• I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    This is a common misconception. The Bible doesn’t actually mention the seven deadly sins anywhere in it.

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      To expand on this, the creation of the list of the seven are mostly attributed to Pope Gregory I, and the popularization of that list was mainly through Dante’s Divine comedy where sinners are uniquely punished for their sins, and most of those correspond to one of the seven deadly ones. There are nine circles of hell though.