What Is The Difference Between Anger And Wrath?
The Wisdom Of The (Outmoded, Eternal) Deadly Sins And Seven Virtues
Wrath
Main article: Wrath
Wrath (ira) can be defined as uncontrolled feelings of anger, rage, and even hatred. Wrath often reveals itself in the wish to seek vengeance.[32]
According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the neutral act of anger becomes the sin of wrath when it is directed against an innocent person, when it is unduly strong or long-lasting, or when it desires excessive punishment. "If anger reaches the point of a deliberate desire to kill or seriously wound a neighbor, it is gravely against charity; it is a mortal sin." (CCC 2302) Hatred is the sin of desiring that someone else may suffer misfortune or evil and is a mortal sin when one desires grave harm (CCC 2302–03).[33]
People feel angry when they sense that they or someone they care about has been offended, when they are certain about the nature and cause of the angering event, when they are certain someone else is responsible, and when they feel that they can still influence the situation or cope with it.[34]
Henry Edward Manning considers that "angry people are slaves to themselves".[19]
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The fourth-century monk Evagrius Ponticus reduced the nine logismoi to eight, as follows:[5][6]
Γαστριμαργία (gastrimargia) gluttony
Πορνεία (porneia) prostitution, fornication
Φιλαργυρία (philargyria) avarice (greed)
Λύπη (lypē) sadness, rendered in the Philokalia as envy, sadness at another's good fortune
Ὀργή (orgē) wrath
Ἀκηδία (akēdia) acedia, rendered in the Philokalia as dejection
Κενοδοξία (kenodoxia) boasting
Ὑπερηφανία (hyperēphania) pride, sometimes rendered as self-overestimation, arrogance, or grandiosity[7]
Evagrius's list was translated into the Latin of Western Christianity in many writings of John Cassian,[8][9] thus becoming part of the Western tradition's spiritual pietas or Catholic devotions as follows:[4]
Gula (gluttony)
Luxuria/Fornicatio (lust, fornication)
Avaritia (avarice/greed)
Ira (wrath)
Acedia (sloth)
Vanagloria (vain, glory)
Superbia (pride, hubris)
In AD 590, Pope Gregory I revised the list to form a more common list.[10] Gregory combined tristitia with acedia and vanagloria with superbia, adding envy, which is invidia in Latin.[11][12] Thomas Aquinas uses and defends Gregory's list in his Summa Theologica, although he calls them the "capital sins" because they are the head and form of all the other sins.[13]
Historical and modern definitions, views, and associations[edit]
According to Catholic prelate Henry Edward Manning, the seven deadly sins are seven ways of eternal death.[19]
—Wikipedia
Then there’s….
PROVERBS 6:16-19
(Who Could Improve On This, Or Argue With This?)
As mentioned before, the list of seven deadly sins in question does not appear in any Bible verse. However, a slightly different set of sins can be found in Proverbs 6:16-19, “These six things the Lord hates, yes, seven are an abomination to Him:
A proud look,
a lying tongue,
hands that shed innocent blood,
A heart that devises wicked plans,
feet that are swift in running to evil,
A false witness who speaks lies,
and one who sows discord among brethren.”
Additionally, Galatians 5:19-21 mentions several more sins to be on our guard against: “Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions, envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.”
The seven virtues
The seven virtues were originally defined in the poem, Psychomachia, by Aurelius Clemens Prudentius, a Christian governor who died around 410 A.D. Because of the poem’s prevalence the concept and idea of the seven virtues spread throughout Europe. The following is a listing of the seven virtues and how they cure each of the seven deadly sins:
Kindness = cures envy by placing the desire to help others above the need to supersede them.
Temperance = cures gluttony by implanting the desire to be healthy, therefore making one fit to serve others.
Charity or love = cures greed by putting the desire to help others above storing up treasure for one’s self.
Chastity or self-control = cures lust by controlling passion and leveraging that energy for the good of others.
Humility = cures pride by removing one's ego and boastfulness, therefore allowing the attitude of service.
Diligence or Zeal = cures slothfulness by placing the best interest of others above the life of ease and relaxation.
Patience = cures wrath by taking time to understand the needs and desires of others before acting or speaking.
—BibleInfo.com
In Traditional Chinese Medicine, anger is not a negative thing. Green is the color of anger, and spring is the manifestation of Mother Nature’s “anger.” I think it’s like stress--it’s an important feeling, as long as its dealt with, and channeled in a productive way. Lingering stress or anger devolves into self-destruction, disease, rage, depression, etc. Wokeism in an attempt at quelling the creative force of anger; this is why the Woke are constantly finding reasons to be offended.
Wow! Thank you, Celia. Such a timely piece to help us reflect on the difference between anger and wrath. Many of us are still working through the process of healing from the mass psychosis of anger and wrath hurled at us in the last 3 years. Truth warriors like you kept us sane. Some still hold residual anger towards those who mistreated us and haven’t come clean with their uncharitable behavior. Your piece gives greater spiritual clarity. As a baptized Catholic, this was a good reminder to read this piece carefully.
Your second paragraph hit home because I know many who bravely defended their medical freedom by refusing these MRNA injections, suffered greatly. The criminal injustice the unvaccinated had to endure from unhinged politicians, health care facilities, media newscasters, along with COVID fear crazed friends and family members continues to unfold.
Who of your readers has not suffered from the following comments or actions: wishes that the people like us would die, wishing the front line workers I personally know -nurses, cops, doctors - even airline attendants and others would permanently lose their jobs; be charged extra for health insurance, be gleeful when we were barred from attending cultural museums, barred from travel and family gatherings… all to preserve their sense of superiority from the unclean. Sounds like Nazi Germany. This was worse than Trump Derangement Syndrome. Because it also affected churches I attended.
“We follow the science” they smugly proclaim like mindless robots. Instead, they follow the mantra of the fearful. Where was the love of those who bowed to this fear?
Tragically the behavior continues with the wars in Israel and Ukraine. Its also coming from my own Ukrainian diaspora community I grew up with, those who claim to be immune from propaganda because their parents fled communism. Many people were duped and still cannot see the full picture.
It was like watching Pavlovian dogs trained to bow down to fear.
But I welcomed back those who were humble enough to honestly admit they were duped and now have an open heart to the truth.