Editing Sloth (deadly sin) (section)

=== Catholicism ===
In his ''[[Summa Theologica]]'', [[Saint Thomas Aquinas]] defined sloth as "sorrow about spiritual good" and as "facetiousness of the mind which neglects to being good... [it] is evil in its effect, if it so oppresses men as to draw him away entirely from good deeds."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newadvent.org/summa/3035.htm |title=The Summa Theologica II-II.Q35.A1 (Sloth) |publisher=New Advent |edition=1920, Second and Revised |author=Thomas Aquinas |author-link=Thomas Aquinas}}</ref> According to the ''[[Catechism of the Catholic Church]]'', "acedia or sloth goes so far as to refuse joy from God and is repelled by goodness".<ref>{{Cite CCC|2.1|2094}}</ref>

Sloth ignores the seven gifts of grace given by the [[Holy Spirit (Christianity)|Holy Ghost]] ([[wisdom]], [[understanding]], [[counsel]], [[knowledge]], [[piety]], [[Courage|fortitude]], and [[fear of the Lord]]); such disregard slows spiritual progress towards life—to neglect manifold duties of [[charity (practice)|charity]] towards the [[neighbourhood|neighbour]], and animosity towards God.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|title=Sin and Its Consequences|author=Henry Edward Manning|author-link=Henry Edward Manning|url=https://archive.org/details/sinanditsconseq00manngoog|publisher=Burns and Oates|year=1874|location=London|pages=[https://archive.org/details/sinanditsconseq00manngoog/page/n48 40], 103–117}}</ref>

Unlike the other capital sins, sloth is a sin of omission, being a lack of desire and/or performance. It may arise from any of the other [[capital vices]]; for example, a son may omit his duty to his father through anger. [[Henry Edward Manning]] argued that while the state and habit of sloth is a [[mortal sin]], the habit of the soul tending towards the last mortal state of sloth is not mortal in and of itself except under certain circumstances.<ref name=":3" />

Italian poet [[Dante Alighieri]] contemplates the nature of sloth as a capital vice in Canto 18 of ''[[Purgatorio]]'', the second canticle of the ''[[Divine Comedy]]''. Dante encounters the slothful on the fourth terrace of Mount [[Purgatory]], where his guide, the Roman poet [[Virgil]], explains that sloth can be seen as the effect of an insufficient amount of love.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Migiel|first=Marilyn|title=Lectura Dantis: Purgatorio|publisher=University of California Press|year=2008|pages=192}}</ref> Following the logics of [[contrapasso]], the slothful work to purge themselves of their vice through continuous running.<ref>{{Cite book|author=Dante Alighieri |author-link=Dante Alighieri|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/1272942028|title=Purgatorio|year=2021 |publisher=Einaudi |isbn=978-88-06-21625-2|oclc=1272942028}}</ref>