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Greed is an excessive desire to possess wealth or
goods; Greed (Latin, avaritia), also known as avarice
or covetousness, is, like lust and gluttony, a sin
of excess. However, greed (as seen by the church)
is applied to a very excessive or rapacious desire
and pursuit of wealth, status, and power. St. Thomas
Aquinas wrote that greed was "a sin against
God, just as all mortal sins, in as much as man
condemns things eternal for the sake of temporal
things." In Dante's Purgatory, the penitents
were bound and laid face down on the ground for
having concentrated too much on earthly thoughts.
"Avarice" is more of a blanket term that
can describe many other examples of greedy behavior.
These include disloyalty, deliberate betrayal, or
treason, especially for personal gain, for example
through bribery. Scavenging and hoarding of materials
or objects, theft and robbery, especially by means
of violence, trickery, or manipulation of authority
are all actions that may be inspired by greed. Such
misdeeds can include simony, where one profits from
soliciting goods within the actual confines of a
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