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1. The Deadly Sins in a Changing Social Order: An Analysis of the Portrayal of Sin in the Medieval English Theater

1. The Deadly Sins in a Changing Social Order: An Analysis of the Portrayal of Sin in the... RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS ,Note : The International Journal of Comparative Sociology invites communica- tions in the form of short articles and reports about ongoing research, not exceeding 5000 words, both in the empirical and theoretical fields. EDITOR 1. The Deadly Sins in a Changing Social Order: An Analysis of the Portrayal of Sin in the Medieval English Theater* DOROTHY WERTZ State College at Bridgeweter, Massachusetts, U.S.A. The Seven Deadly Sins originated from a remnant of a Gnostic "Soul Journey" in Egypt of Syria in the early Christian centuries and ultimately from the seven Babylonian planetary deities. The Soul Journey, which came from Persia, described the primordial descent and imprisonment of the divine element, which received a characteristic from each of the seven heavens as it descended. In the gnostic religion, the telonia, or guardians of the seven plane- tary spheres, inspected the soul on its upward journey back to the divine, searching for each unrepented sin, and took the soul if uncleansed. In Chris- tianity, the telonia became the Seven Cardinal Sins, first listed by the monks Evagrius of Pontus (ca. 400) and John Cassian (ca. 425). Later Gregory the Great made a seven-fold list which became dominant in http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png International Journal of Comparative Sociology Brill

1. The Deadly Sins in a Changing Social Order: An Analysis of the Portrayal of Sin in the Medieval English Theater

International Journal of Comparative Sociology , Volume 11 (3): 240 – Jan 1, 1970

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Brill
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© 1970 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0020-7152
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1745-2554
DOI
10.1163/156854270X00129
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RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS ,Note : The International Journal of Comparative Sociology invites communica- tions in the form of short articles and reports about ongoing research, not exceeding 5000 words, both in the empirical and theoretical fields. EDITOR 1. The Deadly Sins in a Changing Social Order: An Analysis of the Portrayal of Sin in the Medieval English Theater* DOROTHY WERTZ State College at Bridgeweter, Massachusetts, U.S.A. The Seven Deadly Sins originated from a remnant of a Gnostic "Soul Journey" in Egypt of Syria in the early Christian centuries and ultimately from the seven Babylonian planetary deities. The Soul Journey, which came from Persia, described the primordial descent and imprisonment of the divine element, which received a characteristic from each of the seven heavens as it descended. In the gnostic religion, the telonia, or guardians of the seven plane- tary spheres, inspected the soul on its upward journey back to the divine, searching for each unrepented sin, and took the soul if uncleansed. In Chris- tianity, the telonia became the Seven Cardinal Sins, first listed by the monks Evagrius of Pontus (ca. 400) and John Cassian (ca. 425). Later Gregory the Great made a seven-fold list which became dominant in

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Published: Jan 1, 1970

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