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In 1409–1410 The Lanterne of Light (an anonymous English Lollard tract often attributed to John Wycliffe) [4] provided a classification system based on the seven deadly sins, known as the "seven deadly devils" or "seven princes of Hell", with each demon tempting people by means of those sins, as follows: [5] [6]
Depiction of the demon Belphégor, from J.A.S. Collin de Plancy, Dictionnaire Infernal, 1863. Belphegor (or Baal Peor, Hebrew: בַּעַל-פְּעוֹר baʿal-pəʿōr – “Lord of the Gap”) is, in Christianity, a demon associated with one of the seven deadly sins. According to religious tradition, he helps people make discoveries.
The seven deadly sins (also known as the capital vices or cardinal sins) function as a grouping classification of major vices within the teachings of Christianity. [1] According to the standard list, the seven deadly sins in Roman Catholic Church are pride , greed , wrath , envy , lust , gluttony , and sloth .
However, no similar consensus has been reached on the classification of demons. This is largely due to the fact that, historically, the definition of what an archdemon is and the names of those demons has varied greatly over time. One common medieval classification associate the seven deadly sins with archdemons: [2] Lucifer: Pride; Mammon: Greed
The Seven Deadly Enemies of Man (also known as the Seven Deadly Sins), are a group of demons appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.Based on the Seven Deadly Sins, the group first appeared in Whiz Comics #2 (February 1940), and were created by writer Bill Parker and artist C.C. Beck.
Acedia in The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things, by Hieronymus Bosch.. Sloth is one of the seven deadly sins in Catholic teachings. It is the most difficult sin to define and credit as sin, since it refers to an assortment of ideas, dating from antiquity and including mental, spiritual, pathological, and conditional states. [1]
The demon Naberius (also Naberus, Nebiros and Cerberus, Cerbere) was first mentioned by Johann Weyer in 1583. [17] He is supposedly the most valiant Marquis of Hell, and has nineteen legions of demons under his command. He makes men cunning in all arts, but especially in rhetoric, speaking with a hoarse voice. He also restores lost dignities ...
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]