Dag Tessore's Books: Abstract of the Book and Index

Abstract of the Book and Index

Dag Tessore

The Capital Vices

(I vizi capitali, Città Nuova, Rome, 2006; 73 pages).

Available also in Polish and Czech.

Most of us have heard about the "Seven capital vices". But, left out this superficial or only cultural knowledge, what do we know about this theme? Do we know which are these vices and what each of them really represents? And do we understand what is a "vice"? Finally, does today's Christian still know which is the actual "work" to be undertaken in order to free oneself from these seven diseases of the soul?

This short book is a guide (more practical than theorical) to help Christians to make a serious spiritual work on themselves (through practical ascetical exercises for everyday's life), beginning from the diagnosis and the therapy of the seven basic diseases, which are the cause of every psychical and physical malaise. The book is written in a simple and popular style, though scrupulously based on the Church Fathers' sentences and teachings (especially of Evagrius Ponticus, John Cassian and John Climacus).

INDEX

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Gluttony

Chapter 3: Lust

Chapter 4: Avarice

Chapter 5: Anger

Chapter 6: Envy

Chapter 7: Sloth

Chapter 8: Pride

Where to buy this book (6 €): Amazon, Libreria Universitaria

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Dag Tessore is specialized in Church history, in Christian and Islamic spirituality and in interreligious dialogue, but he also devoted himself at length (in his lectures and his books) to Greek and Latin patristics, Judaism, Eastern religions and cultures (especially China and
India), comparative linguistics and philosophy of language.

After completing his primary education in Ethiopia and the Classical Gymnasium in Italy, he studies Eastern languages (Arabic, Hebrew, Chinese, Sanskrit) at the “La Sapienza” University of Rome, where he graduates in 1998 with a degree in Arabic Language and Literature with a dissertation on the Quran.
In 2000 he starts working as a translator and editor of Greek and Latin works for several Italian Publishers.
From 2001 to 2004 he is a teaching professor at the “G. La Pira” Institute of Political Sciences in Pescara, Italy, teaching one-year monographs on Islam, religion and culture (2001), Judaism and Israel (2002), War and religions (2003), Women in Christianity and Islam (2004).
From 2001 to 2002 he works as official theologian and latinist of the Sacred Military Order of St. George, in service of Prince Charles of Bourbon of the Two Sicilies.
In 2002 he is appointed as General Scientific Director of the International Congress Old and New Altars: the Evolution of Religiosity in Multicultural Italian Society, by the Lazio Region’s Cultural Council.
In 2003 is works at a series of 12 broadcasting lectures on Radio Televisione Svizzera Italiana, on The Spirituality of the Church Councils’ Holy Canons, and on Daily Moral Questions in the Church Fathers.
He lived six years in Greece. Since 2010 he lives in Morocco, devoting himself to promote interreligious dialogue.

Whoever is interested in knowing more about his life’s path and his spiritual journey, may read the book of Silvana Ziviani, Beyond Memory, Lulu 2014.