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Avarice (from Latinavarus, "greedy"; "to crave") is the inordinatelove forriches. Its special malice, broadly speaking, lies in that it makes the getting and keeping of money, possessions, and the like, a purpose in itself to live for. It does not see that these things are valuable only as instruments for the conduct of a rational and harmonious life, due regard being paid of course to the special social condition in which one is placed. It is called a capitalvice because it has as its object that for the gaining or holding of which many othersins are committed. It is more to be dreaded in that it often cloaks itself as avirtue, or insinuates itself under the pretext of making a decent provision for the future. In so far as avarice is an incentive toinjustice in acquiring and retaining of wealth, it is frequently a grievoussin. In itself, however, and in so far as it implies simply an excessive desire of, or pleasure in, riches, it is commonly not a mortalsin.
APA citation.Delany, J.(1907).Avarice. InThe Catholic Encyclopedia.New York: Robert Appleton Company.http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02148b.htm
MLA citation.Delany, Joseph."Avarice."The Catholic Encyclopedia.Vol. 2.New York: Robert Appleton Company,1907.<http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02148b.htm>.
Transcription.This article was transcribed for New Advent by Joseph P. Thomas.
Ecclesiastical approbation.Nihil Obstat. 1907. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., Censor.Imprimatur. +John M. Farley, Archbishop of New York.
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