The Seven Deadly Sins as a Pastoral Diagnostic System

This article presents the thesis that the schema of the Seven Deadly Sins was originally a pastoral diagnostic system that helped spiritual directors, monks, and priests, the psychotherapists of their day, to make differential diagnoses and prescribe treatment plans for the troubled faithful. This e...

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Main Author: Sullender, Scott (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science Business Media B. V. 2015
In: Pastoral psychology
Year: 2015, Volume: 64, Issue: 2, Pages: 217-227
IxTheo Classification:KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
NCA Ethics
RG Pastoral care
Further subjects:B Psychotherapists
B Seven Deadly Sins
B SPIELREIN, Sabina, 1885-1941
B DSM-5
B PSYCHOLOGY & religion
B Psychoanalysis
B Evagrius Ponticus
B Vices, Addiction
B Deadly Sins
B Diagnosis
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