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Gluttony (Latin: gula, derived from the Latin gluttire meaning "to gulp down or swallow") means over-indulgence and over-consumption of anything to the point of waste. In Christianity , it is considered a sin if the excessive desire for food leads to a lack of control over one's relation with food or harms the body. [ 1 ]
Gluttony is the overindulgence and overconsumption of anything to the point of waste. The word derives from the Latin gluttire , meaning to gulp down or swallow. [ 24 ] One reason for its condemnation is that the gorging of the prosperous may leave the needy hungry.
However, Sebastien Michaelis associated Beelzebub with the deadly sin of pride, one of the other seven deadly sins, and according to Peter Binsfeld in his 1589 Treatise on Confessions by Evildoers and Witches Beelzebub was the demon of gluttony, whereas Francis Barrett asserted that Beelzebub was the prince of idolatry. [24] [25]
Gluttony (gula): A drunkard swigs from a bottle while a fat man eats greedily, not heeding the plea of his equally obese young son, as his wife begrudgingly brings in a turkey for them. Sloth (acedia): A lazy man dozes in front of the fireplace while Faith appears to him in a dream, in the guise of a nun, to remind him to say his prayers.
Gluttony is the propensity for over-eating, or over-eating considered as a vice. Gluttony may also refer to: one of the seven deadly sins; Gluttony (Fullmetal Alchemist), a character from the anime and manga series Fullmetal Alchemist; Gluttony, a miniboss in the video games The Binding of Isaac and The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth; Gluttony
Mammon (Aramaic: מָמוֹנָא, māmōnā) in the New Testament is commonly thought to mean money, ... use "mammon" as a term that was used to describe gluttony ...
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The anonymous author of the Lollard tract The Lanterne of Light, however, believed Belphegor to embody the sin of gluttony rather than sloth. [1] Belphegor derives from the Assyrian Baal-Peor, a Baal worshipped at Mount Peor, to whom the Israelites were associated in Shittim (Numbers 25:3) and who was associated with intemperance and orgies. It ...