Assertion: avarice | /r/HasProperty | the root of all evil
Facets:
value: for st paul
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Consistent with the biblical saying that avarice is "the root of all evil" (1 Timothy 6:10), medieval Christian thought viewed the sin as most offensive to the spirit of love; Dante goes even further in blaming avarice for ethical and political corruption in his society.
text: For St Paul, greed is the root of all evil: radix omnium malorum avaritia.
text: Consistent with the biblical saying that avarice is "the root of all evils" (1 Timothy 6:10), medieval Christian thought viewed the sin as most offensive to the spirit of love; Dante goes even further in blaming avarice for ethical and political corruption in his society.
text: Avarice is the root cause of the evils.
text: If you remember being taught in grammar school that pride is the root of all sins, or if you are fortunate enough to have studied St. Thomas Aquinas who shows why sins concerning material things are intrinsically less grave, less corruptive, than spiritual sins like envy and sloth, you may want to pull back the reins and exclaim Why does St. Paul go so far as to say that avarice or love of money is the root of all evil?
text: Yet if you remember being taught in grammar school that pride is the root of all sins, or if you are fortunate enough to have studied St. Thomas Aquinas who shows why sins concerning material things are intrinsically less grave, less corruptive, than spiritual sins like envy and sloth, you may want to pull back the reins and exclaim Why does St. Paul go so far as to say that avarice or love of money is the root of all evil?