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==Definitions==
==Definitions==
*: a [[selfish]] and excessive [[desire]] for more of something (as [[money]]) than is needed
*: a [[selfish]] and excessive [[desire]] for more of something (as [[money]]) than is needed
<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Greed''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Greed '''''this link'''''].</center>
==Description==
==Description==
'''Greed''' is an excessive [[desire]] to [[possess]] [[wealth]] or goods; Greed ([[Latin]], avaritia), also known as [[avarice]] or [[covetousness]], is, like [[lust]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluttony gluttony], a [[sin]] of excess. However, greed (as seen by the church) is applied to a very excessive or rapacious [[desire]] and pursuit of [[wealth]], [[status]], and [[power]]. [[Thomas Aquinas]] wrote that greed was "a [[sin]] against [[God]], just as all [[mortal]] sins, in as much as man [[condemns]] things [[eternal]] for the sake of [[temporal]] [[things]]." In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante Dante]'s [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purgatory_(Dante) Purgatory], the penitents were bound and laid face down on the ground for having [[concentrated]] too much on earthly [[thoughts]]. "Avarice" is more of a blanket term that can describe many other examples of greedy [[behavior]]. These include disloyalty, deliberate betrayal, or [[treason]], especially for [[personal]] gain, for example through [[bribery]]. Scavenging and hoarding of [[materials]] or objects, theft and robbery, especially by means of [[violence]], trickery, or [[manipulation]] of are all [[actions]] that may be [[inspired]] by greed. Such misdeeds can include simony, where one profits from soliciting goods within the [[actual]] confines of a church. As a [[secular]] [[psychological]] [[concept]], greed is an inordinate [[desire]] to acquire or possess more than one needs or deserves, especially with respect to [[material]] [[wealth]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greed]
'''Greed''' is an excessive [[desire]] to [[possess]] [[wealth]] or goods; Greed ([[Latin]], avaritia), also known as [[avarice]] or [[covetousness]], is, like [[lust]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluttony gluttony], a [[sin]] of excess. However, greed (as seen by the church) is applied to a very excessive or rapacious [[desire]] and pursuit of [[wealth]], [[status]], and [[power]]. [[Thomas Aquinas]] wrote that greed was "a [[sin]] against [[God]], just as all [[mortal]] sins, in as much as man [[condemns]] things [[eternal]] for the sake of [[temporal]] [[things]]." In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante Dante]'s [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purgatory_(Dante) Purgatory], the penitents were bound and laid face down on the ground for having [[concentrated]] too much on earthly [[thoughts]]. "Avarice" is more of a blanket term that can describe many other examples of greedy [[behavior]]. These include disloyalty, deliberate betrayal, or [[treason]], especially for [[personal]] gain, for example through [[bribery]]. Scavenging and hoarding of [[materials]] or objects, theft and robbery, especially by means of [[violence]], trickery, or [[manipulation]] of are all [[actions]] that may be [[inspired]] by greed. Such misdeeds can include simony, where one profits from soliciting goods within the [[actual]] confines of a church. As a [[secular]] [[psychological]] [[concept]], greed is an inordinate [[desire]] to acquire or possess more than one needs or deserves, especially with respect to [[material]] [[wealth]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greed]
