The document discusses the seven capital or deadly sins: pride, greed, gluttony, lust, sloth, envy, and anger. It explains that pride was considered the most grievous sin by Pope St. Gregory the Great and St. Thomas Aquinas as it can lead to other sins. Brief definitions are provided for each sin along with some examples of how they may be committed. Scenarios are presented at the end to identify which sin is being demonstrated.

1. What are capital sins?PrideGreed (Covetnous)GluttonyLustSlothEnvyAnger (Wrath)

2. Who listed these sins or vices?Pope St. Gregory the GreatSt. Thomas Aquinas

3. What is pride?Improper appreciation of our own worth.Considered most grievous because it leads to to other sins.

4. How do we commit the sin of pride?

5. What is greed?Sin of excessDisordered desire for earthly goods or power.Can inspire theft, hoarding, trickery, manipulation

6. How do we commit the sin of greed?

7. What is gluttony?Sin of over-indulgenceDisordered desire for food and drink.

8. How do we commit the sin of gluttony?

9. What is lust?Impure desire of a sexual nature.Impure thoughts or actions.Leads to rape, bestiality, incest, adultery…

10. What is sloth?Sin of lazinessSpiritual laziness

11. How do we commit the sin of sloth?

12. What is envy?Sin of jealousyDisordered desire for what others have.Do not wish well or feel benevolent toward others.

13. How do we commit the sin of envy?

14. What is anger?Desire for revenge or vengeance against others.

15. How do we commit the sin of anger?

16. Which sin?Greg knows he has a report due for school, but he is deeply involved in a video game.Gina and Tom enjoy making jokes and comments about one of their friends who works hard and successfully on her school assignments.Brent invites some friends to his house to see some pornographic videos. They all agree.

17. Which sin?Mr. Correa is very fussy about what he eats: it must be cooked just the way he likes it and he always gets first choice.Kelly’s boyfriend is very impatient. He calls her insulting names and makes harsh comments in front of their friends. Sometimes he pushes her around when she annoys him.

18. Which sin?Maria gets hostile when her mother asks for help. She yells that she is always being picked on and nobody else does anything.If you are smart enough to get away with it, then the law doesn’t apply to you. He is fifteen and knows how to outsmart store owners to get beer.