| ### QUESTION 84 ### OF THE CAUSE OF SIN, IN RESPECT OF ONE SIN BEING THE CAUSE OF ANOTHER ###  |

| #### Prologue |

| #### #### We must now consider the cause of sin, in so far as one sin can be the cause of another. Under this head there are four points of inquiry: #### (1) Whether covetousness is the root of all sins? #### (2) Whether pride is the beginning of every sin? #### (3) Whether other special sins should be called capital vices, besides pride and covetousness? #### (4) How many capital vices there are, and which are they? ####  |