Assertion: avarice | /r/HasProperty | the root of all sins
Facets:
value: as denoting a special sin
type: MANNER
value: in this sense
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Thirdly, as denoting an inclination of a corrupt nature to desire corruptible goods inordinately: and they say that in this sense covetousness is the root of all sins, comparing it to the root of a tree, which draws its sustenance from earth, just as every sin grows out of the love of temporal things.
text: In the Summa Theologiae, St. Thomas grapples with it when he asks Whether covetousness is the root of all sin?, to which he answers:
text: Accordingly, we must say that covetousness, as denoting a special sin, is called the root of all sins, in likeness to the root of a tree, in furnishing sustenance to the whole tree.
text: Now, though all this is true, it does not seem to explain the mind of the Apostle when he states that covetousness is the root of all sins.