Чревоугодие
What is Gluttony?
Gluttony is defined as excessive consumption of food and drink, with scripture warning against hearts being weighed down by overindulgence and worldly cares.
Question 32. What is gluttony? Answer. Gluttony or overeating is excessive consumption of food and drink beyond what's normal. Scripture speaks of this sin thus: "Take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with debauchery and drunkenness and the cares of this life, and that day come upon you suddenly" (Luke 21:34). 21:34). And in another place: "Let us walk properly, as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness" (Rom. 13:13). 13:13).
The Fruits of Gluttony
Gluttony gives rise to carelessness, lack of piety, fleshly desires, immodest behavior, self-indulgence, disrespect, and physical ailments, while temperance is its opposite.
Question 33. What sins are born from gluttony? Answer. Complacency, carelessness about piety, lust of the flesh, jokes and indecent laughter, self-indulgence, disrespect for one's neighbor, insults, quarrels, coarse manners, serious illnesses, a dissolute life, and the like. Against this sin, we set abstinence and moderation, as it is said: "Let all things be done decently and in order" (1 Cor. 14:40). 14:40).
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Вопрос 32. Что есть чревоугождение?
Ответ. Чревоугождение или объядение есть чрезмерное, против обыкновенного количества, употребление пищи и пития. О сем грехе Священное Писание говорит так: «Внемлите же себе, да не когда отягчают сердца ваша объядением и пиянством и печальми житейскими, и найдет на вы внезапу день той» (Лк. 21, 34). И в другом месте: «Яко во дни, благообразно да ходим, не козлогласовании и пиянствы» (Рим. 13, 13).
Вопрос 33. Какие грехи рождаются от объядения?
Ответ. Безпечность, нерадение о благочестии, вожделение плоти, шутки и смехи непристойные, самоугождение, неуважение ближнего, оскорбления, раздоры, грубые нравы, тяжкие болезни, распутная жизнь и подобные. Сему греху противополагается воздержание и умеренность, как сказано: «вся же благообразно и по чину да бывают» (1Кор. 14, 40).
Orthodox Confession (Pravoslavnoe Ispovedanie) companion
Rule yourself daily, not just on retreat
Chosen Portion turns the mirror into a daily practice — a short reading and examining question each morning before you lead anyone.
Chosen Portion makes the mirror daily: the ruler-formation questions this collection preserves become a two-minute morning examination in the app.
- A daily formation reading drawn from centuries of counsel to those in authority
- One pointed examination question a day — two minutes, before the meetings start
- Track your practice over weeks and watch the examined life become a habit