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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.
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The Revised Standard Version of the Bible says it is "a Semitic word for money or riches". [13] The International Children's Bible (ICB) uses the wording "You cannot serve God and money at the same time". [14] Christians began to use "mammon" as a term that was used to describe gluttony, excessive materialism, greed, and unjust worldly gain.
Religious images in Christian theology have a role within the liturgical and devotional life of adherents of certain Christian denominations. The use of religious images has often been a contentious issue in Christian history. Concern over idolatry is the driving force behind the various traditions of aniconism in Christianity.
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.
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the L ORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And shewing ...