The Seven Deadly Sins: Their Origin in the Spiritual Teaching of Evagrius the Hermit

by Angela Tilby

Until recently little has been known about Evagrius of Pontus. His work on the eight evil thoughts was widely influential in the development of the idea of the Seven Deadly Sins in the Western Spiritual tradition. But those who followed him, from Cassian to Augustine, were more concerned with attributing guilt, and thought in a forensic way. This was very unlike the thought of Evagrius who concerned himself with questions about how to deal with evil...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0281056323
• ISBN13: 9780281056323
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: SPCK Publishing
• Length: 176 Pages