Gluttony Flashcards
Many theologians considered …. as the first cause of getting us out of the state of innocence and blessedness.
gluttony
Feasting is meant to invoke …., be ….. and bring …. together, which can happen even with a gourmet. But sometimes/ usually a gourmet excludes the poor and then becomes about status.
Turns into gourmet gluttony, which becomes habitual.
gratitude
occasional
community
Gluttony is an inordinate desire. Inordinate means ….
Excessive
Eating food was meant to be a …. to health and well being- i.e., not an end in itself.
means
Thoreau said a person is wealthy in proportion of the things they can afford to do ……
without
Consumerism and avarice is not really the same because consumerism is really not so much about possessing things and clinging on to things. It’s
more about the consumption of things and the ….. on to the next thing and the next thing and the next thing.
Part of what’s being captured by this idea of gluttony is that it’s never being ….. It’s moving on to the next thing.
hedonic treadmill
Therapy taken over what should be a spiritual discussion. Former which is very ….. level.
moving
satiated
surface
Not blessing the food means our …. is the demons’ food.
heedlessness
The scholastics thought that gluttony came out of ….. because the person thought he, himself, could satisfy himself through food.
pride
Psalm 115 - when they talk about idolatry, people …. inanimate objects and then become it …. themselves. They become mute and dumb as as the idols that they make
animate
disanimated
Consumer was one of the names of the devil. Those who are spendthrifts are …. off the demons.
brethren’s
Restlessness is one of the daughter’s of sloth which is …. …..
spiritual apathy
Consumption now made ….. No such thing as the evil eye.
conspicuous
