill neglecting Aslan's instructions | Sloth |
| 5 | The Horse and His Boy | All main characters | Pride |
| 6 | The Magician’s Nephew | The White Witch | Anger |
| 7 | The Final Battle | Shift of Aslan | Envy |
(1941-present)
Gilligan's Island
Each one of the castaways personifies a deadly sin? Various arrangements exist. One suggestion follows:
| Character Professor Mary Ann Mrs. Howell Gilligan Mr. Howell Skipper Ginger | Sin pride envy wrath sloth avarice gluttony lust |
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