Insofar as it "is seen as denial of the saving power of Christ," it seems to me that the reference is more properly to despair. You might want to read what Thomas Aquinas wrote on the matter in ST I-II,q. 20, which you can find in a mediocre translation here:
http://www.newadvent.org/summa/3020.htm#article1 He notes, however, in the fourth article that despair can arise from acedia or sloth. -----Original Message----- >From: chriswi...@yahoo.com >Sent: Dec 9, 2009 5:59 PM >To: LuteNet list <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>, Ed Durbrow ><edurb...@sea.plala.or.jp>, Donatella Galletti <do...@tiscali.it> >Subject: [LUTE] Re: Renaissance Metaphors > >Donatella, > > It was called "Acedia" and was one of the seven deadly sins. Its usually > translated as "Sloth" in English, but denotes a spiritual as well as physical > listlessness. > >Chris > >--- On Wed, 12/9/09, Donatella Galletti <do...@tiscali.it> wrote: > >> From: Donatella Galletti <do...@tiscali.it> >> Subject: [LUTE] Re: Renaissance Metaphors >> To: "LuteNet list" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>, "Ed Durbrow" >> <edurb...@sea.plala.or.jp>, chriswi...@yahoo.com >> Date: Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 4:26 PM >> > Another take on the matter: In >> the eyes of Catholicism, being depressed was a serious sin >> because it was seen as a denial of the saving power of >> Christ. >> >> I talked to someone very much into Catholicism and the >> history of it and he has never heard of such a thing. >> Me too. It would be interesting to know the source, is there >> anyone who wrote such things in Italy at the time? >> >> >> Donatella >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: <chriswi...@yahoo.com> >> To: "LuteNet list" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>; >> "Ed Durbrow" <edurb...@sea.plala.or.jp> >> Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 1:50 PM >> Subject: [LUTE] Re: Renaissance Metaphors >> >> >> Ed, >> >> --- On Tue, 12/8/09, Ed Durbrow <edurb...@sea.plala.or.jp> >> wrote: >> >> > No >> > one is mentioned as having >> > caused the distress. Kind of like some >> > blues in a way. >> > >> >> Yes, blues is a great analog. I suppose much of it is >> melancholy of the "hurts so good" variety. Acting >> suitably bummed has been de rigueur among many in the >> artistic set for ages it seems. >> >> Another take on the matter: In the eyes of Catholicism, >> being depressed was a serious sin because it was seen as a >> denial of the saving power of Christ. (Think of Durer's >> "Melencolia" engraving.) I'm not sure about >> Elizabethan mores, but assume that the Church of England >> would have retained a similar view on the matter. For >> one to publicly admit that you were down would therefore be >> naughty and rebellious and therefore entirely >> tempting. Just like dying. >> >> Chris >> >> >> >> >> >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> >> >> >> > > > > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
