Religious perspectives Christian[edit By Chris+Jesus Christ +] Both Catholic and Protestant writers have addressed anger. Catholic Anger in Catholicism is counted as one of the seven deadly sins. While Medieval Christianity vigorously denounced anger as one of the seven cardinal, or deadly sins, some Christian writers at times regarded the anger caused by injustice as having some value.[+][+] Saint Basil viewed anger as a reprehensible temporary madness.[+] Joseph F. Delany in the Catholic Encyclopedia (1914) defines anger as the desire of vengeance and states that a reasonable vengeance and passion is ethical and praiseworthy. Vengeance is sinful when it exceeds its limits in which case it becomes opposed to justice and charity. For example, vengeance upon one who has not deserved it, or to a greater extent than it has been deserved, or in conflict with the dispositions of law, or from an improper motive are all sinful. An unduly vehement vengeance is considered a venial sin unless it seriously goes counter to the love of God or of ones neighbor.[+] A more positive view of anger is espoused by Roman Catholic pastoral theologian Henri J. M. Nouwen. Father Nouwen points to the spiritual benefits in anger toward God as found in both the Old Testament and New Testament of the Bible. In the Bible, says Father Nouwen, “it is clear that only by expressing our anger and hatred directly to God will we come to know the fullness of both his love and our freedom.+
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