Anger

Anger, as a capital vice because when seen as anger expressed merely from passion and not from right reason, it becomes a major source of inordinate deeds. Quarreling, swelled head, contumely, clamor, indignation and blasphemy as enumerated by Gregory the great as the six daughter’s traditional vices. Wrath can be taken at three stages: thought – a person who hatches up various plan for getting revenge and broods over them; word – one as regards the manner of speech signifies noisy and confused speech, bursting out into offensive words, blasphemy when they are against God, contumely when they against our neighbor; and deed – gives rise to a quarreling which we take to man all wrathful behavior which is injurious to our neighbor.