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虚荣是罪吗?是的,当它意味着为他人的赞美而活时



  • 当虚荣意味着为了他人的赞美而活时,它就是一种罪,传统上将其称为“虚荣心”(vainglory)。
  • 《传道书》中的“虚空”(vanity)对应希伯来语 hevel,意为气息或蒸汽,它描述了生命的短暂与徒劳;这并非罪过。
  • 《钦定版圣经》在《腓立比书》2:3 中译为“虚荣”(vainglory),其希腊语原文是 kenodoxia,意为虚假的荣耀;而在《加拉太书》5:26 中,“贪图虚名”(desirous of vain glory)一词对应的形容词是 kenodoxos。
  • 教宗大圣格列高利将骄傲列为七宗罪的根源,并将虚荣心置于首位,而现今《天主教教理》第1866条则将骄傲列在首位。
  • 托马斯·阿奎那教导说,虚荣心除非违背了爱德(例如当一个人更看重人的赞美而非上帝时),否则只是小罪。
  • 关注外表并不被禁止:加尔文、阿奎那和卫斯理都认为,新约中关于装饰的教导并不谴责整洁或适度的修饰。

Vanity is a sin when it means living for other people’s admiration, for praise of our looks, gifts or success. Christian tradition calls this vainglory, has counted it among the capital sins, and traces it to pride. The “vanity” of Ecclesiastes is another word, the Hebrew hevel, breath. It names life’s brevity and futility; it is no sin. The two meanings meet in one picture. Hevel is breath, here for a moment and then gone, and the praise vanity runs…

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