Gluttony
/GLUT-un-ee/
Summary
Excessive indulgence in food and drink, classified among the seven deadly sins in Christian moral theology.
☩Definition
Gluttony is the excessive indulgence in food and drink, defying the order of reason which prescribes necessity as the measure of eating and drinking. According to scholastic teaching, this immoderation may occur in five ways: eating too soon, too expensively, too much, too eagerly, or too daintily.
Key verses:Proverbs 23:20-21Philippians 3:19
Related Verses18 mentions
References
- 1.Charles G. Herbermann et al. (ed.), "Gluttony," in The Catholic Encyclopedia (Robert Appleton Company, 1907–1912).