The Seven Deadly Sins between Pastoral Care and Scholastic Theology. The ‘Summa de vitiis’ by John of Rupella,

The unpublished Summa de vitiis by Johannes de Rupella (1240c)constitutes a crucial document in the development of the doctrine of sin. Quite different fron the traditional treatises of virtues and vices 8f.i. the Summa de vitiis et virtutibus by Guillelmus Peraldus), Rupella's Summa inaugurate a debate on the seven deadly sins that was to accompany theological reflections until the XIVth century