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	Pride, Vainglory, Humility (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		As for its quality, it is a waste of work and sweat, a betrayal of treasure, an offspring of unbelief, a harbinger of pride, shipwreck in port, the ant on the threshing floor, small and yet with designs on all the fruit of one's labor.
		The ant waits until the wheat is in, vainglory until the riches of excellence are gathered; the one a thief, the other a wastrel.
		Vainglory, ambition, and presumption are the offspring of the vice of pride.
	home.earthlink.net /~wolfofthecross/id8.html (1926 words)

	Summa Theologica
		In another way vainglory may be contrary to charity, on the part of the one who glories, in that he refers his intention to glory as his last end: so that he directs even virtuous deeds thereto, and, in order to obtain it, forbears not from doing even that which is against God.
		Reply to Objection 3: Vainglory is stated to be a dangerous sin, not only on account of its gravity, but also because it is a disposition to grave sins, in so far as it renders man presumptuous and too self- confident: and so it gradually disposes a man to lose his inward goods.
		Reply to Objection 3: Vainglory is reproved in connection with almsdeeds on account of the lack of charity apparent in one who prefers vainglory to the good of his neighbor, seeing that he does the latter for the sake of the former.
	www.godrules.net /library/summa/SS132.htm (3233 words)

	Ladder of Divine Ascent (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		I have seen the demon of vainglory suggesting thoughts to one brother, revealing them to another, and getting the second man to tell the first what he is thinking and then praising him for his ability to read minds.
		Some of the prayers of the vainglorious no doubt deserve to win the attention of God, but He regularly anticipates their wishes and petitions so that their pride may not be increased by the success of their prayers.
		Vainglory, fully grown, can give birth to pride, which is the beginning and the end of all evil.
	home.earthlink.net /~wolfofthecross/id10.html (8228 words)

	On Humility
		Vainglory, the older sibling to pride, is the most puissant enemy a knight or noble will ever face.
		Vainglory cannot be killed; it strikes unseen by the victim, but is obvious to those around them who are often powerless to lend any assistance.
		Vainglory is a plight that blinds, quietly seducing men to cover their own eyes with blinders of woven rationalization.
	www.chronique.com /Library/Chivalry/humility.htm (1248 words)

	“I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE”
		At the same time, vainglory and pride are not in any way related to the first six passions, because we particularly succumb to these two, after we have vanquished the other passions.
		Vainglory attempts to wound the warrior through all manner of ways: his clothing, and his physical build, and walk, and voice, and being well read, and his work, and his vigilance, and fasting, and praying, and solitary life, and his knowledge, and education, and silence, and submissiveness, and humility, and benevolence.
		The mother of lust is gluttony; mother of despondency — vainglory, sorrow and anger are born from all three main passions; and vainglory is the mother of pride.
	www.fatheralexander.org /booklets/english/holy_fathers_2.htm (12596 words)

	Dictionary.com/Word of the Day: vainglory
		Spurred by the vainglory of being the first person in recent memory to catch a Solovki canal trout on a fly, I fished with newfound intensity.
		As if to underscore the awkward mix of social unease and vainglory on which such claims are based, they are always delivered in the same triumphant tone: 'We have the tallest high-rise flats, the longest wall, the largest community of artists.
		Vainglory is from Middle English vein glory, ultimately from Latin vana gloria, "empty pride," from vana, "empty" and gloria, "glory, pride." The adjective form is vainglorious.
	dictionary.reference.com /wordoftheday/archive/2003/08/25.html (136 words)

	The Ladder of Divine Ascent (8)
		John clearly defines vainglory in terms we can all understand and relate to: "As the occasion demands, let us talk about the unholy vice of self-esteem, the beginning and completion of the passions...Like the sun which shines on all alike, vainglory beams on every occupation.
		We know we are vainglorious when we conceal our faults and are defensive when criticized, and when we stop or give up doing something because we do not get the recognition or thanks we think we deserve.
		Lucifer became aware of his own beauty and was so vainglorious and full of love for himself that he became prideful and was unable to love anything or anyone beyond himself, unable to love God.
	www.istocnik.com /articles/57/english2.html (2541 words)

	John Cassian's Institutes, Book 11
		In order that he may not be defiled by the stains of vainglory he avoids making long prayers in the sight of the brethren; and yet because he offers them secretly and has no one who is conscious of it, he does not escape the pride of vanity.
		And he who by a single prayer of his was able to procure the death of a hundred and eighty-five thousand of the army of the Assyrians, whom the angel destroyed in one night, is overcome by boasting and vanity.
		Whence you see how dangerous the successes of prosperity generally are, so that those who could not be injured by adversity are ruined, unless they are careful, by prosperity; and those who in the conflict of battle have escaped the danger of death fall before their own trophies and triumphs.
	www.osb.org /lectio/cassian/inst/inst11.html (1384 words)

	SUMMA THEOLOGICA: The daughters of vainglory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		It seems that the daughters of vainglory are unsuitably reckoned to be "disobedience, boastfulness, hypocrisy, contention, obstinacy, discord, and eccentricity [Praesumptio novitatum, literally 'presumption of novelties']." For according to Gregory (Moral.
		Anger is not the cause of discord and contention, except in conjunction with vainglory, in that a man thinks it a glorious thing for him not to yield to the will and words of others.
		Vainglory is reproved in connection with almsdeeds on account of the lack of charity apparent in one who prefers vainglory to the good of his neighbor, seeing that he does the latter for the sake of the former.
	www.newadvent.com /summa/313205.htm (580 words)

	Gleanings from Orthodox Christian Authors & the Holy Fathers - Vainglory
		A vainglorious person is a believing idolater; he apparently honors God, but he wants to please not God but men.
		For in vainglory is involved the pleasing of men, in the pleasing of men is involved familiarity of behavior, and familiarity of behavior is the mother of all passions.
		Vainglory incites monks given to levity to anticipate the arrival of lay guests and to go out of the cloister to meet them.
	www.orthodox.net /gleanings/vainglory.html (1746 words)

	SUMMA THEOLOGICA: Is vainglory opposed to magnanimity? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		For, as stated above (1), vainglory consists in glorying in things that are not, which pertains to falsehood; or in earthly and perishable things, which pertains to covetousness; or in the testimony of men, whose judgment is uncertain, which pertains to imprudence.
		Further, vainglory is not, like pusillanimity, opposed to magnanimity by way of deficiency, for this seems inconsistent with vainglory.
		He that is desirous of vainglory does in truth fall short of being magnanimous, because he glories in what the magnanimous man thinks little of, as stated in the preceding Reply.
	www.newadvent.org /summa/313202.htm (583 words)

	SUMMA THEOLOGICA: Is vainglory a mortal sin? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Now vainglory precludes the eternal reward: for it is written (Matthew 6:1): "Take heed, that you do not give justice before men, to be seen by them: otherwise you shall not have a reward of your Father Who is in heaven." Therefore vainglory is a mortal sin.
		John Chrysostom] that "while other vices find their abode in the servants of the devil, vainglory finds a place even in the servants of Christ." Yet in the latter there is no mortal sin.
		Vainglory is stated to be a dangerous sin, not only on account of its gravity, but also because it is a disposition to grave sins, in so far as it renders man presumptuous and too self-confident: and so it gradually disposes a man to lose his inward goods.
	www.newadvent.org /summa/313203.htm (794 words)

	Vainglory - index page - Free MP3 downloads, CDs, Bio Info, Tour Dates, Lyrics and More!" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		VAINGLORY is an intelligent new band that features intense riffs, masterful guitar, virtuoso drumming, heavy bass, powerful vocals and thought provoking lyrics on their spellbinding debut release 2050.
		Based around Corbin King, who should be the metal guitar hero for the new millennium, this band has all the ingredients in place to be a major force on the metal market for years to come.
		The word VAINGLORY is defined as "excessive or ostentatious pride in one's achievements." After listening to 2050 you will see the band has every reason to feel quite excessive in their pride for recording one of the best debut releases in metaldom.
	www.iuma.com /IUMA/Bands/Vainglory (537 words)

	Summa Theologica
		For anger is a vice distinct from vainglory.
		Therefore discord, whereby a man holds to his own way of thinking, and departs from that of others, is reckoned to be a daughter of vainglory.
		And since in every moment the term "whither" is more important than the term "wherefrom" (because the end is of more account than the beginning), discord is accounted a daughter of vainglory rather than of envy, though it may arise from both for different reasons, as stated.
	www.ccel.org /a/aquinas/summa/SS/SS037.html (1319 words)

	Vainglory (International Standard Bible Encyclopedia) :: Bible Tools
		van-glo'-ri (kenodoxia): "Vainglory" is the translation of kenodoxia, "empty glory" or "pride," nearly akin to vanity in the modern sense (Philippians 2:3).
		Kenodoxos is "vainglorious" (Galatians 5:26, "Let us not be desirous of vainglory," the Revised Version (British and American) "Let us not become vainglorious").
		In 1 John 2:16 the Revised Version (British and American) has "the vainglory of life" (alazoneia tou biou) for "the pride of life"; compare James 4:16, "Ye glory in your vauntings" (alazoneia).
	bibletools.org /index.cfm/fuseaction/Def.show/RTD/ISBE/ID/9038 (148 words)

	VAINGLORY Interview 4/26/2001
		Vainglory was formed after I had began work as a Leviathan Records' Recording Artist.
		To me Vainglory's music is a natural progression and continuation of the direction metal was heading before the dreaded "grunge" movement spread its feces on everything.
		This means that the next Vainglory and my other projects I have planned, will be done right here in the comfort of my home.
	www.leviathanrecords.com /vainiv6.htm (1689 words)

	Wisdom of the Desert: 12
		Yet it was not because vainglory was an indication of weakness that the hermits strove so hard against it, nor was it along the way of pride and strength that they sought to escape.
		I do not remember that the hermits ever appealed directly to the example of the Lord in their shrinking from vainglory, but I am sure that their teaching was entirely in accordance with the spirit of His life.
		But vainglory, which is the desire of praise, when it is beaten rises again keener than ever for the struggle.
	www.nd.edu /Departments/Maritain/etext/wd12.htm (1846 words)

	TheoCenTriC: Raising An Athlete for Christ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Ultimately, vainglory is destructive to godliness, for it delights in external possessions at the expense of internal holiness.
		Thus, vainglory saps the life out of one’s profession, for a Christian’s reputation should not stem from extravagant possessions but from godly virtues.
		This view also elevates the model the parents should portray, in that they must be philosophers, athletes, and citizens of heaven in order to model these things to their children.
	www.theocentric.com /theoarchives/000086.html (2584 words)

	Literary Encyclopedia: Vainglory
		Vainglory is structured around a basic opposition of two examples of human conduct; on the one hand, the proud man, who “biþ feondes bearn / flæsce bifongen” (“is the devil's child, enwreathed in flesh”), and, on the other hand, the virtuous man (characterised as being God's child), who lives peaceably with other people.
		The poem does not give equal weight to these two archetypes, however, preferring to give a lengthy account of the iniquities of the proud man, which is then capped by the direct speech of the authority figure, which enlarges still further upon this bad example.
		Although Vainglory has sometimes been thought to belong to the group of Old English poems traditionally termed elegies, there is little in it which could be considered elegiac.
	www.litencyc.com /php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=11675 (328 words)

	Philologos \| Studies in the Scriptures
		Vainglory is specially a sin of “spiritual” people.
		What a vainglory it is for a man who has been lost in sin to think well of himself because Another pitied him in his way and stooped to bless and deliver him!
		Reference need not to be made to those who can only rejoice in the advance of their own church or branch of work, and who feel jealous when others are used of God.
	philologos.org /pink/1935/vainglory.htm (844 words)

	Introduction to Asceticism
		IT is difficult to escape the [tempting-]thought [logismos] of vainglory, because whatever you do to subjugate it becomes the occasion for renewed vainglory.
		demon of vainglory opposes the demon of sexual impurity; and it is impossible for them both to attack the soul at the same time; for the former promises honor while the latter produces disgrace So whichever of them comes and oppresses you, form within yourself the
		thoughts, vainglory has unlimited resources, encompassing nearly the whole inhabited world; and it opens the gates to all the demons like some evil traitor in a city.
	www.ldysinger.stjohnsem.edu /Evagrius/00_Introd/13_var-vainglory.htm (2287 words)

	Metal-Rules.com: Interview with Corbin King
		Vainglory's 2050 was one of my Top 10 picks last year for my radio show.
		After this Diginet CD and the next Vainglory are complete I want to work on a more solo type project.
		At that point the second Vainglory CD will be full speed ahead, shooting for a really late 2002 or early 2003 release date.
	www.metalrules.com /interviews/CorbinKingInterview.htm (1943 words)

	Introduction to Asceticism
		Evagrius and Cassian the logismoi of vainglory and pride overlap to a considerable extent.
		general it can be said that vainglory seeks recognition and adulation from other human beings; while pride directly impairs one's relationship with God.
		Vainglory is still involved in the web of interpersonal relationships, even though it seeks the wrong things from those relationships.
	www.ldysinger.stjohnsem.edu /CH_599z_Asceticism/04_x7_vainglory/01_int-vainglory.htm (167 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pride
		Gregory, considers it the queen of all vices, and puts vainglory in its place as one of the deadly sins.
		The same judgment is to be rendered when pride has given rise to such temper of soul that in the pursuit of its object one is ready of anything, even mortal sin.
		Vainglory, ambition, and presumption are commonly enumerated as the offspring vices of pride, because they are well adapted to serve its inordinate aims.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/12405a.htm (428 words)

	A biography of Ronald Firbank by Jocelyn Brooke
		Vainglory (1915) is Firbank's longest novel, and many of his admirers, including the present writer, find it almost his funniest, though not his best or most characteristic.
		The dense, luxuriant texture of Vainglory has given place to a simpler, less involuted style; it is as though an overgrown hedge of rambler roses had been ruthlessly pruned by the gardener.
		In Valmouth his preoccupation with Catholicism, noticeable in Vainglory, is greatly intensified: the atmosphere of the book is heavy with incense, and the characters include a number of priests, nuns and choir-boys, all of them eccentric and most of them (one is allowed to infer) morally unorthodox.
	www.ourcivilisation.com /smartboard/shop/brookej/firbank/chap3.htm (3029 words)

	"The Eight Principal Vices: Avarice and Anger" -- Abba Serapion
		The second is that by which we are inflamed with the desire for empty praise because of spiritual and hidden things.
		For it is better for a person to be troubled by the vice of vainglory than for him to fall into the fire of fornication, from which he could not or could barely be saved once he had been ruined.
		That is to say: As long as you are shackled by the praises of vainglory, you will never rush into the depths of hell and sink irretrievably by the commission of deadly sins.
	www.innerlightproductions.com /thoughts/may2701.htm (632 words)

	SUMMA THEOLOGICA: Is discord a daughter of vainglory? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		It would seem that discord is not a daughter of vainglory.
		Strife is not the same as discord, for strife consists in external deeds, wherefore it is becoming that it should arise from anger, which incites the mind to hurt one's neighbor; whereas discord consists in a divergence in the movements of wills, which arises from pride or vainglory, for the reason given above.
		The reason why concord makes small things thrive, while discord brings the greatest to ruin, is because "the more united a force is, the stronger it is, while the more disunited it is the weaker it becomes" (De Causis xvii).
	www.newadvent.org /summa/303702.htm (524 words)

	bible.org: ISBE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		VAINGLORY - van-glo'-ri (kenodoxia): "Vainglory" is the translation of kenodoxia, "empty glory" or "pride," nearly akin to vanity in the modern sense (Phil 2:3).
		Kenodoxos is "vainglorious" (Gal 5:26, "Let us not be desirous of vainglory," the Revised Version (British and American) "Let us not become vainglorious").
		In 1 Jn 2:16 the Revised Version (British and American) has "the vainglory of life" (alazoneia tou biou) for "the pride of life"; compare Jas 4:16, "Ye glory in your vauntings" (alazoneia).
	www.bible.org /isbe.asp?id=9039 (144 words)

	BBC - Radio 4 - Home Truths - Car Appeal
		Tom Bussman considers that, "vainglory", one of the Seven Deadly Sins, is best observed among car-lovers:
		Vainglory goes beyond mere blind self-approval and into the rarified realm of flaunting.
		All too rarely, vainglory brings with it comeuppance.
	www.bbc.co.uk /radio4/hometruths/carappeal.shtml (401 words)

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