| | The well-known maxim, "Pride goes before a fall," is also from [[Solomon]], in Proverbs 16:18. | | The well-known maxim, "Pride goes before a fall," is also from [[Solomon]], in Proverbs 16:18. |
| − | According to Sebastien Michaelis, humans are seduced by Pride by the great demon Belial, who is also known as The Lord of Arrogance. | + | According to Sebastien Michaelis, humans are seduced by Pride by the great demon Belial, who is also known as The Lord of Arrogance. [[Pope Gregory I]] enumerated pride as the greatest of the "[[Seven Deadly Sins]]" (pride, [[envy]], [[anger|wrath]], [[sloth (sin)|sloth]], [[greed]], [[gluttony]] and [[lust]]), although they are not explicitly listed in the Bible. Saint [[Thomas Aquinas]] wrote that "inordinate self-love is the cause of every sin."<ref>Aquinas, Thomas (1274). ''Summa Theologica'', Part II-I, Q. 77, A. 5, ans. Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province. New York: Benzinger Brothers.</ref> In this he followed Gregory. |
| − | [[Pope Gregory I]] enumerated pride as the greatest of the "[[Seven Deadly Sins]]" (pride, [[envy]], [[anger|wrath]], [[sloth (sin)|sloth]], [[greed]], [[gluttony]] and [[lust]]), although they are not explicitly listed in the Bible. Saint [[Thomas Aquinas]] wrote that "inordinate self-love is the cause of every sin."<ref>Aquinas, Thomas (1274). ''Summa Theologica'', Part II-I, Q. 77, A. 5, ans. Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province. New York: Benzinger Brothers.</ref> In this he followed Gregory. | |