Acedia again

LARSSON at vax1.mankato.msus.edu LARSSON at vax1.mankato.msus.edu
Sat Sep 23 12:02:38 CDT 1995


grip explains to Bonnie:
"Acedia means literally listlessness. It's akin to accidie from the latin
acedia and greek, akedia.
 
grip (You need abetter dictionary!) :)"


Actually, we might say that it *literarlly* means "not caring" and refers 
especially to *spiritual* sloth--the kind that really makes this Sin Deadly
in the views of the Holy Fathers.

Don Larsson, Mankato State U (MN)



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