Editing Sloth (deadly sin) (section)

{{Short description|Laziness and apathy as a sin}}

[[File:Jheronimus Bosch Table of the Mortal Sins (Accidia).jpg|250px|thumb|right|Acedia in ''[[The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things]]'', by [[Hieronymus Bosch]].]]
 
'''Sloth''' is one of the [[seven deadly sins]] in Catholic teachings. It is the most difficult sin to define and credit as sin, since it refers to an assortment of ideas, dating from antiquity and including mental, spiritual, pathological, and conditional states.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=The Seven Deadly Sins: Society and Evil|last=Lyman|first=Stanford|year=1989|isbn=0-930390-81-4|pages=5|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield }}</ref> One definition is a habitual disinclination to exertion, or [[laziness]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dictionary.com/browse/sloth?s=t|title=the definition of sloth|website=Dictionary.com|access-date=2016-05-03}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=Dictionary not a reliable source|date=February 2023}}
Views concerning the virtue of work to support society and further God's plan suggest that through inactivity, one invites sin: "For [[Satan]] finds some mischief still for idle hands to do." ("[[s:Against Idleness and Mischief|Against Idleness and Mischief]]" by [[Isaac Watts]]).